Newbie question about events and event handling

[Patrick J. Anderson]

On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:37:32 -0700, Christopher Barker wrote:

> Patrick J. Anderson wrote:
>>>>  how do I update the widget, so it reflects the change?
>>     def _createHeaders(self):
> ...
>>         text2 = wx.StaticText(hp2, wx.NewId(), self.date.strftime('%A
>>         %d %
>> B, %Y %H:%M:%S'),
>  >             style = wx.ALIGN_CENTER)
> 
> You've just created a StaticText with the date, but not saved a
> reference anywhere you can get at it to change it, so you need something
> like:
> 
>           self.DateLabel =  = wx.StaticText(hp2, wx.NewId(),
> self.date.strftime('%A %d % B, %Y %H:%M:%S'), style = wx.ALIGN_CENTER)
> 
> Then:
>       def setDate(self, d):
>           self.date = d
>           self.DateLabel.SetLabel(self.date.strftime('%A %d % B, %Y
> %H:%M:%S'))
> 
> Then you may or not need a self.DateLabel.Update() or Refresh() or just
> a self.Update() or self.Refresh()
> 
> This should work.
> 
> -Chris

Thanks for your help, Chris! It works well. Now I just need to refactor 
my code and see if I can add data and update it in a similar way.