[wxPython-users] Splash screen refresh issue

[David Poundall]

Clean forgot about that one Robin, thanks for the polite poke. 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robin Dunn [mailto:robin at alldunn.com]
> Sent: 03 January 2008 01:01
> To: wxPython-users at lists.wxwidgets.org
> Subject: Re: [wxPython-users] Splash screen refresh issue
> 
> David Poundall wrote:
> 
> > Now once the server code kicks in the full paint of the splash screen is
> > interrupted and you can have the original greyed out image for anything
> > up to 2 -3 seconds before the paint event fully runs its course.  How
> > may I hold off following applications in order to first of all get a
> > full paint of the splash screen.    I have tried removing the yield
> > command in order that the splash screen holds on to processing power
> > long enough to paint the bitmap, but that doesn’t help.
> 
> #1 rule in GUI programming (well, 2nd one, after "Choose wxPython"
> <wink!>) is  to never block the GUI thread.  If you stop the flow of
> control from getting into or getting back to the MainLoop then events
> (like the paint events for the splash screen) will not be delivered to
> their handlers.
> 
> See http://wiki.wxpython.org/LongRunningTasks
> 
> 
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> Robin Dunn
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