[wxPython-users] is there an example of a "widget" that reads a file onto it?

[D. Scott Katzer]

Hi Gary and All

On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 4:23 PM, Gary Kline <kline at thought.org> wrote:
>
>  > Have you seen the ticker in the demo?  Sounds like that might do it for
>  > scrolling text.  It uses a textCtrl.  You can just read a text file in the
>  > normal Python way, and set what text you want as the value of the textCtrl,
>  > and use that textCtrl in the ticker.
>
>
>         I think I saw that, "textCtrl," but nothing about ticker.
>         I'm not clear on how to use the wxPython pages, so yes, I
>         may be jumping the gun here.  I typed "text" into the search
>         area; then "file", then "file, read".

You sound like you haven't downloaded and installed the wxpython package yet.

Inside the wxpython package is an extensive set of demos, including a
GUI file picker.  Once you have picked a file, you can use python to
read the contents in, and then use a TextCtrl (careful about the
capitalization - it can be significant) to display it as you wish.
Take a look at the "Ticker" demo in the "More Windows/Controls"
section of the Demo.

You can get the wxpython package for your OS of choice here:
http://www.wxpython.org/download.php
Note that you want a version of wxpython that matches your installed
version of python.

Once you've been through the relevant wxpython demos, post a small bit
of code to illustrate your problem.

HTH a bit!

Cheers,
Scott.