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Domagoj
Domagoj

Reputation: 1705

Daemonize, making program to work in background in python/wx.python

I created an complete logger-type program, that logs the certain data from the internet sources. It's GUI I coded in wx.python, now I want to daemonize it (if it is the right term). The program needs to run in background and user has to have option to call/open GUI when he pleases. How can I achieve this with wx.python?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 323

Answers (1)

Mike Driscoll
Mike Driscoll

Reputation: 33111

I wouldn't really "daemonize" it per se. Instead, I would just put it in the system tray...at least, that's what I would do on Windows. I assume you can do something similar on the other OSes. Basically you want to bind the frame to wx.EVT_ICONIZE and in that method, you hide it. Then when the user double-clicks the taskbar icon, you want to show it and probably Raise it too.

There's some badly formatted code here: http://bytes.com/topic/python/answers/699757-wxpython-how-minimize-taskbar (I've used a variation of it myself, so I know it works).

And here's some information on Task bar icons: http://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2011/12/13/wxpython-101-creating-taskbar-icons/

Upvotes: 3

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