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dberenguer
dberenguer

Reputation: 303

Show modeless wxDialog before sleeping

I have a wxPython application where I want a dialog to be displayed for five seconds. Since I wanted to do it really simple, I've created the following code:

    dlg = WaitDialog(self, "Wait 5 seconds...")
    dlg.Show(True)
    time.sleep(5)
    dlg.close()

The problem is that dlg is displayed only after waiting those 5 seconds. Is there any way to tell wxPython to update before reaching the sleep sentence?

Thanks for your help

Upvotes: 0

Views: 197

Answers (1)

Mike Driscoll
Mike Driscoll

Reputation: 33071

You should use a wx.Timer instead. Using time.sleep will block wxPython main loop. See the docs http://www.wxpython.org/docs/api/wx.Timer-class.html or this tutorial: http://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2009/08/25/wxpython-using-wx-timers/

Upvotes: 2

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