Detect Screen Size in Windows Resize Event in WxPython

It has taken a few days to try, redo, restudy, try, redo, restudy repeatingly until just now ... after taken a corn and some snack ....

Here's a sample code ... of course I found the original code from google, and change here and there to get it work.

There are still a lot of things to learn and explore ... am trying to develop my own Project Scheduling Software ... I have started with Java 1.7, but found some bugs that reduce my confidence on it ... so try Python. Although it seems to be easier in syntax, but there are many ways for getting it work as per expected. But, still enjoy the problems ....

Sample Python Code: Showing Combobox Selected Text

The following code shows how to retrieve the selected text from wx.ComboBox when a mouse click event is triggered.

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import wx

class MyFrame(wx.Frame):
    def __init__(self, parent=None, id=-1, title=''):
        wx.Frame.__init__(self, parent, id, title,size=(200, 240))
        top = wx.Panel(self)
        sizer = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)
        font = wx.Font(9, wx.SWISS, wx.NORMAL, wx.BOLD)
        lb = wx.StaticText(top, -1,'static text')
        sizer.Add(lb)

        c1 = wx.StaticText(top, -1, 'Number:')
    self.s1 = c1.Label
        c1.SetFont(font)

        ct = wx.SpinCtrl(top, -1, '1', min=1, max=12)
        sizer.Add(c1)
        sizer.Add(ct)

        c2 = wx.StaticText(top, -1, 'Type:')
        c2.SetFont(font)
        self.cb = wx.ComboBox(top, -1, '',choices=('A', 'B', 'C','D', 'E', 'F'))

        sizer.Add(c2)
        sizer.Add(self.cb)

        showbtn = wx.Button(top)
        showbtn.SetLabel('Show Info')
        self.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.ShowValue, showbtn)
        sizer.Add(showbtn)

        qb = wx.Button(top, -1, "QUIT")
        self.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON,lambda e: self.Close(True), qb)
        sizer.Add(qb)

        top.SetSizer(sizer)
        self.Layout()

    def TestMe(val, self, e):
        print val
   
    def ShowValue(self, e):
        wx.MessageBox('Show Value ...' + self.cb.GetStringSelection())
   
class MyApp(wx.App):
   def OnInit(self):
       frame = MyFrame(title="wxWidgets")
       frame.Show(True)
       self.SetTopWindow(frame)
       return True

app = MyApp()
app.MainLoop()

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Based on code above, the key part is to declare a self.cb variable to hold a reference to the combobox. This is the easiest way to refer to the combobox.

Of course, this is something I found after I have searched around and tried a few ways ... this is something I figure out when I don't find any specific example after googling :)

Useful wxPython Guides

Full reference: http://wxpython.org/docs/api/frames.html

Useful tutorials/guides with examples:
http://www.fredshack.com/docs/wxwidgets.html
http://www.java2s.com/Tutorial/Python/0380__wxPython/MDIframe.htm
http://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2008/05/18/a-wxpython-sizers-tutorial/