On Aug 9, 12:25 am, "[david]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd like to refresh the display before I start the main loop. > > I have code like this: > > app = App() > app.Show() > app.long_slow_init() > app.MainLoop() > > The main frame partly loads at Show, but because the mainloop has not > started yet, the display does not update until long_slow_init() finishes. > > Alternatively, I could code > > app = App() > app.long_slow_init() > app.Show() > app.MainLoop() > > Which would give me a crisp Show, but there would be a long slow wait > before the app showed any activity at all. I would need a splash screen. > > I'd rather not have a splash screen (and I don't know how anyway). I'd > like to just make app.Show() finish correctly before running > long_slow_init. > > Is there a wx internal method that I can use to give Windows the > opportunity to finish painting the frame before I run long_slow_init()? > > Or is there a better idea? > > (david)
Yeah, I think 7stud's thread is the way to go. It's what I do with long running tasks, see also: http://wiki.wxpython.org/LongRunningTasks If your screen doesn't load correctly, be sure to call the Layout() method. Mike -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
