On Aug 28, 9:50 am, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Aug 28, 9:10 am, Jimmy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm kinda newbie to python and wxPython. Now I'm confronting a thorny > > problem: how can I make my program minimize to the taskbar > > represented as an ico, and when there is some message from network > > coming, it will pop out? > > Warning. I have not tested this. I happened to have some old code > that would iconify to the system tray. Here's what I think you need > to do. (If it does not work, just yell and I'll try to hack something > together for you.) > > Inside the ctor of your mainframe, you'll need to construct a > wxTaskBarIcon (I derive from it). This is my code that derives from > wxTaskBarIcon. The comments should give you a good idea of how this > thing works. I *think* this will shove the icon in the system tray, > even if you're not `iconified` -- so only create it if you want to > show up in the system tray. > > ## My wxTaskBarIcon derived object... > """ > Taskbar icon. > > Not much functionality here, not even a menu. In the future, this > will be a > good place to allow dclient functionality from the systray. > """ > > from wx import TaskBarIcon, EVT_TASKBAR_LEFT_DCLICK > > class ddTaskBarIcon(TaskBarIcon): > def __init__(self, icon, tooltip, frame): > TaskBarIcon.__init__(self) > self.SetIcon(icon, tooltip) > self.frame = frame > > # > # At the very least, restore the frame if double clicked. Add > other > # events later. > # > self.Bind(EVT_TASKBAR_LEFT_DCLICK, self.on_left_dclick) > > def on_left_dclick(self, e): > if self.frame.IsIconized(): > self.frame.Iconize(False) > if not self.frame.IsShown(): > self.frame.Show(True) > self.frame.Raise() > > def CreatePopupMenu(self): > """ > Override with menu functionality, later. > """ > return None > > Next is where I use it in my wxFrame derived object. This is the code > in my ctor. > # ddTaskBarIcon is defined above... > self.trayicon = ddTaskBarIcon(self.frame_icon, "Dap Daemon", self) > > # Handle the window being `iconized` (err minimized) > self.Bind(wx.EVT_ICONIZE, self.on_iconify) > > # This is the event handler referenced in the ctor above > def on_iconify(self, e): > """ > Being minimized, hide self, which removes the program from the > taskbar. > """ > self.Hide() > > So how does this work? Well, the ddTaskBarIcon (err, i realize this > is a misnomer) is constructed, which puts an icon in the system tray. > The icon has a dbl-click event handler that will `raise` and show the > window if necessary. > > The iconify event handler will hide the window if a minimize event > occurs. This keeps the window from showing up in the windows taskbar. > > Thats the magic. YMMV. > > FWIW - the code I reference is over 5 years old and still runs with > wxPython 2.8ish... Kudos to Robin Dunn and crew. Great job. > > jw
I've been dinking around with getting one of my programs to minimize to the system tray for quite a while. I could get the icon, but I could not get an event to fire when I minimized. Thanks for the code. Now it works. Mike -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
