With python 2.6 and wxpython I'm trying to create a system tray icon
application based around an example found here:
http://codeboje.de/MailSneaker-Part-3-SystemTrayTaskBar-Icons-with-Python-and-wxPython/
The application will simply change the systray icon based on if an ip
address is online or not.
The ping portion looks like this:
if os.name == "nt": # Windows
pcmd = "ping -n 1 -w 1000 "
else: # *nix
pcmd = "ping -c1 -W1 "
def Ping(ipaddress):
# execute the code and pipe the result to a string
p = subprocess.Popen(pcmd + ipaddress, shell=True,
stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
# give it time to respond
p.wait()
a = re.search('(.*)ms', p.stdout.read())
if a:
return True
else:
return False
I've been able to add the ping check as a manual process (via a right
click menu item) but very confused on what direction to take on making
the ping a permanent loop while the app is running.
I was looking at making the ping routine a thread process but can't
figure out how to feed back the result to the calling app. Global
variable??
Ideas?
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