Chapter 7. wxGlade technical notes

“directory package” - a single directory with all necessary files inside

“ZIP package” - a zipped version of a "directory" package

Place the widget package in the Local widget path (see the section called “Preferences Dialog”). Create this directory if it doesn't exist.

Add widget name to the text file named widgets.txt. This file is also located in the directory specified in Local widget path. Just create a simple text file, if the file doesn't exists.

Create a new directory named like the widget and change in this directory

Place an empty file __init__.py in that directory

Create a file wconfig.py in the widget directory and describe the styles used by this widget

"""\
wxStaticLine widget configuration

@copyright: <Add year and your name>
@license: <Choice a license>
"""

config = {
    'wxklass': 'myCtrl',
    'style_defs': {
        'wxMCFance': {
            'desc': _('Use the new and fancy design.'),
        },
        'wxMCOldFashion': {
            'desc': _('Use the old fashion design.'),
        },
    },
    'box_label': _('Style'),
    'default_style': 'wxMCFance',
    'style_list': ['wxMCFance', 'wxMCOldFashion']
}

Create a Python file codegen.py with initial content like

"""
Code generator functions for myCtrl objects

@copyright: <Add year and your name>
@license: <Choice a license>
"""

import common


class PythonMyCtrlGenerator(wcodegen.PythonWidgetCodeWriter):

    tmpl = '%(name)s = %(klass)s(%(parent)s, %(id)s, %(label)s%(style)s)\n'

# end of class PythonMyCtrlGenerator


def initialize():
    common.class_names['EditmyCtrl'] = 'myCtrl'

    pygen = common.code_writers.get("python")
    if pygen:
        pygen.add_widget_handler('myCtrl', PythonMyCtrlGenerator())

Create a Python file named like the widget directory e.g. myctrl.py

Create remaining code generators

Example of the created structure

myctrl
|-- __init__.py
|-- codegen.py
|-- myctrl.py
`-- wconfig.py