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Listing 2. The Fortune Cookie Program

#
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1  #!/usr/bin/env python
2  #---------------------------------------------
3  # Name:         Cookie.Py
4  # Purpose:      A silly `fortune' application
5  #---------------------------------------------
7  ## import all of the wxPython GUI package
8  from wxPython.wx             import *
9
10  ## Create a new frame class, derived from the wxPython Frame.
11  class MyFrame(wxFrame):
12      def __init__(self, parent, id, title):
13          self.myFortunes = [
14              "A fox is a wolf who sends flowers.",
15              "A good man always knows his limitations.",
16              "A man may be so much of everything that " +\
17              "he is nothing of anything.",
18              ]
19          self.which = 0
20          myMenuTable = (
21              ['&File',
22               ('&New', 'Get a new cookie', self.OnButtonClick),
23               ('---',),
24               ('E&xit', 'Leave the application', self.exitApp)],
25              )
26          # Call the parent class method
27          wxFrame.__init__(self, parent, id, title,
28                           wxPoint(100, 100), wxSize(160, 100))
29          # Add a panel to place things in
30          panel = wxPanel(self, -1)
31          self.text = wxStaticText(panel, 1009, \
32                       "Click on button to get a cookie!", \
33                        wxPoint(40,25), wxSize(150,80))
34          button = wxButton(self, 1010, "New cookie", \
35                            wxPoint(150,90), wxSize(70,20))
36          # window layout
37          box = wxBoxSizer(wxVERTICAL)
38          spacer = wxBoxSizer(wxHORIZONTAL)
39          spacer.Add(0, 0, 1, wxEXPAND)
40          spacer.Add(button, 0, wxALIGN_BOTTOM)
41          spacer.Add(0, 0, 1, wxEXPAND)
42          box.Add(panel, 1, wxEXPAND)
43          box.Add(spacer, 0, wxEXPAND)
44          # associate button with event
45          EVT_BUTTON(self, 1010, self.OnButtonClick)
46          # associate close event with handling method
47          EVT_CLOSE(self, self.OnCloseWindow)
48          # make a status bar
49          self.CreateStatusBar()
50          # Make a main menu
51          self.mainmenu = wxMenuBar()
52          # fill the `file menu table'
53          for submenu in myMenuTable:
54              newMenu = wxMenu()
55              for item in submenu[1:]:
56                  if (item[0] != '---'):
57                      fmID = NewId()
58                      newMenu.Append(fmID, item[0], item[1])
59                      EVT_MENU(self, fmID, item[2])
60                  else:
61                      newMenu.AppendSeparator()
62              # fill the main menu
63              self.mainmenu.Append(newMenu, submenu[0])
64          self.SetMenuBar(self.mainmenu)
65          self.Fit()
66          self.SetSizer(box)
67          self.SetAutoLayout(true)
69      def OnButtonClick(self, event):
70          self.text.SetLabel(self.myFortunes[self.which \
71                      % len(self.myFortunes)])
72          self.which = self.which + 1
74      # This method is called automatically when the CLOSE event is
75      # sent to this window
76      def OnCloseWindow(self, event):
77          ruSure=wxMessageDialog(self, "Do you want to quit?",\
78                     "Leaving Cookie", \
79                     wxOK | wxCANCEL | wxICON_QUESTION)
80          if (ruSure.ShowModal() == wxID_CANCEL):
81              event.Veto()
82          else:
83              print "# Bye bye"
84              # tell the window to kill itself
85              self.Destroy()
87      def exitApp(self,event):
88          self.Close()
90  # Every wxWindows application must have a class derived from wxApp
91  class MyApp(wxApp):
92      # wxWindows calls this method to initialize the application
93      def OnInit(self):
94          # Create an instance of our customized Frame class
95          frame = MyFrame(NULL, -1, "Cookies!")
96          frame.Show(true)
97          # Tell wxWindows that this is our main window
98          self.SetTopWindow(frame)
99          # Return a success flag
100          return true
102  # if running standalone
103  if __name__ == "__main__":
104      app = MyApp(0)     # Create an instance of the application class
105      app.MainLoop()     # Tell it to start processing events
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