Re: Boa - difficulties with custom classes - think I have found a bug

Hi Tim,

Tim Burgess wrote:
> Hi,
> I have been following the page http://wiki.wxpython.org/BoaFAQ.
> 
> I seem to have upset Boa and I cant see what I have done. Can anyone 
> offer a clue?
> 
> The application I am working on runs in my development environment 
> (WingIDE) as intended, but BOA says that the items defined in the custom 
> classes statement are not defined on the palette.
> I only mention it working under WingIDE so that you know there are no 
> syntax errors and nothing missing from what I am doing.
> 
> If I hand change the calls to the custom classes and replace with the 
> base class, boa will permit editing AND setting of the class via the 
> constr class field just like the BoaFAQ page seems to be saying.
> 
> However if you then save your work and re use the design tool, Boa says 
> that the custom classes are not defined on the palette.  Argggggh!
If you make the following changes it should work.

Riaan, I don't know if it would be possible to change Boa so it support 
namespaces (is this the right term?) in the custom classes.

Werner
> 
> I start with this code:
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------
> 
> #Boa:Frame:Frame1
> 
> import FramePanelPage1  # exists and works
from FramePanelPage1 import *
> import FramePanelPage2 # exists and works
from FramePanelPage2 import *
> import wx
> 
> def create(parent):
>     return Frame1(parent)
> 
> [wxID_FRAME1, wxID_FRAME1NOTEBOOK1, wxID_FRAME1PANEL1, wxID_FRAME1PANEL2,
> ] = [wx.NewId() for _init_ctrls in range(4)]
> 
> 
> class Frame1(wx.Frame):       
>     _custom_classes = {'wx.Panel': ['FramePanelPage1.FramePanelPage1', 
> 'FramePanelPage2.FramePanelPage2']}
     _custom_classes = {'wx.Panel': ['FramePanelPage1',FramePanelPage2']}

>    
>     def _init_coll_notebook1_Pages(self, parent):
>         # generated method, don't edit
> 
>         parent.AddPage(imageId=-1, page=self.panel1, select=True, 
> text='Pages0')
>         parent.AddPage(imageId=-1, page=self.panel2, select=False,
>               text='Pages1')
> 
>     def _init_ctrls(self, prnt):
>         # generated method, don't edit
>         wx.Frame.__init__(self, id=wxID_FRAME1, name='', parent=prnt,
>               pos=wx.Point(524, 155), size=wx.Size(835, 708),
>               style=wx.DEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE, title='Frame1')
>         self.SetClientSize(wx.Size(827, 674))
> 
>         self.notebook1 = wx.Notebook(id=wxID_FRAME1NOTEBOOK1, 
> name='notebook1',
>               parent=self, pos=wx.Point(0, 0), size=wx.Size(827, 674), 
> style=0)
> 
>         self.panel1 = wx.Panel(id=wxID_FRAME1PANEL1, name='panel1',
>               parent=self, pos=wx.Point(0, 0), size=wx.Size(819, 648),
>               style=wx.TAB_TRAVERSAL)
> 
>         self.panel2 = wx.Panel(id=wxID_FRAME1PANEL2, name='panel2',
>               parent=self, pos=wx.Point(0, 0), size=wx.Size(819, 648),
>               style=wx.TAB_TRAVERSAL)
> 
>         self._init_coll_notebook1_Pages(self.notebook1)
> 
>     def __init__(self, parent):
>         self._init_ctrls(parent)
> 
> -----------------------------------------
> 
> I edit in BOA - not by hand and get this
> 
> ------------------------------------------
> #Boa:Frame:Frame1
> 
> import FramePanelPage1
> import FramePanelPage2
> import wx
> 
> def create(parent):
>     return Frame1(parent)
> 
> [wxID_FRAME1, wxID_FRAME1NOTEBOOK1, wxID_FRAME1PANEL1, wxID_FRAME1PANEL2,
> ] = [wx.NewId() for _init_ctrls in range(4)]
> 
> 
> class Frame1(wx.Frame):       
>     _custom_classes = {'wx.Panel': ['FramePanelPage1.FramePanelPage1', 
> 'FramePanelPage2.FramePanelPage2']}
>    
>     def _init_coll_notebook1_Pages(self, parent):
>         # generated method, don't edit
> 
>         parent.AddPage(imageId=-1, page=self.panel1, select=False,
>               text='Pages0')
>         parent.AddPage(imageId=-1, page=self.panel2, select=True, 
> text='Pages1')
> 
>     def _init_ctrls(self, prnt):
>         # generated method, don't edit
>         wx.Frame.__init__(self, id=wxID_FRAME1, name='', parent=prnt,
>               pos=wx.Point(524, 155), size=wx.Size(835, 708),
>               style=wx.DEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE, title='Frame1')
>         self.SetClientSize(wx.Size(827, 674))
> 
>         self.notebook1 = wx.Notebook(id=wxID_FRAME1NOTEBOOK1, 
> name='notebook1',
>               parent=self, pos=wx.Point(0, 0), size=wx.Size(827, 674), 
> style=0)
> 
>         self.panel1 = FramePanelPage1.FramePanelPage1(id=wxID_FRAME1PANEL1,
>               name='panel1', parent=self, pos=wx.Point(0, 0),
>               size=wx.Size(819, 648), style=wx.TAB_TRAVERSAL)
> 
>         self.panel2 = FramePanelPage2.FramePanelPage2(id=wxID_FRAME1PANEL2,
>               name='panel2', parent=self, pos=wx.Point(0, 0),
>               size=wx.Size(819, 648), style=wx.TAB_TRAVERSAL)
> 
>         self._init_coll_notebook1_Pages(self.notebook1)
> 
>     def __init__(self, parent):
>         self._init_ctrls(parent)
> 
> -----------------------------------
> 
> You can see that Boa has made the custom class substitution
> 
> Now I ask Boa to edit again
> 
>         DesignerError: FramPanelPage1.FramePanelPage1 is not defined on 
> the Palette.
> 
> Surely if this were true then Boa wouldn't have let me select the 
> classes in the first place!
> 
> What's happening?
>  How do I get Boa to let me edit the code, other than my me hand 
> removing the custom classes?
> 
> Thanks for any help
> 


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