On Tuesday 11 August 2009 07:02:27 pm [email protected] wrote: > In a message dated 8/11/2009 9:18:57 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Paul McNett wrote: > > [email protected] wrote: > >> I changed the line that calls the dialog: > >> > >> from : > >> > >> dlg = dabo.ui.createForm("findRun3.cdxml", self) > >> dlg.show() > >> > >> to: > >> > >> dlg = dabo.ui.createForm("findRun3.cdxml", show=True, parent=self) > >> #dlg.show() > >> > >> (I saw these extra parameters on a post by Ed) > >> > >> Now everything works fine! > >> > >> Any explanations? > > > > Yes, here's the method signature: > > > > def createForm(srcFile, show=False, *args, **kwargs): > > > > So, the first parameter is whether or not to show the form. Change your > > code to: > > > > dlg = dabo.ui.createForm("my.cdxml", False, self) > > > > --or-- > > > > dlg = dabo.ui.createForm("my.cdxml", *(self,)) > > > > Clear as mud? > > > > (so, before the change there wasn't a parent assigned to the dialog, > > which implicitly makes the app the parent, which probably hung on to a > > dangling reference until the next event cycle.) > > > > Paul > > I played around with the dlg.show() line, and I think the behavior was > because in the original, the extra show was redundant. Somehow, the "self" > parameter in > > dabo.ui.createForm("findRun3.cdxml", self) > > > caused the show to be true, and so the next line was redundant. Doesn't > seem to matter what the third (parent) parameter is. > > BTW, we've been trying to figure how to use functions based on the way > they are presented in the API documentation. I'm a bit confused. When the > docs say, for example, > > createForm(srcFile, show=False, *args, **kwargs) > > looks like the show parameter can be passed either as "True" or as > "show=True". > > and how would we know from the documentation, that a third parameter could > be "parent=self"? > > (and is that an "*arg" or a "**kwarg"?) > > Jonathan
Maybe a better general question is where would one find an example of creating and using the method. I can not find where the 'createForm' is described anywhere in the doc's. That includes 'http://paul.dabodev.com/doc/api/dabodoc/' and anything on the wiki. How about writting something on the wiki after you get your app working? Johnf _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-users This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/[email protected]
