Help calling def from class.

Question

Hello,

Noob question...

class msgbox:
    def __init__(self, lbl_msg = '', dlg_title = ''):
            self.wTree = gtk.glade.XML('msgbox.glade')    

            self.wTree.get_widget('dialog1').set_title(dlg_title) 
            self.wTree.get_widget('label1').set_text(lbl_msg)

            self.wTree.signal_autoconnect( {'on_okbutton1_clicked':self.done} )

    def done(self,w):
            self.wTree.get_widget('dialog1').destroy()

class Fun(object):
    wTree = None
    def __init__(self):      
        self.wTree = gtk.glade.XML( "main.glade" )
        self.wTree.signal_autoconnect( {'on_buttonOne' : self.one,} ) 

        gtk.main()

    @yieldsleep
    def one(self, widget, data=None):
        self.msg = msgbox('Please wait...','')
        yield 500
        self.msg = msgbox().done()  # <----------------???
        self.msg = msgbox('Done!','')

With this i get an error: messageBox().done() TypeError: done() takes exactly 2 arguments (1 given)

How can i make the dialog box with "please wait" to close before the second dialog box with "done" appears??

Thank you.

Answer 1

It looks like you want

self.msg.done()

to close the existing "Please wait..." message box. msgbox().done() creates a new message box, then calls done on this new instance.

As for the extra parameter, you aren't using it, so remove it from the definition of done:

def done(self):
    self.wTree.get_widget('dialog1').destroy()

Off Topic

Class msgbox should inherit from object so you get a new-style class.

Define a destructor on msgbox and you don't need to explicitly call msgbox.done, which you might forget to do.

class Msgbox(object):
    ...
    def __del__(self):
        self.wTree.get_widget('dialog1').destroy()

class Fun(object):
    ...
    @yieldsleep
    def one(self, widget, data=None):
        self.msg = Msgbox('Please wait...','')
        yield 500
        # actually, you probably need to delete the old self.msg
        # so it gets destroyed before the new message box is created
        del self.msg
        self.msg = Msgbox('Done!','')

Answer 2

You've chosen to define the done method like this:

def done(self,w):

so it does need two arguments -- the msgbox instance you're calling it on, and a second mysterious w argument which it then never uses. When you call done, you don't pass that mysterious and totally useless argument. So why not change the def to:

def done(self):

getting rid of the mysterious, useless w which you're currently requiring but not supplying?