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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| About this book | |
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| Introduction to wxPython | |
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| Welcome to wxPython | |
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| Getting started with wxPython | |
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| Creating the bare-minimum wxPython program | |
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| Extending the bare-minimum wxPython program | |
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| Creating the final hello.py program | |
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| What can wxPython do? | |
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| Why choose wxPython? | |
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| How wxPython works | |
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| Summary | |
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| Giving your wxPython program a solid foundation | |
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| What do I need to know about the required objects? | |
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| How do I create and use an application object? | |
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| How do I direct output from a wxPython program? | |
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| How do I shut down my wxPython application? | |
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| How do I create and use the top-level window object? | |
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| How do I add objects and subwindows to a frame? | |
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| How can I use common dialogs? | |
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| What are some common errors with application objects and frames? | |
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| Summary | |
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| Working in an event-driven environment | |
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| What terminology do I need to understand events? | |
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| What is event-driven programming? | |
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| How do I bind an event to a handler? | |
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| How are events processed by wxPython? | |
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| What other event properties are contained in the application object? | |
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| How can I create my own events? | |
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| Summary | |
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| Making wxPython easier to handle with PyCrust | |
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| How do I interact with a wxPython program? | |
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| What are the useful features of PyCrust? | |
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| What do the PyCrust notebook tabs do? | |
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| How can I wrap PyCrust around my wxPython application? | |
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| What else is in the Py package? | |
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| How can I use modules from the Py package in my wxPython programs? | |
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| Summary | |
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| Creating your blueprint | |
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| How can refactoring help me improve my code? | |
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| How do I keep the Model and View separate in my program? | |
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| How do you unit-test a GUI program? | |
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| Summary | |
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| Working with the basic building blocks | |
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| Drawing to the screen | |
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| Adding window decorations | |
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| Getting standard information | |
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| Making the application look nice | |
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| Summary | |
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| Essential wxPython | |
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| Working with the basic controls | |
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| Displaying text | |
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| Working with buttons | |
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| Entering and displaying numbers | |
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| Giving the user choices | |
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| Summary | |
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| Putting widgets in frames | |
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| The life of a frame | |
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| Using frames | |
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| Alternative frame types | |
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| Using splitter windows | |
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| Summary | |
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| Giving users choices with dialogs | |
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| Working with modal dialogs | |
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| Using standard dialogs | |
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| Creating a wizard | |
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| Showing startup tips | |
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| Using validators to manage data in a dialog | |
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| Summary | |
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| Creating and using wxPython menus | |
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| Creating Menus | |
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| Working with menu items | |
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| Sprucing up your menus | |
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| Usability guidelines for menus | |
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| Summary | |
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| Placing widgets with sizers | |
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| What's sizer? | |
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| Basic sizers with the grid sizer | |
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| Using the other sizer types | |
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| Can I see a real-world example of sizers in action? | |
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| Summary | |
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| Manipulating basic graphical images | |
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| Working with images | |
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| Dealing with device contexts | |
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| Graphics manipulation | |
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| Summary | |
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| Advanced wxPython | |
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| Building list controls and managing items | |
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| Building a list control | |
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| Managing items in a list | |
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| Responding to users | |
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| Editing and sorting list controls | |
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| Creating a virtual list control | |
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| Summary | |
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| Coordinating the grid control | |
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| Creating your grid | |
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| Working with your grid | |
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| Custom renderers and editors | |
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| Capturing user events | |
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| Summary | |
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| Climbing the tree control | |
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| Creating tree controls and adding items | |
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| What styles control the display of the tree control? | |
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| Sorting elements of a tree control | |
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| Controlling the image for each item | |
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| Navigating the tree programmatically | |
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| Managing the tree selection | |
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| Controlling which items are visible | |
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| Making a tree control user editable | |
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| Responding to other user events from a tree control | |
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| Using a tree list control | |
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| Summary | |
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| Incorporating HTML into your application | |
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| Displaying HTML | |
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| Manipulating the HTML window | |
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| Extending the HTML window | |
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| Summary | |
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| The wxPython printing framework | |
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| How do I print in wxPython? | |
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| How do I display the print dialog? | |
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| How do I display the page setup dialog? | |
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| How do I print something? | |
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| How can I perform a print preview? | |
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| Summary | |
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| Using other wxPython functionality | |
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| Putting objects on the clipboard | |
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| Being the source of a drag and drop | |
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| Being the target of a drag and drop | |
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| Transferring custom objects | |
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| Setting timed events using wx.Timer | |
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| Creating a multithreaded wxPython application | |
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| Summary | |
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| Index | |