On 20/09/2010 16:15, Greg Miller wrote:
I'm trying to get the following code converted to Python.......and am stuckif(GetMessage(&msg.NULL,NULL,NULL)) { if(msg.message == WM_TIMER) { TranslateMEssage(&msg); DispatchMessage(&msg); } } I think GetMessage is a canned C or C++ function, and I'm not sure how to catch a message from WM_TIMER. Anyone who could help me get this loop converted to Python I would really appreciate it!!!!
Goodness. You're going in at the deep end, slightly. What you're seeing there is a typical part of the standard Windows message loop which retrieves messages from the message queue of a Window (or thread) and then dispatches as your code does above. You *can* do this in Python, either using core Python only and making use of the ctypes module, or by employing the pywin32 packages which wrap the functions above. There's a thread-based example here which uses ctypes: http://timgolden.me.uk/python/win32_how_do_i/catch_system_wide_hotkeys.html It should be readily adaptable to a WM_TIMER situation. Or you can see a (more complex) window-based example here which uses the pywin32 package: http://timgolden.me.uk/python/win32_how_do_i/detect-device-insertion.html If all you needed was the simplest code to catch a WM_TIMER message then the earlier example is probably a better fit. If this is part of a wider setup involving windows and other messages then you'll need (something like) the latter. TJG -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
