[Faisal Rehman]

Hi

I want to make main screen for my application in which multiple icons are available.user have to select one icon to enter into purticular section.

Can any body help me how to make main screen in python?
thanx

[bogdan.galiceanu]

Hi,

I'm not sure I understand what you mean, but I suppose you could draw some images that represent the icons on a canvas and have that as the app's screen. Is that what you meant?

[gaba88]

Originally Posted by Faisal Rehman

Hi

I want to make main screen for my application in which multiple icons are available.user have to select one icon to enter into purticular section.

Can any body help me how to make main screen in python?
thanx

hi Faisal Rehman
yes bogdan is absolutely correct it will be better if you explain your question bit in detail.

Thanks
Gaba88

[aaaaapo]

Originally Posted by Faisal Rehman

I want to make main screen for my application in which multiple icons are available. user have to select one icon to enter into purticular section.

You can create e.g. appuifw.Listbox(), which contains names and icons of all sections. If the user selects a item from the Listbox, your listbox handler calls the activate()-method of appropriate object.

Untested pseudocode, some mandatory parts may not exist:

class Main:
    def __init__(self):
        self.lock = e32.Ao_lock()
        self.menu_entries = []
        self.menu_entries.append(((u"Screen 1"), Scr1(self)))
        self.menu_entries.append(((u"Other"), Other(self)))
        # Create main menu from that sequence
        self.main_menu = [item[0] for item in self.menu_entries]
        # Create list of views from sequence above
        self.views = [item[1] for item in self.menu_entries]
        # Create a listbox from main_menu and set select-handler
        self.listbox = appuifw.Listbox(self.main_menu, self.handle_select)
        self.activate()

    def handle_select(self):
        self.views[self.listbox.current()].activate()

    def run(self):
        self.lock.wait()
        self.close()

    def activate(self):
        """Set main menu to app.body."""
        appuifw.app.exit_key_handler = self.exit_key_handler
        appuifw.app.body = self.listbox

    def exit_key_handler(self):
        if appuifw.query(u"Quit program", 'query') is True:
            self.running = False
            self.lock.signal()

class Scr1:
    def __init__(self, parent):
        self.parent = parent
        # initialize app.body here

    def activate(self):
        # draw screen stuff here

    def close(self):
        self.parent.activate() # restores main screen

App = Main()
App.run()

I may have complete example somewhere, if you are interested.