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On 09-04-28 10:47 AM, Devendran Chandra wrote:
>    Hi,
> 
>  i am developing a simple automation program at my place, and decided to
>  use wxpyhton to do it. I have a minor setback, which i hope some learned
>  user could help me out with
> 
>  I am unsure why the method self.SetActiveChild(pChildFrame) below
>  doesn't work. My idea is to be able to highlight and choose the right
>  child frames at random. Attached is a working code. Is there anything i
>  am missing?
> 
>  Thank you for your valuable response
>  *
>  import wx
>  import wx.aui
> 
>  #----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
>  class ParentFrame(wx.aui.AuiMDIParentFrame):
>  def __init__(self, parent):
>  wx.aui.AuiMDIParentFrame.__init__(self, parent, -1,
>  title="Oven Management System",
>  size=(640,480),
>  style=wx.DEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE)
>  self.count = 0
>  mb = wx.MenuBar()
>  self.mb=mb
>  file_menu = wx.Menu()
>  new_item = file_menu.Append(-1, "Create new child window")
>  self.Bind(wx.EVT_MENU, self.create, new_item)
>  new_item1 = file_menu.Append(-1, "Choose child window")
>  self.Bind(wx.EVT_MENU, self.choose, new_item1)
>  new_item2 = file_menu.Append(-1, "Close parent")
>  self.Bind(wx.EVT_MENU, self.OnDoClose, new_item2)
>  mb.Append(file_menu, "File")
>  self.SetMenuBar(mb)
>  self.CreateStatusBar()
>  self.SetMenuBar(mb)
>  self.child=[]
> 
>  def create(self, evt):
>  for i in range(5):
>  self.child.append(ChildFrame(self, i,self.mb))
> 
>  def choose(self,evt):
>  self.SetActiveChild(self.child[2])
> 
>  def OnDoClose(self, evt):
>  self.Close()
>  #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------
> 
>  class ChildFrame(wx.aui.AuiMDIChildFrame):
>  def __init__(self,parent,count,mb):
>  wx.aui.AuiMDIChildFrame.__init__(self, parent, -1,
>  title="BIST: %d" % count)
>  menu = wx.Menu()
>  item = menu.Append(-1, "This is BIST %d's menu" % count)
> 
>  #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------
> 
>  class MainApp(wx.App):
>  def OnInit(self):
>  self.frame =ParentFrame(None)
>  self.frame.Show(True)
>  return True
> 
>  if __name__ == '__main__':
>  app = MainApp(0)
>  app.MainLoop()
> 
>  *Rgds,
>  Devendran
>  Sr.Product Engineer
>  SSD Division
> 
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