nevermind, I think I figured it out..  had to add in the self that refers to
the panel containing the listctrl

listmix.ColumnSorterMixin.SetColumnCount(self, new_cols)


paul

On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 1:30 PM, Paul Hartley <phartley@[...].com>  wrote:

> 
>  I have a listctrl with a columnsorter mixin - it's working fine.  Sometimes
>  I have to add more columns to this listctrl, which means I also need to be
>  able to change the number of columns recognized by the columnsorter mixin.
>  There's a method called SetColumnCount for this mixin, but I can't figure
>  out how to access it because if I initialize the mixin, it returns None, so
>  I don't have an instance of it.  I have tried re-doing the init with a new
>  number of columns, but it won't sort properly anymore.  Is there some way I
>  can access SetColumnCount?
> 
>  initialization code (it returns None):
>  self.csm = listmix.ColumnSorterMixin.__init__(self, col_num)
> 
>  what I've tried:
> 
>  listmix.ColumnSorterMixin.SetColumnCount(new_cols) - says I need to provide
>  the mixin instance (duh)
> 
>  self.csm.SetColumnCount(new_cols) - obviously won't work as self.csm is
>  None
> 
>  paul
>