| author | William Roberts <williamr@symbian.org> |
| Wed, 07 Jul 2010 22:30:23 +0100 | |
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<H1>Using python to create Macintosh applications, part one</H1> |
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This document will show you how to create a simple mac-style |
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application using Python. We will glance at how to use dialogs and |
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resources. <p> |
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The example application we look at will be a simple program with a |
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dialog that allows you to perform domain name lookups on IP addresses |
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and hostnames. |
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The <A HREF="example1/dnslookup-1.py">source code</A> and |
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<A HREF="example1/dnslookup-1.rsrc">resource file</A> |
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for this application are available in the <A |
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HREF="example1">example1</A> folder (which you will have to download |
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if you are reading this document over the net and if you want to look |
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at the resources). <p> |
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We will use the builtin module "socket" that allows a |
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Python program to perform all sorts of networking functions, and we |
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will create the user interface around that. You should be able to run |
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the sample code with the standard Python distribution.<p> |
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If you are interested in building your own extensions to python you |
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should check out the companion document <A |
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HREF="plugins.html">Creating Macintosh Python C extensions</A>, |
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which tells you how to build your own C extension. |
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<H2><A NAME="dialog-resources">Creating dialog resources</A></H2> |
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Let us start with the creative bit: building the dialogs and creating |
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an icon for our program. For this you need ResEdit, and a reasonable |
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working knowledge of how to use it. "Inside Mac" or various books on |
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macintosh programming will help here. <p> |
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There is one fine point that deserves to be mentioned here: <A |
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NAME="resource-numbering">resource numbering</A>. Because often your |
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resources will be combined with those that the Python interpreter and |
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various standard modules need you should give your DLOG and DITL |
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resources numbers above 512. 128 and below are reserved for Apple, |
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128-228 are for extensions like Tk, |
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modules. If you are writing a module that you will be distributing for |
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inclusion in other people's programs you may want to register a number |
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in the 256-511 range, contact Guido or myself or whoever you think is |
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application we are writing at the moment will keep its resources in a |
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separate resource file it is still a good idea to make sure that no |
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conflicts arise: once you have opened your resource file any attempt |
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Okay, let's have a look at dnslookup-1.rsrc, our resource file. |
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The DLOG and accompanying DITL resource both have number 512. Since |
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change the number on both. The dialog itself is pretty basic: two |
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<img width=324 height=189 src="example1/dnslookup-1.gif" alt="dialog image"> |
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<H2><A NAME="modal-dialog">An application with a modal dialog</A></H2> |
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Next, we will have to write the actual application. For this example, |
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we will use a modal dialog. This means that we will put up the dialog |
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and go into a loop asking the dialog manager for events (buttons |
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button is pressed, upon which we exit our loop (and the program). This |
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much the same as this one but in a more user-friendly way. <p> |
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this as yet, but at some point in the future we <EM>will</EM> have all |
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Similarly, <A NAME="dlg"><CODE>Dlg</CODE></A> is an interface to the |
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number and for the item numbers in our dialog. These should match the |
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which should live in the same folder as the python source. If we |
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cannot open it we use <CODE>EasyDialogs</CODE> to print a message and |
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exit. You can try it: just move the resource file somewhere else for a |
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moment. Then we call do_dialog() to do the real work. <p> |
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a dialog window initialized from 'DLOG' resource ID_MAIN and putting |
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it on screen in the frontmost position. Next, we go into a loop, |
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action. <CODE>ModalDialog()</CODE> will return us the item number that |
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the user has clicked on (or otherwise activated). It will handle a few |
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yourself. Fortunately, our simple application doesn't have to bother with this, |
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action requested. Upon the user pressing "Quit" we simply leave the loop and, |
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hence, <CODE>do_dialog()</CODE>. This will cause the python dialog object |
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<CODE>my_dlg</CODE> to be deleted and the on-screen dialog to disappear. <p> |
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<A NAME="dialog-warning">Time for a warning</A>: be very careful what |
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you do as long as a dialog is on-screen. Printing something, for |
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become very difficult to get out of the dialog. Also, command-period |
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may or may not work in this situation. I have also seen crashes in |
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information to the user. The <CODE>GetDialogItem()</CODE> method of |
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the dialog returns three bits of information about the given item: its |
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type, its data handle and its rect (the on-screen <CODE>x,y,w,h</CODE> |
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we call <CODE>SetDialogItemText()</CODE> to set our new text. Note |
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And that concludes our first example of the use of resources and |
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dialogs. Next, you could have a look at the source of EasyDialogs for |
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some examples of using input fields and filterprocs. Or, go on with |
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reading the <A HREF="example2.html">second part</A> of this document |
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to see how to implement a better version of this application.<p> |
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