On Sep 20, 11:30 am, Tim Golden <m...@timgolden.me.uk> wrote: > On 20/09/2010 16:15, Greg Miller wrote: > > > I'm trying to get the following code converted to Python.......and am > > stuck > > > if(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_hotkey... > > 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.... > > 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
Thank you for the assist! Quick question though, using the first example is there any need to register for WM_TIMER, ( instead of registering for WM_HOTKEY ), or is extracting the "home grown Windows message loop" enough and just run with that? et1ssgmiller -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list