Hi Sean, I have been using Qt to automate test cases for the different network security applications and Voice over IP products I used to work on for my current company and my last company for the last ten years. I have built a couple GUI apps using both Qt (PyQt4) and Python scripts for these two companies to run automated tests from the GUI drop-down menus, text boxes, buttons, etc. that I designed using Qt 4 Designer. Qt 4 Designer supports all the various GUI components you mentioned above and more, and you can design it the way you wanted. I recommend using Qt 4 Designer. A few pointers to learn Qt/Qt 4 Designer:
1. Use Qt 4 Designer to design your GUI to start of instead of trying to write the code yourself. Begin by creating a a button, for instance, and keep building and adding more GUI widgets as you go, and save into a file let's called guiApp.ui. Use pyuic4 batch file to compile and convert your widget file into Python code: pyuic4 guiApp.ui -o guiApp.py 2. When you convert your guiApp.ui into guiApp.py, it creates a Python class (e.g Ui_Test_Automation for my apps) with widget objects you need to call to trigger widget actions/signals. You will need to look into guiApp.py Python script to learn to use the objects it creates for various widgets/buttons, drop-down menu, etc. For instance, if you create a push button called RUN_TESTS, pyuic4 will create something like the following: class Ui_Test_Automation(object): def setupUi(self, Test_Automation): self.RUN_TESTS=QtGui.QPushButton(Test_Automation) .... (Google this part as each widget has different actions.signals it can perform) 3. For my GUI apps I created, I have another Python script to import guiApp file I created from step 1 above as follows to run my tests: from guiApp import Ui_Test_Automation 4. When I need to trigger an action for the RUN_TESTS button, the code for that looks something like this: def __init__(self, parent=None): QtGui.QWidget.__init__(self, parent) self.ui = Ui_Test_Automation() QtCore.QObject.connect(self.ui.RUN_TESTS, QtCore.SIGNAL("clicked()"), self.RUN_SELECTED_TESTS) ... def RUN_SELECTED_TESTS(): #This method will run all selected tests on the GUI. 5. Google for sample Qt scripts and how to use and trigger Qt button signals. There are a lot of sample codes out there. I hope this helps. Heang Lim On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 9:47 AM, John Grant <cyr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Sean, > My opinion is that you would be better served learning Qt. In some ways > this additional dependency might cloud matters, but for the features you > ask for, Qt will make your development streamlined. You can find more > information about the Python bindings at: > https://wiki.python.org/moin/PyQt > > Good luck, > John > On Dec 31, 2013 3:11 AM, "Sean Murphy" <mhysnq1...@icloud.com> wrote: > >> Hi all. >> >> I am very very new to Python. I have read the book on programming for >> Windows with Python that was released in 2000. The book is very good but >> doesn't give me the basic information I am seeking. Since I am a beginner >> programmer. >> >> I want to create a GUI windows app with Python. The program has to use >> default Windows 32 or 64 bit objects. I wish to get the following >> components: >> >> Menu bar >> Listview >> Treeview >> Richedit or a multiline edit field >> A couple of buttons. >> All objects must be able to be access by the keyboard. either via tab >> stops (using the tab or shift tab key) and short cut keys. >> >> >> I have a 70 mb text file that is marked up using YML. I wish to show each >> section in the edit field. The list view shows the name of each item. The >> tree view will contain categories. >> >> I have seen PYGUI which I am not sure if it is easier then using the MSF >> approach which the book above mentions. >> >> So I really need assistance to progress this home bobbie project to >> expand my programming skills. Any wikis, documentations, good code examples >> with explanations, etc I would love to get my hands on. >> >> I am reading about 3 or 4 books on Python to get up to speed. But only >> found one book on Win32 programming. I do not want to have to turn around >> and learn win32 or MFC. If I have to then please point me towards a good >> book or resource. >> >> >> Regards >> Sean >> _______________________________________________ >> python-win32 mailing list >> python-win32@python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32 >> > > _______________________________________________ > python-win32 mailing list > python-win32@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32 > >
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