Kurt Eilander wrote:
> According to http://developex.com/blog/system-modal-back/ the thing to
> do is to create and switch to a new desktop.
>
> Therefore, I'm doing:
>
> hDeskOld=win32service.GetThreadDesktop(win32api.GetCurrentThreadId())
> hDesk=win32service.CreateDesktop("SysModalDesktop",0,win32con.GENERIC_ALL,None)
>
>
> hDesk.SwitchDesktop() # switch to the new desktop
> try:
> root=Tk()
> app=SysmodalDialog(root,title,message,img)
> app.mainloop()
> except Exception,e:
> print e
> hDeskOld.SwitchDesktop() # switch back
> hDesk.CloseDesktop() # done
>
> The tk stuff inside the try works fine on its own.
> If I replace the Tk stuff with time.sleep(5.0), then desktops switch
> fine as well.
>
> The problem is I can't get the tk app to show on the new desktop (and
> therefore mainloop() blocks and I can't get back out of it!)
I see Eryk provided the explanation, but all I had to do to make your
example work was add
hDesk.SetThreadDesktop()
just after your SwitchDesktop call.
--
Tim Roberts, [email protected]
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
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