I am not an experienced programmer. This is probably a simple problem to solve.
I have a function that is supposed to run every two minutes. This function is inside a simple wxPython system tray program. The problem is that I do not know how to run the function because wxPython never leave .MainLoop(). Where should I put the function?
Here is the code: (I have left out the function and import because it is not relevant.)
TRAY_TOOLTIP = 'System Tray Demo'
TRAY_ICON = 'star.png'
def create_menu_item(menu, label, func):
item = wx.MenuItem(menu, -1, label)
menu.Bind(wx.EVT_MENU, func, id=item.GetId())
menu.AppendItem(item)
return item
class TaskBarIcon(wx.TaskBarIcon):
def __init__(self):
super(TaskBarIcon, self).__init__()
self.set_icon(TRAY_ICON)
self.Bind(wx.EVT_TASKBAR_LEFT_DOWN, self.on_left_down)
def CreatePopupMenu(self):
menu = wx.Menu()
create_menu_item(menu, 'Say Hello', self.on_hello)
menu.AppendSeparator()
create_menu_item(menu, 'Exit', self.on_exit)
return menu
def set_icon(self, path):
icon = wx.IconFromBitmap(wx.Bitmap(path))
self.SetIcon(icon, TRAY_TOOLTIP)
def on_left_down(self, event):
print 'Tray icon was left-clicked.'
MailCheck()
def on_hello(self, event):
print 'Hello, world!'
def on_exit(self, event):
wx.CallAfter(self.Destroy)
def main():
app = wx.PySimpleApp()
TaskBarIcon()
app.MainLoop()
#This is my function I want to run
#But MainLoop() never ends. Where should I put MainCheck() ?
MailCheck()
if __name__=='__main__':
main()