Question
I am having difficulty with my program written in Python 2.7.5 using wxPython 2.9.5, ObjectListView 1.2, lxml 2.3, and SQLAlchemy 0.8.2 and compiled into an exe with py2exe.
The problem I am running into is after compiling the program into an exe I am no longer able to use Ctrl-C to copy data from the ObjectListView and paste it into other programs such as Excel, Notepad, or even Notepad++. This happens regardless of how many rows are selected to be copy/pasted. The results I get when pasting into Excel is "Microsoft Excel cannot paste the data." and when I try notepad I get the very first letter from the first column and row (I think it is the first row) but nothing else.
Here is a code snippet from one of the output windows I am having the issues with (there are 2 total, but they are almost perfect mirrors of each other). This is imported by the main script and then added to an agw AUI Notebook as a page.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19595943
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Russianimport wx
from ObjectListView import ObjectListView, ColumnDefn
from wx.lib.pubsub import pub
import ectworker as EW
TabLabel = 'Primary Output'
outputOne = []
class TabPanel(wx.Panel):
def __init__(self, parent):
wx.Panel.__init__(self, parent)
headerFont = wx.Font(12, wx.MODERN, wx.SLANT, wx.NORMAL)
title = wx.StaticText(self, -1, " Primary Output:")
title.SetFont(headerFont)
self.countDisplay = wx.StaticText(self, -1, '%s'%len(invOutput))
self.countDisplay.SetFont(headerFont)
self.dataOLV = ObjectListView(self, wx.ID_ANY,
style=wx.LC_REPORT|wx.SUNKEN_BORDER)
self.setColumns()
self.dataOLV.SetEmptyListMsg('Please click the show button.\n\
If nothing appears then there is nothing to display')
self.dataOLV.cellEditMode = ObjectListView.CELLEDIT_NONE
updateBtn = wx.Button(self, wx.ID_ANY, 'Show')
updateBtn.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.updateControl)
filterBtn = wx.Button(self, label='Filter')
filterBtn.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.filterInfo)
lookupBtn = wx.Button(self, wx.ID_ANY, 'Look Up')
lookupBtn.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.onLookUp)
vbox = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)
hbox0 = wx.BoxSizer(wx.HORIZONTAL)
hbox0.Add(title, 0, wx.ALL, 5)
hbox0.Add(self.countDisplay, 0, wx.ALL, 5)
hbox1 = wx.BoxSizer(wx.HORIZONTAL)
hbox1.Add(updateBtn, 0, wx.ALL, 5)
hbox1.Add(filterBtn, 0, wx.ALL, 5)
hbox1.Add(lookupBtn, 0, wx.ALL, 5)
vbox.Add(hbox0, 0, wx.EXPAND, 5)
vbox.Add(self.dataOLV, 1, wx.ALL|wx.EXPAND, 5)
vbox.Add(hbox1, 0, wx.ALL|wx.CENTER, 5)
self.SetSizer(vbox)
def setColumns(self, data=None):
self.idColumn = ColumnDefn('Dealer ID', 'left', -1, 'id')
self.nameColumn = ColumnDefn('Dealer Name', 'left', -1, 'name')
self.thirdColumn = ColumnDefn('Third', 'left', -1, 'third')
self.fourthColumn = ColumnDefn('Fourth', 'left', -1, 'fourth')
self.fifthColumn = ColumnDefn('Fifth', 'left', -1, 'fifth')
self.sixthColumn = ColumnDefn('Sixth', 'right', -1, 'sixth')
self.seventhColumn = ColumnDefn('Seventh', 'right', -1, 'seventh')
self.olvColumns = [
self.idColumn,
self.nameColumn,
self.thirdColumn,
self.fourthColumn,
self.fifthColumn,
self.sixthColumn,
self.seventhColumn]
self.dataOLV.SetColumns(self.olvColumns)
def updateControl(self, event):
outputOne = EW.filterOne()
self.updateOLV(outputOne)
def filterInfo(self, event):
pub.sendMessage('dialog.filter', event=None)
while EW.dataVars.theFilter == []:
pub.sendMessage('dialog.filter', event=None)
outputOne = EW.filterOne()
self.updateOLV(outputOne)
def updateOLV(self, object):
self.dataOLV.SetObjects(object)
self.countDisplay.SetLabel('%s'%len(object))
def onLookUp(self, event):
# This needs proper error handling
selectedRow = self.dataOLV.GetSelectedObject()
try:
webbrowser.open('sc/%s' % selectedRow.id)
except AttributeError:
pass
if __name__ == '__main__':
print('File file is not meant to be run as a stand alone application.')
print(' Please try again by running the main program.')
My primary question is how can I get the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+C to properly function after compiling with py2exe?
Before I receive the responses of "Try PyInstaller", I have and I receive an error message each time, but that is for another possible question posting.
Thanks in advance.
--EDIT--
I thought this code would be my solution, however my final result is a jumbled mash-up of foreign languages.
def onCtrlC(self, event):
selectedRows = self.dataOLV.GetSelectedObjects()
self.dataObj = wx.TextDataObject()
self.dataObj.SetData('%s'%str(selectedRows))
if wx.TheClipboard.Open():
wx.TheClipboard.SetData(self.dataObj)
wx.TheClipboard.Flush()
else:
pub.sendMessage('dialog.error', message='Unable to open the clipboard',
caption='Error')
I'm making an educated guess that I am missing something.
--EDIT2--
Got it working as desired, thanks to Mike Driscoll, thank you! I did change how I was putting the data into the clipboard, I don't think it is the most efficient, but it works. I also discovered why I was receiving a jumbled mess when pasting. Code is below, I am using a multiline TextCtrl to temporarily store the data and clearing it when I am done.
self.hiddenTxt = wx.TextCtrl(self, style=wx.TE_MULTILINE)
self.hiddenTxt.Hide()
def onCtrlC(self, event):
selectedRows = self.dataOLV.GetSelectedObjects()
for x in selectedRows:
self.hiddenTxt.AppendText('%s\t%s\n'%(x.id, x.name))
self.dataObj = wx.TextDataObject()
self.dataObj.SetText(self.hiddenTxt.GetValue())
if wx.TheClipboard.Open():
wx.TheClipboard.SetData(self.dataObj)
wx.TheClipboard.Flush()
else:
pub.sendMessage('dialog.error', message='Unable to open the clipboard',
caption='Error')
self.hiddenTxt.SetValue('')
The part I goofed on was:
self.dataObj.SetData
It actually needed to be:
self.dataObj.SetText
By using \t between the tidbits on each line I am able to paste into Excel with no issues at all!
Many, Many thanks to you Mike D.
Solution
You may need to use the clipboard explicitly to make this work. I don't know why you would, but that's my first thought. Here are a couple of tutorials on the subject:
I would also ask on the wxPython users list / Google group. A lot of developers hang out there and may be able to give you additional pointers:
