user_interface
package provides various functions for common use cases with message boxes.
Variable | Description |
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Button.YES | Text constant for "Yes" |
Button.NO | Text constant for "No" |
Button.OK | Text constant for "OK" |
Button.BACK | Text constant for "Back" |
Button.PREVIOUS | Text constant for "Previous" |
Button.NEXT | Text constant for "Next" |
Button.SELECT | Text constant for "Select" |
Button.CANCEL | Text constant for "Cancel" |
Variable | Description |
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ButtonList.YES_NO | Constant for getting a ["Yes", "No"] button list from ButtonList.get_button_text_from_value() |
ButtonList.OK_BACK | Constant for getting a ["Ok", "Back"] button list from ButtonList.get_button_text_from_value() |
Function | Parameters | Return Value | Description |
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ButtonList.get_button_text_from_value(cls, value) |
value: One of the values defined in the static variables of this class | A list or None |
Retrieves a list populated with text constants for use in message boxes |
Function | Parameters | Return Value | Description |
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ask_for_confirmation_via_dialog(dialog_message_id) |
dialog_message_id: MSG | True or False |
Display a dialog message and check if the reply is positive |
ask_user_for_confirmation(message_text, button_enum, ole_id=OLE_QUESTION_MARK) |
message_text: The text that should be displayed button_enum: One of the static variables of the ButtonList classole_id: OLE |
True or False |
Display a message and check if the reply is positive. |
ask_user_for_input_via_dialog(dialog_message_id, verification_function=None) |
dialog_message_id: MSG verification_function: A callable that takes one argument and returns True or False |
The user input | Ask the user for a input. The dialog message should be configured to have 1 input field. The verification_function should be a callable that gets called with the user input and returns True / False depending on if the input is valid.Will loop the question until a valid value is found or return None when the user cancels |
ask_user_to_select_from_list(possible_values, heading='', transform_value_to_text=None, _selected_index=0) |
possible_values: A iterable of values heading: Text transform_value_to_text: A callable that takes one argument and returns a String representation _selected_index: Internal argument |
A object from the iterable of values or None | Display a list of objects in a messagebox and let the user choose one of the elements. |
show_custom_dialog_message(dialog_message_id, text, extend_original_text=False) |
dialog_message_id: The dialog message to replicate text: The text that should be displayed extend_original_text: True / False depending on if you want to replace the original text or extend it |
Display a dialog message with a custom text. | |
ask_user_to_select_from_objects(message, possible_objects, title='', transform_value_to_text=str, ole_id=None) |
message: message that you want to show possible_objects: list of possible replies title: title of the dialog transform_value_to_text: A function that takes a single argument (a object from the list of values) and returns a proper string ole_id: ole_id that you want to have |
Present the user a dialog where he can choose from multiple replies. |
from ppms.user_interface import ask_user_for_confirmation, ButtonList message_text = 'Should something be done?' if ask_user_for_confirmation(message_text=message_text, button_enum=ButtonList.YES_NO) # Do something...
from ppms import ppms from ppms.constants import * ppms.ui_message_box('Should something be done?', ole_id=OLE_QUESTION_MARK, button_list=['Yes', 'No']) msg = ppms.msg_pop() reply = msg.get_reply() if reply == MSG_REPLY_YES: # Do something...
from ppms.user_interface import ask_for_confirmation_via_dialog if ask_for_confirmation_via_dialog('1110'): # Do something...
from ppms import ppms from ppms.constants import * ppms.ui_message_id('1110') msg = ppms.msg_pop() reply = msg.get_reply() if reply == MSG_REPLY_YES: # Do something...
import os from ppms.user_interface import ask_user_to_select_from_list def get_all_logfiles(): return [logfile for logfile in os.listdir('log') if logfile.endswith('.log')] def ending_stripper(logfile): return logfile.rstrip('.log') logfiles = get_all_logfiles() selected_logfile = ask_user_to_select_from_list(possible_values=logfiles, heading='Please select a logfile:', transform_value_to_text=ending_stripper) if selected_logfile is not None: logfile_path = os.path.join('log', selected_logfile) with open(logfile_path, encoding='utf-8') as f: content = f.read()[-1000:] ppms.ui_message_box(content)
from ppms.user_interface import ask_user_for_input_via_dialog # A port must be a valid integer def _port_checker(port): try: int(port) except ValueError: return False return True port = ask_user_for_input_via_dialog(dialog_message_id='1242', verification_function=_port_checker) if port is not None: # Do something with the port number
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