wxPython: Calling an event manually

Question

How can I call a specific event manually from my own code?

Answer 1

There's a simple, straightforward way to do it with recent versions of wxPython (see http://wiki.wxpython.org/CustomEventClasses):

   # create event class
   import wx.lib.newevent
   SomeNewEvent, EVT_SOME_NEW_EVENT = wx.lib.newevent.NewEvent()

   # post it, with arbitrary data attached
   wx.PostEvent(target, SomeNewEvent(attr1=foo, attr2=bar))

   # bind it as usual
   target.Bind(EVT_SOME_NEW_EVENT, target.handler)