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phoenix_title wx.adv.AboutDialogInfo

wx.adv.AboutDialogInfo contains information shown in the standard About dialog displayed by the wx.adv.AboutBox function.

This class contains the general information about the program, such as its name, version, copyright and so on, as well as lists of the program developers, documentation writers, artists and translators. The simple properties from the former group are represented as a string with the exception of the program icon and the program web site, while the lists from the latter group are stored as list of strings and can be either set entirely at once using wx.adv.AboutDialogInfo.SetDevelopers and similar functions or built one by one using wx.adv.AboutDialogInfo.AddDeveloper etc.

Please also notice that while all the main platforms have the native implementation of the about dialog, they are often more limited than the generic version provided by wxWidgets and so the generic version is used if wx.adv.AboutDialogInfo has any fields not supported by the native version. Currently GTK+ version supports all the possible fields natively but MSW and Mac versions don’t support URLs, licence text nor custom icons in the about dialog and if either of those is used, wx.adv.AboutBox will automatically use the generic version so you should avoid specifying these fields to achieve more native look and feel.

Example of usage:

def OnAbout(self, event):

    aboutInfo = wx.adv.AboutDialogInfo()
    aboutInfo.SetName("MyApp")
    aboutInfo.SetVersion(MY_APP_VERSION_STRING)
    aboutInfo.SetDescription(_("My wxPython-based application!"))
    aboutInfo.SetCopyright("(C) 1992-2012")
    aboutInfo.SetWebSite("http:#myapp.org")
    aboutInfo.AddDeveloper("My Self")

    wx.adv.AboutBox(aboutInfo)

class_hierarchy Class Hierarchy

Inheritance diagram for class AboutDialogInfo:


method_summary Methods Summary

__init__ Default constructor leaves all fields are initially uninitialized, in general you should call at least SetVersion , SetCopyright and SetDescription .
AddArtist Adds an artist name to be shown in the program credits.
AddDeveloper Adds a developer name to be shown in the program credits.
AddDocWriter Adds a documentation writer name to be shown in the program credits.
AddTranslator Adds a translator name to be shown in the program credits.
GetArtists Returns an array of the artist strings set in the dialog info.
GetCopyright Get the copyright string.
GetDescription Get the description string.
GetDevelopers Returns an array of the developer strings set in the dialog info.
GetDocWriters Returns an array of the writer strings set in the dialog info.
GetIcon Returns the icon set by SetIcon .
GetLicence Returns the licence string.
GetLongVersion Return the long version string if set.
GetName Get the name of the program.
GetTranslators Returns an array of the translator strings set in the dialog info.
GetVersion Return the short version string.
GetWebSiteDescription Returns the description of the website URL set for the dialog.
GetWebSiteURL Returns the website URL set for the dialog.
HasArtists Returns True if artists have been set in the dialog info.
HasCopyright Returns True if a copyright string has been specified.
HasDescription Returns True if a description string has been specified.
HasDevelopers Returns True if developers have been set in the dialog info.
HasDocWriters Returns True if writers have been set in the dialog info.
HasIcon Returns True if an icon has been set for the about dialog.
HasLicence Returns True if the licence string has been set.
HasTranslators Returns True if translators have been set in the dialog info.
HasWebSite Returns True if the website info has been set.
SetArtists Sets the list of artists to be shown in the program credits.
SetCopyright Set the short string containing the program copyright information.
SetDescription Set brief, but possibly multiline, description of the program.
SetDevelopers Set the list of developers of the program.
SetDocWriters Set the list of documentation writers.
SetIcon Set the icon to be shown in the dialog.
SetLicence Set the long, multiline string containing the text of the program licence.
SetLicense This is the same as SetLicence .
SetName Set the name of the program.
SetTranslators Set the list of translators.
SetVersion Set the version of the program.
SetWebSite Set the web site for the program and its description (which defaults to url itself if empty).

api Class API



class wx.adv.AboutDialogInfo(object)

Possible constructors:

AboutDialogInfo()

AboutDialogInfo contains information shown in the standard About dialog displayed by the AboutBox() function.


Methods



__init__(self)

Default constructor leaves all fields are initially uninitialized, in general you should call at least SetVersion , SetCopyright and SetDescription .



AddArtist(self, artist)

Adds an artist name to be shown in the program credits.

Parameters:artist (string) –

See also

SetArtists



AddDeveloper(self, developer)

Adds a developer name to be shown in the program credits.

Parameters:developer (string) –

See also

SetDevelopers



AddDocWriter(self, docwriter)

Adds a documentation writer name to be shown in the program credits.

Parameters:docwriter (string) –

See also

SetDocWriters



AddTranslator(self, translator)

Adds a translator name to be shown in the program credits.

Notice that if no translator names are specified explicitly, wx.adv.AboutBox will try to use the translation of the string translator-credits from the currently used message catalog

Parameters:translator (string) –

See also

SetTranslators



GetArtists(self)

Returns an array of the artist strings set in the dialog info.

Return type:list of strings


GetCopyright(self)

Get the copyright string.

Return type:string
Returns:The copyright string


GetDescription(self)

Get the description string.

Return type:string
Returns:The description string, free-form.


GetDevelopers(self)

Returns an array of the developer strings set in the dialog info.

Return type:list of strings


GetDocWriters(self)

Returns an array of the writer strings set in the dialog info.

Return type:list of strings


GetIcon(self)

Returns the icon set by SetIcon .

Return type:Icon


GetLicence(self)

Returns the licence string.

Return type:string

See also

SetLicence



GetLongVersion(self)

Return the long version string if set.

Return type:string

See also

SetVersion



GetName(self)

Get the name of the program.

Return type:string
Returns:Name of the program

See also

SetName



GetTranslators(self)

Returns an array of the translator strings set in the dialog info.

Return type:list of strings


GetVersion(self)

Return the short version string.

Return type:string

See also

SetVersion



GetWebSiteDescription(self)

Returns the description of the website URL set for the dialog.

Return type:string


GetWebSiteURL(self)

Returns the website URL set for the dialog.

Return type:string


HasArtists(self)

Returns True if artists have been set in the dialog info.

Return type:bool


HasCopyright(self)

Returns True if a copyright string has been specified.

Return type:bool

See also

GetCopyright



HasDescription(self)

Returns True if a description string has been specified.

Return type:bool

See also

GetDescription



HasDevelopers(self)

Returns True if developers have been set in the dialog info.

Return type:bool


HasDocWriters(self)

Returns True if writers have been set in the dialog info.

Return type:bool


HasIcon(self)

Returns True if an icon has been set for the about dialog.

Return type:bool


HasLicence(self)

Returns True if the licence string has been set.

Return type:bool


HasTranslators(self)

Returns True if translators have been set in the dialog info.

Return type:bool


HasWebSite(self)

Returns True if the website info has been set.

Return type:bool


SetArtists(self, artists)

Sets the list of artists to be shown in the program credits.

Parameters:artists (list of strings) –

See also

AddArtist



SetCopyright(self, copyright)

Set the short string containing the program copyright information.

Notice that any occurrences of "(C)" in copyright will be replaced by the copyright symbol (circled C) automatically, which means that you can avoid using this symbol in the program source code which can be problematic,

Parameters:copyright (string) –


SetDescription(self, desc)

Set brief, but possibly multiline, description of the program.

Parameters:desc (string) –


SetDevelopers(self, developers)

Set the list of developers of the program.

Parameters:developers (list of strings) –

See also

AddDeveloper



SetDocWriters(self, docwriters)

Set the list of documentation writers.

Parameters:docwriters (list of strings) –

See also

AddDocWriter



SetIcon(self, icon)

Set the icon to be shown in the dialog.

By default the icon of the main frame will be shown if the native about dialog supports custom icons. If it doesn’t but a valid icon is specified using this method, the generic about dialog is used instead so you should avoid calling this function for maximally native look and feel.

Parameters:icon (wx.Icon) –


SetLicence(self, licence)

Set the long, multiline string containing the text of the program licence.

Only GTK+ version supports showing the licence text in the native about dialog currently so the generic version will be used under all the other platforms if this method is called. To preserve the native look and feel it is advised that you do not call this method but provide a separate menu item in the "Help" menu for displaying the text of your program licence.

Parameters:licence (string) –


SetLicense(self, licence)

This is the same as SetLicence .

Parameters:licence (string) –


SetName(self, name)

Set the name of the program.

If this method is not called, the string returned by wx.App.GetAppName will be shown in the dialog.

Parameters:name (string) –


SetTranslators(self, translators)

Set the list of translators.

Please see AddTranslator for additional discussion.

Parameters:translators (list of strings) –


SetVersion(self, version, longVersion="")

Set the version of the program.

The word “version” shouldn’t be included in version. Example version values: “1.2” and “RC2”. In about dialogs with more space set aside for version information, longVersion is used. Example longVersion values: “Version 1.2” and “Release Candidate 2”. If version is non-empty but longVersion is empty, a long version is constructed automatically, using version (by simply prepending “Version ” to version).

The generic about dialog and native GTK+ dialog use version only, as a suffix to the program name. The native MSW and OS X about dialogs use the long version.

Parameters:
  • version (string) –
  • longVersion (string) –


SetWebSite(self, url, desc="")

Set the web site for the program and its description (which defaults to url itself if empty).

Please notice that only GTK+ version currently supports showing the link in the native about dialog so if this method is called, the generic version will be used under all the other platforms.

Parameters:
  • url (string) –
  • desc (string) –

Properties



Artists

See GetArtists and SetArtists



Copyright

See GetCopyright and SetCopyright



Description

See GetDescription and SetDescription



Developers

See GetDevelopers and SetDevelopers



DocWriters

See GetDocWriters and SetDocWriters



Icon

See GetIcon and SetIcon



Licence

See GetLicence and SetLicence



LongVersion

See GetLongVersion



Name

See GetName and SetName



Translators

See GetTranslators and SetTranslators



Version

See GetVersion and SetVersion



WebSiteDescription

See GetWebSiteDescription



WebSiteURL

See GetWebSiteURL