I have a program in Python that gets a window handle via COM from another program (think of the Python program as an addin) I set this window to be the main Python frame's parent so that if the other program minimizes, the python frame will too. The problem is when I go to exit, and try to close or destroy the main frame, the frame.close never completes it's execution (although it does disappear) and the other program refuses to close unless killed with TaskManager.
Here are roughly the steps we take:
if we are started directly, launch other program
if not, we are called from the other program, do nothing
enter main function:
create new wx.App
set other program as frame parent:
Get handle via COM
create a parent using wx.Window_FromHWND
create new frame with handle as parent
show frame
enter main loop
App.onexit:
close frame
frame = None
handle as parent = None
handle = None
Anybody have any thoughts on this or experience with this sort of thing?
I appreciate any help with this!
[Edit]
This is only the case when I use the handle as a parent, if I just get the handle and close the python program, the other program closes fine
解决方案
My resolution to this is a little bit hacked, and admittedly not the most elegant solution that I've ever come up with - but it works rather effectively...
Basically my steps are to start a thread that polls to see whether the window handle is existent or not. While it's still existent, do nothing. If it no longer exists, kill the python application, allowing the handle (and main application) to be released.
class CheckingThread(threading.Thread):
'''
This class runs a check on Parent Window to see if it still is running
If Parent Window closes, this class kills the Python Window application in memory
'''
def run(self):
'''
Checks Parent Window in 5 seconds intervals to make sure it is still alive.
If not alive, exit application
'''
self.needKill = False
while not self.needKill:
if self.handle is not None:
if not win32gui.IsWindow(self.handle):
os._exit(0)
break
time.sleep(5)
def Kill(self):
'''
Call from Python Window main application that causes application to exit
'''
self.needKill = True
def SetHandle(self, handle):
'''
Sets Handle so thread can check if handle exists.
This must be called before thread is started.
'''
self.handle = handle
Again, it feels a little hackish, but I don't really see another way around it. If anybody else has better resolutions, please post.