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OpenLoop · Mar 8th, 2008, 10:42 AM

Anyone knows how to set the application icon for a wxPython app? I have some leads about the wx.Frame.SetIcon() function, but how do I load the icon from a .ico or .bmp file into my program?

Sane · Mar 8th, 2008, 12:31 PM

There's a wxBitmap function. Check the alphabetical class reference in the docs. I'll look for the exact code when I get home.

Sane · Mar 8th, 2008, 1:57 PM

I believe there are multiple ways to do it, including the wxBitmap way. But the easiest way is with wxIcon.

Here, wx.BITMAP_TYPE_ICO specifies that the file is .ico. I've found that no other format will handle transparency very well (including PNG) for application icons.

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class myApp(wx.Frame):

    def __init__(self, parent):

        wx.Frame.__init__(self, None,
            pos=wx.DefaultPosition, size=wx.Size(548, 438),
            style=wx.MINIMIZE_BOX | wx.SYSTEM_MENU | wx.CAPTION | wx.CLOSE_BOX | wx.CLIP_CHILDREN, 
            title="My Application")

        favicon = wx.Icon('favicon.ico', wx.BITMAP_TYPE_ICO, 16, 16)
        wx.Frame.SetIcon(self, favicon)

Edit: And here's the Alphabetical Class Reference. Perhaps the most useful thing out there for wxWidgets and wxPython.

OpenLoop · Mar 8th, 2008, 2:30 PM

Works great. I was going about it the wrong way trying to self.SetIcon() on on the frame class since I couldn't find decent references for this specific issue under wxPython documentations. I really miss the F1 in C# & MSDN when working with python. Thanks for the help.

Game_Ender · Mar 9th, 2008, 5:10 PM

I am pretty sure those last two lines can be written like this as well (notice the self.SetIcon()):

 python Syntax (Toggle Plain Text) 
        favicon = wx.Icon('favicon.ico', wx.BITMAP_TYPE_ICO, 16, 16)
        self.SetIcon(favicon)
        favicon = wx.Icon('favicon.ico', wx.BITMAP_TYPE_ICO, 16, 16)
        self.SetIcon(favicon)

All that other code was doing was invoking an unbound member function and passing it the object to work with.

OpenLoop · Mar 9th, 2008, 5:46 PM

I tried that and it seems to work... I was calling self.SetIcon(self, favicon) and it complained about the arguments but my real issue was reading the icon from a file.

I really don't understand the 'self' keyword. I try to think of it as 'this' in C++, but why does every function of a class has to have it as first argument in the definition, but then when you call it you have to omit the first argument? It's just a confusing way to do things!

Back to the icon issue, this is unrelated but if anyone out there is looking for a way to set the icon of an exe file when using py2exe, here's how your setup.py should look like:

 PYTHON Syntax (Toggle Plain Text) 
from distutils.core import setup
import py2exe
 
setup(
    windows = [
         {
                "script": "Datetool.pyw",
             "icon_resources": [(1, "icon.ico")]
         }   
    ],
)
from distutils.core import setup
import py2exe

setup(
    windows = [
         {
                "script": "Datetool.pyw",
             "icon_resources": [(1, "icon.ico")]
         }   
    ],
)

Mar 8th, 2008, 10:42 AM	#1
OpenLoop Expert Programmer Join Date: May 2005 Location: East Lansing, MI Posts: 663 Rep Power: 4	Set application Icon wxPython Anyone knows how to set the application icon for a wxPython app? I have some leads about the wx.Frame.SetIcon() function, but how do I load the icon from a .ico or .bmp file into my program?

Mar 8th, 2008, 12:31 PM	#2
Sane Programming Guru Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,799 Rep Power: 5	Re: Set application Icon wxPython There's a wxBitmap function. Check the alphabetical class reference in the docs. I'll look for the exact code when I get home. __________________ Waterloo's Canadian Computing Competition (CCC) - Stage 2 Problems, Solutions, and Test Data

Mar 8th, 2008, 1:57 PM	#3
Sane Programming Guru Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,799 Rep Power: 5	Re: Set application Icon wxPython I believe there are multiple ways to do it, including the wxBitmap way. But the easiest way is with wxIcon. Here, wx.BITMAP_TYPE_ICO specifies that the file is .ico. I've found that no other format will handle transparency very well (including PNG) for application icons. (Toggle Plain Text) class myApp(wx.Frame): def __init__(self, parent): wx.Frame.__init__(self, None, pos=wx.DefaultPosition, size=wx.Size(548, 438), style=wx.MINIMIZE_BOX \| wx.SYSTEM_MENU \| wx.CAPTION \| wx.CLOSE_BOX \| wx.CLIP_CHILDREN, title="My Application") favicon = wx.Icon('favicon.ico', wx.BITMAP_TYPE_ICO, 16, 16) wx.Frame.SetIcon(self, favicon) class myApp(wx.Frame): def __init__(self, parent): wx.Frame.__init__(self, None, pos=wx.DefaultPosition, size=wx.Size(548, 438), style=wx.MINIMIZE_BOX \| wx.SYSTEM_MENU \| wx.CAPTION \| wx.CLOSE_BOX \| wx.CLIP_CHILDREN, title="My Application") favicon = wx.Icon('favicon.ico', wx.BITMAP_TYPE_ICO, 16, 16) wx.Frame.SetIcon(self, favicon) Edit: And here's the Alphabetical Class Reference. Perhaps the most useful thing out there for wxWidgets and wxPython. __________________ Waterloo's Canadian Computing Competition (CCC) - Stage 2 Problems, Solutions, and Test Data

Mar 8th, 2008, 2:30 PM	#4
OpenLoop Expert Programmer Join Date: May 2005 Location: East Lansing, MI Posts: 663 Rep Power: 4	Re: Set application Icon wxPython Works great. I was going about it the wrong way trying to self.SetIcon() on on the frame class since I couldn't find decent references for this specific issue under wxPython documentations. I really miss the F1 in C# & MSDN when working with python. Thanks for the help.

Mar 9th, 2008, 5:10 PM	#5
Game_Ender Professional Programmer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Maryland, USA Posts: 306 Rep Power: 3	Re: Set application Icon wxPython I am pretty sure those last two lines can be written like this as well (notice the self.SetIcon()): python Syntax (Toggle Plain Text) favicon = wx.Icon('favicon.ico', wx.BITMAP_TYPE_ICO, 16, 16) self.SetIcon(favicon) favicon = wx.Icon('favicon.ico', wx.BITMAP_TYPE_ICO, 16, 16) self.SetIcon(favicon) All that other code was doing was invoking an unbound member function and passing it the object to work with. __________________ Robotics @ Maryland AUV Team - Software Lead

Mar 9th, 2008, 5:46 PM	#6
OpenLoop Expert Programmer Join Date: May 2005 Location: East Lansing, MI Posts: 663 Rep Power: 4	Re: Set application Icon wxPython I tried that and it seems to work... I was calling self.SetIcon(self, favicon) and it complained about the arguments but my real issue was reading the icon from a file. I really don't understand the 'self' keyword. I try to think of it as 'this' in C++, but why does every function of a class has to have it as first argument in the definition, but then when you call it you have to omit the first argument? It's just a confusing way to do things! Back to the icon issue, this is unrelated but if anyone out there is looking for a way to set the icon of an exe file when using py2exe, here's how your setup.py should look like: PYTHON Syntax (Toggle Plain Text) from distutils.core import setup import py2exe setup( windows = [ { "script": "Datetool.pyw", "icon_resources": [(1, "icon.ico")] } ], ) from distutils.core import setup import py2exe setup( windows = [ { "script": "Datetool.pyw", "icon_resources": [(1, "icon.ico")] } ], )

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