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.. currentmodule:: adv



.. _adv.NotificationMessage:

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|phoenix_title|  **NotificationMessage**
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This class allows to show the user a message non intrusively.          

Currently it is implemented natively only for the Maemo platform and uses (non-modal) dialogs for the display of the notifications under the other platforms but it will be extended to use the platform-specific notifications in the other ports in the future. 

Notice that this class is not a window and so doesn't derive from :ref:`Window`. 









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|class_hierarchy| Inheritance Diagram
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Inheritance diagram for class **NotificationMessage**

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|method_summary| Methods Summary
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:meth:`~NotificationMessage.__init__`                                            Default constructor, use :meth:`SetParent` , :meth:`SetTitle`   and :meth:`SetMessage`   to initialize the object before showing it.
:meth:`~NotificationMessage.Close`                                               Hides the notification.
:meth:`~NotificationMessage.SetFlags`                                            This parameter can be currently used to specify the icon to show in the notification.
:meth:`~NotificationMessage.SetMessage`                                          Set the main text of the notification.
:meth:`~NotificationMessage.SetParent`                                           Set the parent for this notification: the notification will be associated with the top level parent of this window or, if this method is not called, with the main application window by default.
:meth:`~NotificationMessage.SetTitle`                                            Set the title, it must be a concise string (not more than 64 characters), use :meth:`SetMessage`   to give the user more details.
:meth:`~NotificationMessage.Show`                                                Show the notification to the user and hides it after `timeout`  seconds are elapsed.
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|api| Class API
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.. class:: NotificationMessage(EvtHandler)

   This class allows to show the user a message non intrusively.
   
   **Possible constructors**::

       NotificationMessage()
       
       NotificationMessage(title, message='', parent=None,
                           flags=ICON_INFORMATION)
       



   .. method:: __init__(self, *args, **kw)



      |overload| **Overloaded Implementations**:

      **~~~**

      
      **__init__** `(self)`
      
      Default constructor, use :meth:`SetParent` , :meth:`SetTitle`   and :meth:`SetMessage`   to initialize the object before showing it.                   
      
      
      
      
      **~~~**

      
      **__init__** `(self, title, message='', parent=None, flags=ICON_INFORMATION)`
      
      Create a notification object with the given attributes.                  
      
      See :meth:`SetTitle` , :meth:`SetMessage` , :meth:`SetParent`   and :meth:`SetFlags`   for the description of the corresponding parameters.                  
      
      
      :param `title`: 
      :type `title`: string
      :param `message`: 
      :type `message`: string
      :param `parent`: 
      :type `parent`: Window
      :param `flags`: 
      :type `flags`: int
      
      
      
      
      
      
      **~~~**






   .. method:: Close(self)

      Hides the notification.                  

      Returns ``True`` if it was hidden or ``False`` if it couldn't be done (e.g. on some systems automatically hidden notifications can't be hidden manually).                  

      :rtype: `bool`








   .. method:: SetFlags(self, flags)

      This parameter can be currently used to specify the icon to show in the notification.                  

      Valid values are  ``ICON_INFORMATION`` ,   ``ICON_WARNING``   and   ``ICON_ERROR``   (notice that   ``ICON_QUESTION``   is not allowed here). Some implementations of this class may not support the icons.                   


      :param `flags`: 
      :type `flags`: int







   .. method:: SetMessage(self, message)

      Set the main text of the notification.                  

      This should be a more detailed description than the title but still limited to reasonable length (not more than 256 characters).                  


      :param `message`: 
      :type `message`: string







   .. method:: SetParent(self, parent)

      Set the parent for this notification: the notification will be associated with the top level parent of this window or, if this method is not called, with the main application window by default.                  


      :param `parent`: 
      :type `parent`: Window







   .. method:: SetTitle(self, title)

      Set the title, it must be a concise string (not more than 64 characters), use :meth:`SetMessage`   to give the user more details.                  


      :param `title`: 
      :type `title`: string







   .. method:: Show(self, timeout=Timeout_Auto)

      Show the notification to the user and hides it after `timeout`  seconds are elapsed.                  

      Special values  ``Timeout_Auto``   and   ``Timeout_Never``   can be used here, notice that you shouldn't rely on  `timeout`  being exactly respected because the current platform may only support default timeout value and also because the user may be able to close the notification. 

                


      :param `timeout`: 
      :type `timeout`: int




      :rtype: `bool`







      :returns: 

         ``False`` if an error occurred.