Ticker

Inheritance Diagram

Inheritance diagram for class Ticker

Known Superclasses

PyControl

Methods Summary

__init__
AcceptsFocus	Non-interactive, so don’t accept focus
DoGetBestSize	Width we don’t care about, height is either -1, or the character
DrawText	Draws the ticker text at the current offset using the provided DC
GetDirection
GetFPS	Update speed of the ticker
GetPPF	Pixels per frame
GetText
IsTicking	Is the ticker ticking? ie, is the text moving?
OnErase	Noop because of double buffering
OnPaint
OnTick
SetDirection	Sets the direction of the ticker: right to left(rtl) or left to right (ltr)
SetFont
SetFPS	Adjust the update speed of the ticker
SetPPF	Set the number of pixels per frame the ticker moves - ie, how “jumpy” it is
SetText	Set the ticker text.
ShouldInheritColours	Don’t get colours from our parent...
Start	Starts the text moving
Stop	Stop moving the text
UpdateExtent	Updates the cached text extent if needed

Class API

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class Ticker(PyControl)

Methods

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__init__(self, parent, id=-1, text='', fgcolor = BLACK, bgcolor = WHITE, start=True, ppf=2, fps=20, direction="rtl", pos=DefaultPosition, size=DefaultSize, style=NO_BORDER, name="Ticker")

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AcceptsFocus(self)

Non-interactive, so don’t accept focus

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DoGetBestSize(self)

Width we don’t care about, height is either -1, or the character height of our text with a little extra padding

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DrawText(self, dc)

Draws the ticker text at the current offset using the provided DC

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GetDirection(self)

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GetFPS(self)

Update speed of the ticker

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GetPPF(self)

Pixels per frame

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GetText(self)

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IsTicking(self)

Is the ticker ticking? ie, is the text moving?

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OnErase(self, evt)

Noop because of double buffering

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OnPaint(self, evt)

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OnTick(self, evt)

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SetDirection(self, dir)

Sets the direction of the ticker: right to left(rtl) or left to right (ltr)

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SetFont(self, font)

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SetFPS(self, fps)

Adjust the update speed of the ticker

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SetPPF(self, ppf)

Set the number of pixels per frame the ticker moves - ie, how “jumpy” it is

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SetText(self, text)

Set the ticker text.

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ShouldInheritColours(self)

Don’t get colours from our parent...

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Start(self)

Starts the text moving

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Stop(self)

Stop moving the text

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UpdateExtent(self, dc)

Updates the cached text extent if needed