Dialog with Qt any Python

[NeillHog]

I have now been playing with Python for a few months. I have written a few very simple utilities where I use Qt for the GUI.


Thanks to these forums and all the help I have received I have solved most problems but now I am totally stumped.

I have a program which runs in a main window and now I want to add a second "about" window called through help->about.

I have designed the main window and dialog window with Qt3. The main window works but I can not get the dialog window to appear.

My program (without all the boring details) looks like this

[CODE]
#!/usr/bin/env python

from gui import GUI #the GUI programmed with qt Developer
from about import formAbout

class GPSBabelWrapper(QApplication):

def __init__(self, args):
QApplication.__init__(self,args)
self.maindialog = theApp(None)

self.setMainWidget(self.maindialog)
self.maindialog.show()
self.exec_loop()

class aboutDlg(formAbout):

def __init__(self,parent):
# Run the parent constructor and connect the slots to methods.
formAbout.__init__(self,parent)

class theApp(GUI):

def __init__(self,parent):
# Run the parent constructor and connect the slots to methods.
GUI.__init__(self,parent)
self._connectSlots()


def _connectSlots(self):
self.connect(self.helpAboutAction,SIGNAL("activated()"),self._onAbout)


def _onAbout(self):
aboutDlg.show(self)

if __name__ == "__main__":
app = GPSBabelWrapper(sys.argv)


Whwn I press the about menu point I get the error
TypeError: first argument of unbound method QDialog.show() must be a QDialog instance

In the file about.py is


# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
from qt import *

class formAbout(QDialog):
def __init__(self,parent = None,name = None,modal = 0,fl = 0):
QDialog.__init__(self,parent,name,modal,fl)
if not name:
self.setName("formAbout")
self.textLabelAbout = QLabel(self,"textLabelAbout")
self.textLabelAbout.setGeometry(QRect(50,40,100,20 ))
self.languageChange()
self.resize(QSize(335,222).expandedTo(self.minimum SizeHint()))
self.clearWState(Qt.WState_Polished)

def languageChange(self):
self.setCaption(self.__tr("About"))
self.textLabelAbout.setText(self.__tr("textLabel1"))

def __tr(self,s,c = None):
return qApp.translate("formAbout",s,c)


Maybe I am making some stupid fundamental mistake. I would really appreciate any and all help.

Thank you!
Neill

[NeillHog]

This thread is meant to be called "Dialog with Qt and Python" but there seems to be no way to change the name.

I hope "the expert" stumbles over it anyway - because I am really getting no where fast.

Neill