diff --git a/wxPython/tests/test_filesys.py b/wxPython/tests/test_filesys.py
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+++ b/wxPython/tests/test_filesys.py
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+import wx
+from cStringIO import StringIO
+
+
+class MyFileSystemHandler(wx.FileSystemHandler):    
+    def CanOpen(self, location):
+        print 'CanOpen:    ', self.this
+        print '   location:', repr(location)
+        print '   protocol:', repr(self.GetProtocol(location))
+        print '   left:    ', repr(self.GetLeftLocation(location))
+        print '   anchor:  ', repr(self.GetAnchor(location))
+        print '   right:   ', repr(self.GetRightLocation(location))
+        print '   mimetype:', repr(self.GetMimeTypeFromExt(location))
+        return False
+
+    def OpenFile(self, fs, location):
+        print 'OpenFile:', self, fs, location
+        fsfile = wx.FSFile(StringIO('the file data'),
+                           location, 'text/plain', '', wx.DateTime.Now())
+        return fsfile
+
+wx.FileSystem.AddHandler(MyFileSystemHandler())
+
+app = wx.App(False)
+
+fs = wx.FileSystem()
+fsf = fs.OpenFile('myprot://myfilename.txt')
+