diff --git a/wxPython/demo/Main.py b/wxPython/demo/Main.py
index 65201470d4..e353972a2d 100644
--- a/wxPython/demo/Main.py
+++ b/wxPython/demo/Main.py
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ import wx.html
import images
##wx.Trap()
+##raw_input("Press a key...")
+
# Use Python's bool constants if available, make aliases if not
try:
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@ _treeList = [
'wxListbook',
'wxMaskedNumCtrl',
'FloatCanvas',
+ 'wxXmlResourceSubclass',
]),
# managed windows == things with a (optional) caption you can close
@@ -158,6 +161,7 @@ _treeList = [
'wxScrolledPanel',
'wxXmlResource',
'wxXmlResourceHandler',
+ 'wxXmlResourceSubclass',
]),
# ditto
diff --git a/wxPython/demo/wxXmlResourceSubclass.py b/wxPython/demo/wxXmlResourceSubclass.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1729900b44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wxPython/demo/wxXmlResourceSubclass.py
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+
+from wxPython.wx import *
+from wxPython.xrc import *
+
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+resourceText = r'''
+
+
+
+
+
+
+'''
+
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class MyBluePanel(wxPanel):
+ def __init__(self):
+ #print "MyBluePanel.__init__"
+ p = wxPrePanel()
+ self.this = p.this
+ self.thisown = p.thisown
+ self._setOORInfo(self)
+
+ EVT_WINDOW_CREATE(self, self.OnCreate)
+
+ def OnCreate(self, evt):
+ # This is the little bit of customization that we do for this
+ # silly example. It could just as easily have been done in
+ # the resource. We do it in the EVT_WINDOW_CREATE handler
+ # because the window doesn't really exist yet in the __init__.
+ self.SetBackgroundColour("BLUE")
+ self.SetForegroundColour("WHITE")
+
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+class TestPanel(wxPanel):
+ def __init__(self, parent, log):
+ self.log = log
+ wxPanel.__init__(self, parent, -1)
+
+ # make the components
+ label = wxStaticText(self, -1, "The lower panel was built from this XML:")
+ label.SetFont(wxFont(12, wxSWISS, wxNORMAL, wxBOLD))
+
+ text = wxTextCtrl(self, -1, resourceText,
+ style=wxTE_READONLY|wxTE_MULTILINE)
+ text.SetInsertionPoint(0)
+
+ line = wxStaticLine(self, -1)
+
+ # Load the resource
+ res = wxEmptyXmlResource()
+ res.LoadFromString(resourceText)
+
+ # Now create a panel from the resource data
+ panel = res.LoadPanel(self, "MyPanel")
+
+ # and do the layout
+ sizer = wxBoxSizer(wxVERTICAL)
+ sizer.Add(label, 0, wxEXPAND|wxTOP|wxLEFT, 5)
+ sizer.Add(text, 1, wxEXPAND|wxALL, 5)
+ sizer.Add(line, 0, wxEXPAND)
+ sizer.Add(panel, 1, wxEXPAND|wxALL, 5)
+
+ self.SetSizer(sizer)
+ self.SetAutoLayout(True)
+
+
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def runTest(frame, nb, log):
+ win = TestPanel(nb, log)
+ return win
+
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+
+overview = """
+
wxXmlResourceSubclass
+
+Sometimes it is necessary to use custom classes, but you still want
+them to be created from XRC. The subclass XRC attribute allows you to
+do that.
+
+
+"""
+
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+ import sys,os
+ import run
+ run.main(['', os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])])
+