Demo of Realtime Buttons

Remote control demo using Realtime Buttons

Demo_NonBlocking_Form.py

@@ -42,6 +42,53 @@ def StatusOutputExample():
     form.CloseNonBlockingForm()
 
 
+def RemoteControlExample():
+    # Make a form, but don't use context manager
+    form = sg.FlexForm('Running Timer', auto_size_text=True)
+    # Create a text element that will be updated with status information on the GUI itself
+    output_element = sg.Text('', size=(8, 2), font=('Helvetica', 20), justification='center')
+
+
+    form_rows = [[sg.Text('Robotics Remote Control')],
+                 [output_element],
+                 [sg.T(' '*10), sg.RealtimeButton('Forward')],
+                 [ sg.RealtimeButton('Left'), sg.T(' '*15), sg.RealtimeButton('Right')],
+                 [sg.T(' '*10), sg.RealtimeButton('Reverse')],
+                 [sg.T('')],
+                 [sg.Quit()]
+                 ]
+
+    form.LayoutAndRead(form_rows, non_blocking=True)
+
+    #
+    # Some place later in your code...
+    # You need to perform a ReadNonBlocking on your form every now and then or
+    # else it won't refresh.
+    #
+    # your program's main loop
+    i=0
+    while (True):
+        # This is the code that reads and updates your window
+        output_element.Update('{:02d}:{:02d}.{:02d}'.format((i // 100) // 60, (i // 100) % 60, i % 100))
+        button, values = form.ReadNonBlocking()
+        if button is not None:
+            print(button)
+        if button == 'Quit' or values is None:
+            break
+        if button == 'LED On':
+            print('Turning on the LED')
+        elif button == 'LED Off':
+            print('Turning off the LED')
+
+        i += 1
+        # Your code begins here
+        time.sleep(.01)
+
+    # Broke out of main loop. Close the window.
+    form.CloseNonBlockingForm()
+
+
+
 
 # This design pattern follows the uses a context manager to better control the resources
 # It may not be realistic to use a context manager within an embedded (Pi) environment
@@ -65,6 +112,7 @@ def StatusOutputExample_context_manager():
             form.CloseNonBlockingForm()
 
 def main():
+    RemoteControlExample()
     StatusOutputExample()
     sg.MsgBox('End of non-blocking demonstration')
     # StatusOutputExample_context_manager()