From d2f538cd82e5ecef067f20d2118f0ffc371096fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MikeTheWatchGuy <mike_barnett@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2018 13:19:51 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] HowDoI demo checkin

An EXCELLENT program... I use it daily to find answers of all types
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 Demo HowDoI.py | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 55 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Demo HowDoI.py

diff --git a/Demo HowDoI.py b/Demo HowDoI.py
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+import PySimpleGUI as SG
+import subprocess
+
+# CHANGE THIS LINE OF CODE!  Point it to the howdoi.py file that is in the howdoi code you download from github
+HOW_DO_I_COMMAND = 'python C:\\Python\\PycharmProjects\\GitHub\\howdoi\\howdoi\\howdoi.py'
+# if you want an icon on your taskbar for this gui, then change this line of code to point to the ICO file
+DEFAULT_ICON = 'E:\\TheRealMyDocs\\Icons\\QuestionMark.ico'
+
+def HowDoI():
+    '''
+    Make and show a window (PySimpleGUI form) that takes user input and sends to the HowDoI web oracle
+    Excellent example of 2 GUI concepts
+        1. Output Element that will show text in a scrolled window
+        2. Non-Window-Closing Buttons - These buttons will cause the form to return with the form's values, but doesn't close the form
+    :return: never returns
+    '''
+    # -------  Make a new FlexForm  ------- #
+    form = SG.FlexForm('How Do I ??', AutoSizeText=True, DefaultElementSize=(30, 2), Icon=DEFAULT_ICON)
+    form.AddRow(SG.Text('Ask and your answer will appear here....', Size=(40, 1)))
+    form.AddRow(SG.Output(Size=(90, 20)))
+    form.AddRow(SG.Multiline(Size=(90, 5), EnterSubmits=True),
+                SG.ReadFormButton('SEND', ButtonColor=(SG.YELLOWS[0], SG.BLUES[0])),
+                SG.SimpleButton('EXIT', ButtonColor=(SG.YELLOWS[0], SG.GREENS[0])))
+
+    # ---===--- Loop taking in user input and using it to query HowDoI web oracle --- #
+    while True:
+        (button, value) = form.Read()
+        if button == 'SEND':
+            command = value[0][:-1]
+            QueryHowDoI(command)
+        else:
+            print(button, 'pressed')
+            break
+
+    print('Exiting the app now')
+    exit(69)
+
+def QueryHowDoI(Query):
+    '''
+    Kicks off a subprocess to send the 'Query' to HowDoI
+    Prints the result, which in this program will route to a gooeyGUI window
+    :param Query: text english question to ask the HowDoI web engine
+    :return: nothing
+    '''
+    howdoi_command = HOW_DO_I_COMMAND
+    t = subprocess.Popen(howdoi_command + ' '+ Query, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+    (output, err) = t.communicate()
+    print('You asked: '+ Query)
+    print('_______________________________________')
+    print(output.decode("utf-8") )
+    exit_code = t.wait()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    HowDoI()
+