PySimpleGUI/DemoPrograms/Demo_Threaded_Work.py

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#!/usr/bin/python3
import queue
import threading
import time
import PySimpleGUI as sg
# Put your long-running code in here
def worker_thread(thread_name, gui_queue):
print('Starting thread - {} '.format(thread_name))
# this is our "long running function call"
time.sleep(5) # sleep for a while
# at the end of the work, before exiting, send a message back to the GUI indicating end
gui_queue.put('{} - done'.format(thread_name)) # put a message into queue for GUI
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def the_gui(gui_queue):
layout = [[sg.Text('Multithreaded Work Example')],
[sg.Text('', size=(25, 1), key='_OUTPUT_')],
# [sg.Output(size=(40,6))],
[sg.Button('Go'), sg.Button('Exit')], ]
window = sg.Window('Multithreaded Window').Layout(layout)
# --------------------- EVENT LOOP ---------------------
message = None
while True:
event, values = window.Read(timeout=100) # wait for up to 100 ms for a GUI event
if event is None or event == 'Exit':
break
if event == 'Go':
window.Element('_OUTPUT_').Update('Starting long work....')
# simulate STARTING long run by starting a thread
threading.Thread(target=worker_thread, args=('Thread 1', gui_queue,), daemon=True).start()
# --------------- Loop through all messages coming in from threads ---------------
try: # see if something has been posted to Queue
message = gui_queue.get_nowait()
except queue.Empty: # get_nowait() will get exception when Queue is empty
pass # nothing in queue so do nothing
# if message received from queue, display the message in the Window
if message is not None and message.startswith('Thread 1'):
# this is the place you would execute code at ENDING of long running task
window.Element('_OUTPUT_').Update(message)
window.Refresh() # do a refresh because could be showing multiple messages before next Read
message = None
# if user exits the window, then close the window and exit the GUI func
window.Close()
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if __name__ == '__main__':
# -- Create a Queue to communicate with GUI --
gui_queue = queue.Queue() # queue used to communicate between the gui and the threads
the_gui(gui_queue)
print('Exiting Program')