Today I make the first test integrating a Flash movie into a python application and using a communication between the two applications using FSCommand and the flashvars.
The result (surprendent easy) it’s a simple movie which enables text files saving in the local computer (through a prompt dialog window), but it has already opened my mind to future real cool applications 😉

This is the python code, the core part it’s the “wx.lib.flashwin” import, which enable to use Flash ActiveX in a python frame

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import wx, sys, os
import string, codecs
from wx.lib.flashwin import FlashWindow
from wx.lib.flashwin import EVT_FSCommand
#----------------------------------------

class TestPanel(wx.Panel):
    def __init__(self, parent, base, swf):
        wx.Panel.__init__(self, parent, -1)
        self.base = base
        sizer = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)
        self.flash = FlashWindow(self, style=wx.SUNKEN_BORDER)   
        dlg = wx.MessageDialog(self, "This will work only under Windows!","Warning!",wx.OK | wx.ICON_INFORMATION)
        dlg.Center()
        dlg.ShowModal()        
        wx.BeginBusyCursor()
        try:
            self.flash.LoadMovie(0, swf)
        except:
            wx.MessageDialog(self, "could not load the swf file","Error",wx.OK | wx.ICON_ERROR).ShowModal()
            sys.exit(2)
        wx.EndBusyCursor()        
        self.flash.Stop()      
        self.flash.SetSize((self.flash.GetSize()[0],self.flash.GetSize()[1]))
        # sizer
        sizer.Add(self.flash, 1, wx.EXPAND)
        self.SetSizer(sizer)
        self.SetAutoLayout(True)
        sizer.Fit(self)
        sizer.SetSizeHints(self)        
        self.SetFlashOptions()
        self.Bind(wx.EVT_WINDOW_DESTROY, self.OnDestroy)
        self.Bind(EVT_FSCommand, self.CallMethod)
        
    def SetFlashOptions(self):
        self.flash.menu = False
        self.flash._set_FlashVars("data=Server started on " + sys.platform)
        self.flash.Play()
        
    def OnDestroy(self, evt):
        if self.flash:
            self.flash.Cleanup()
            self.flash = None

    # Called from Flash FSCommand
    def CallMethod(self, evt):
        try:
            arguments = string.split(evt.args,"###")
            filename = arguments[0]
            body = arguments[1]
            if filename == "" or body == "":
                wx.MessageDialog(self, "Please check data inserted", "An Error occurred", wx.OK | wx.ICON_INFORMATION).ShowModal()
            else:
                dlg = wx.FileDialog(self, "Save as..." , os.getcwd(), filename, "*.*", wx.SAVE | wx.OVERWRITE_PROMPT )
                if dlg.ShowModal() == wx.ID_OK:
                    try:
                        f = codecs.open(os.path.normpath(dlg.GetPath()), "w", "utf-8", "ignore")
                        f.write(codecs.utf_8_decode(codecs.BOM_UTF8)[0])
                        f.write(body)
                        f.close()
                        self.flash._set_FlashVars("data=Succesfully saved text file")
                    except:
                        wx.MessageDialog(self, "%s %s %s" % sys.exc_info(), "An Error occurred", wx.OK | wx.ICON_ERROR).ShowModal()
                        self.flash._set_FlashVars("data=%s %s %s" % sys.exc_info())
        except:
            wx.MessageDialog(self, "Please check data inserted","An Error occurred",wx.OK | wx.ICON_INFORMATION).ShowModal()
            self.flash._set_FlashVars("data=%s %s %s" % sys.exc_info())
#-------------------------------------------
if __name__ == '__main__':
    class TestFrame(wx.Frame):
        def __init__(self):
            wx.Frame.__init__(self, None, -1, "ActiveX -- Flash", size=(640, 480), style=wx.DEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE )
            base = os.path.normpath(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0])))
            swf = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(base, "movie.swf"))
            self.tp = TestPanel(self, base, swf)
    app = wx.PySimpleApp()
    frame = TestFrame()
    frame.Center()
    frame.Show(True)    
    app.MainLoop()

the flash part is really easy. Two text field, one button and one line of code!:

on (click) {	fscommand("saveFile", this._parent.fnome.text + "###" + this._parent.ftesto.text)}

P.S. Moreover today I read in wxPython mailing list a coming new version of wxPython. I hope this will begin to fix varoius problems with Mac installation of SE|PY