PyGTK - show MessageDialog and close it after specific time

Question

I'm trying to create a new message dialog with no buttons inside. It will be showing some info, and I'm having problems with programmatically close it after some function executes. I've read about run() and response() functions and written some code:

def stop():
    md.response(0)

md = gtk.MessageDialog(None, gtk.DIALOG_MODAL | gtk.DIALOG_DESTROY_WITH_PARENT, gtk.MESSAGE_QUESTION, gtk.BUTTONS_NONE, "Wait... computing...")
print 'closing in 5 secs...'
threading.Timer(5.0, stop).start()
md.run()
md.destroy()

The problem is, stop() executes after closing main application window. And even if the above program would work correctly, it wouldn't do what I wanted. Any ideas for closing a message dialog after a function executes?

Best regards, mopsiok

Create custom window and manipulate it as needed – Lixas Mar 25 '13 at 14:12 — Lixas, Mar 25 '13 at 14:12

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 25 '13 at 14:10

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it is a realy hard work to make theaded gtk application. you will often end with a dead lock.

check in the doc of gtk for gtk.timeout_add.

answered Mar 25 '13 at 14:10

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Thanks for your answer. It works, but gtk.timeout_add loops the program too. Anyway, it's good to know about it, but I solved my problem in the other way (without showing info dialog). – mopsiok Mar 25 '13 at 18:20

PyGTK - show MessageDialog and close it after specific time

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