> On 8/1/12 7:59 AM, Jonas Pfannschmidt wrote:
> > Hi all,

> > I need to use the undocumented method
> > wxNotificationMessage->UseTaskBarIcon (see
> > http://forums.wxwidgets.org/viewtopic.php?t=30085&p=129075 for
> details).
> > So I added it to the _misc.i file like this:
> > wxPyTaskBarIcon * UseTaskBarIcon(wxPyTaskBarIcon * icon);

> > This fails during build:
> > src\msw\_misc_wrap.cpp(11706) : error C2664:
> > 'wxNotificationMessage::UseTaskBarIcon' : cannot convert parameter 1
> > from 'wxPyTaskBarIcon *' to 'wxTaskBarIcon *'
> > Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires reinterpret_cast,
> > C-style cast or function-style cast

> > When I add "%include _taskbar.i" to the file _misc.i it builds fine. I
> > get a runtime warning ("wxTaskBarIcon" already in RTTI table) but if I
> > ignore it the new method works as expected.

> > I guess I need to include/import it differently to get rid of the
> > runtime warning but I don't have any SWIG experience so I don't know
> > where to start. Any ideas?

> You should probably move the declaration of the custom wxPyTaskbarIcon
> class to a .h file so it can be #included from both locations. You may
> have some link problems if there is anything in the wxPy class needs to
> be used from the other location and since they are in different
> extension modules.  If so then you may need to reorganize things so they
> both end up in the same extension.

> > Btw. What is the wxPython policy for undocumented wxWidgets features? Do
> > you include them?

> Sometimes.  It depends on the importance and usability of the
> functionality it provides.  For methods that are only present on one
> platform I usually try to add a stub for the other platforms that either
> does nothing or raises a NotImplementedError

> > If needed, I'd be happy to provide a patch as soon as
> > I get this fixed.

> > Thanks for all the great work

> > Regards,
> > Jonas

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