Robin,
Many thx for your reply and interest.
No, the MainLoop is not yet running in the interactive code I showed. However, I can breakpoint the program at any time after the MainLoop is running and get the same interactive session.
The program is constructed with wxFormBuilder 3.9.0, as are my other apps. I've attached a number of files, one or more of the .jpg files might help you get the sense for how the Frame is constructed, as you asked. (I hones
1. 'Inital display, undersized.jpg' -- the way the Frame looks after .Show(), regardless what I do with SetSize
2. 'Inital display, manually up-sized.jpg' -- shows the entire frame after I've manually resized it (i.e., dragged the sizer corner).
3. 'final display, after program actions.jpg' -- shows the frame after the prog has done some work and populated some fields.
4. 'wxformbuilder snapshot.jpg' -- a snapshot of the frame construction in wxFormBuilder.
5. 'CCoS DB HistoryKeeper.fbp' -- the entire wxFormBuilder file
6. 'viewGUIBase.py' -- the Python/Wx file generated by wxFormBuilder
Thx again.