wxruby users - Oct 2009 - Splashscreen showing progress

I''d like to use a splashscreen instead of a progress dialog.  I have a
png that I can use with Bitmap.new, and I found that I can write text to
it, but is there any way for me to update that text once the
splashscreen is displayed?

[code]
    def splash
      bmp = Wx::Bitmap.new(SPLASH_IMG, Wx::BITMAP_TYPE_PNG)
      bmp.draw do |dc|
        dc.set_font(Wx::Font.new(8, Wx::FONTFAMILY_SWISS,
Wx::FONTSTYLE_NORMAL, Wx::FONTWEIGHT_LIGHT))
        dc.set_text_foreground(Wx::WHITE)
        dc.draw_text(''Loading...'', 20, 200)
      end
      ss  = Wx::SplashScreen.new(bmp,
Wx::SPLASH_CENTRE_ON_PARENT|Wx::SPLASH_TIMEOUT, 3000, nil, -1)
      # Is there any way to essentially "dc.draw_text(...)" at this
point?
      yield if block_given?
      ss.destroy
    end
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El Gato wrote:
> I''d like to use a splashscreen instead of a progress dialog.  I
have a
> png that I can use with Bitmap.new, and I found that I can write text to
> it, but is there any way for me to update that text once the
> splashscreen is displayed?
I can''t see anything in the wxSplashScreen API, but I expect you could 
do it by defining a subclass of SplashScreen with its own evt_paint 
handler which just draws the bitmap, and then update it by calling 
refresh() as required, which will call the paint routine.

alex