[PyQt] long running operations

[Hans-Peter Jansen]

[Oops, wrong key..]

On Friday 01 April 2011, 20:53:41 Eric Frederich wrote:
> I'd like to be able to do something in PyQt that I know how to do in
> Java / Swing and that is run certain processes off of the EDT (event
> dispatch thread).
>
> Normally, I lock down different parts of the gui before hand, and
> then re-enable them after the operation is done.
>
> This must be possible in PyQt but I'm looking for someone to point me
> in the right direction.
>
> Does Qt have support for this type of stuff, and then which should I
> use to do it.... Python or Qt?

Is it QWidget.setEnabled(bool) and QThread() what you're after?

You might rephrase your question to be more specific. 

Pete