Function the_thread

DemoPrograms/Demo_Multithreaded_Write_Event_Value.py:18–30

The thread that communicates with the application through the window's events. Once a second wakes and sends a new event and associated value to the window

(window)

def the_thread(window):
    """
    The thread that communicates with the application through the window's events.

    Once a second wakes and sends a new event and associated value to the window
    """

    window.write_event_value(('-THREAD-', '-STARTED-'), None)  # Tell the GUI the thread started

    for i in range(5):
        time.sleep(1)
        window.write_event_value(('-THREAD-', '-PRINT-'), i)      # Data sent is a tuple of thread name and counter
    # Note that the thread ended event is sent automatically by PySimpleGUI if you started the thread using window.start_thread

def main():
    """