wizard (or an alternative) in an aui managed pane - python-2.7

I would like to have wizard in my application. but I don't want the focus to be on the wizard until the wizard is finished. That's what happens if I use wx.wizard. I prefer to load the wizard in an aui pane. So the user can switch to main window even in the middle of the wizard. I can have panels on top of each to make a wizard. Kindly point me if there is a better Pythonic way of doing that.
Thank you in advance.

The Wizard "widget" in wxPython is basically a dialog. I don't think you can embed it in your application. You might be able to extend the widget somehow to do so, but that would likely be a lot of work.
Instead, I would just create a set of panels that are your wizard pages. You will need a main panel that has some buttons on it that you place your pages on. Then when you hit the button, it will show the next page. I wrote a tutorial on the subject a couple years ago that should get you started:
http://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2012/07/12/wxpython-how-to-create-a-generic-wizard/

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Does MFC CRichEditCtrl has a display level?

i'm currently working on a legacy project in MFC.
I encounter an issue where i create a bunch of CRichEditCtrl objs in the view, many of them are overlapping each other. When i select them, the visual is totally messed up.
Is it possible to click on a particular control and bring it to the "foreground". so i can edit on that particular control?
Other question is that is there a way to distinguish those controls dynamically?
I know when i create them, the last parementer is their ID. But when i click on those, i want command handler in parent dialog or view knows which one i'm about to edit.
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Switching between multiple ui forms in Qt

I am developing the user interface for a embedded device. I have created about 30 ui forms. You have first the Welcome form which loads the database and connects automatically to the available known wifi and all those start up functions. Once everything is loaded the next form to be loaded is the user login
So this is how I go about it, if Login is my second ui
//Instantiating the Login class
Login *myLog = new Login();
//Close the welcome class
this->close();
//open the Login class
myLog->show();
Is this the right way to switch between multiple UI? The software can be imagined like any smart phone device with multiple Icon buttons to open different apps. And each app or folder has a functionality of its own. I have a home button to move back to main menu homepage and so on. I have used the above given code to switch between various ui forms and I am not sure if this is the way to go about it. I am very new to Qt and I was asked to do this task within 2 weeks and I created the easiest way I found. Is there a better way to go about it?
Any help or guidelines is appreciated. If you could give me links to understand better it would be great
Thank you
EDIT
Every ui form has a short cut panel for direct access to login, main menu, settings-power options, wifi options (within settings). The layout flow shown under 1 is similar to 2, 3 and settings. Sorry for the ugly image. The two way arrow indicates i can switch back and forth. The single arrow shows linear movement.
Is there a better way to go about it?
I think so.
As noted in the comment, I would use a QStackedWidget myself.
I think this blog post explains how to establish "Home", "First" and so forth widgets inside it. This should be useful for you:
How to use Qstackedwidget in Qt (Switching between multiple views in Qt)

Changing Slots on Qt Menu Bar (with image)

this is more of a functionality question than programming question but I can't find any other idiot operators like me out there that are having the same problem as me, or haven't figured it out themselves.
I've got a good basic understanding of CLI C++ so I want to get into the Qt Framework. I'm using their tutorials to get started...
http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5.1/qtdoc/gettingstartedqt.html#adding-menu-items
The tutorial says that all I need is to "right-click an action and select Go to slot > triggered()."
The image below shows in red circles two of the primary places I've tried right clicking. I've also tried going through the menu and looking for things but to no avail. (Question continued below picture.)
Does anyone know what I am doing wrong here or am I reading this wrong? Thanks in advance.
FYI the open button and save button under central widget is for the Open and Save buttons I added, NOT for the menu toolbar open and save functions.
Near the bottom of Qt Creator find the tabs "Action Editor" and "Signals & Slots Editor". Click the "Action Editor" tab to show a list of all the actions in your UI. You should be able to right-click these items and select "Go to slot...".

windows forms, how to launch a separate window with datagridview?

I've some data that can be shown on grid attached on a panel. When user clicks some button i'm showing this panel. Now i wanted to launch this grid in a separate window(should be a child to existing window) and want to make the grid editable, click controls...etc, is it possible?
thanks in advance.
You should be able to achieve this effect by placing your grid on a separate form, complete with editing stuff. Disable the form and set its parent, (see control.parent), to be the main form panel. When the user wants to edit it, set the grid-form parent to nil and enable it.
Not actually tried this with WinForms, but it works fine with Delphi VCL so worth a test if no better answers are forthcoming
Rgds,
Martin

MFC: How to create options dialog with listbox and multiple pages?

Developing using Visual Studio 2010 C++ and MFC. I want to create an options (preferences/settings) dialog box that can display several options. After considering many different options dialog box UIs I think I like the listbox-with-multiple-pages-style similar to visual studio's option dialog box (but I don't need the treeview, a list box is fine).
What's a good way to implement this? Do I use a CListBox and then handle the selection event to load up the individual pages? I'm new to MFC, what would the individual pages even be? Something like a panel? Ideally I would design them in the resource editor and then be able to load them up.
Take a look at http://www.codeproject.com/KB/dialog/embedded_dialog.aspx for one possible way of doing this.
The individual property pages can be designed as dialogs in the resource editor, and then the relevant page can be displayed in your main dialog depending on the selection in the list box, by handling the LVN_ITEMCHANGED message.
See CPropertySheet and CPropertyPage classes. This allows you to easily manage a properties window with several views.