Index: /experimental/components/rc2007_gui/wx_inits.py
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--- /experimental/components/rc2007_gui/wx_inits.py	(revision 4845)
+++ /experimental/components/rc2007_gui/wx_inits.py	(revision 4846)
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@
 
         talk_btn_pos = (10, 10)
-
+        text_box_pos = (10, 60)
+        send_txt_btn_pos = (230, 210)
+        
         wx.Frame.__init__(self, id=-1, name='', parent=prnt,
-                          pos=wx.Point(1, 570), size=wx.Size(200, 100),
+                          pos=wx.Point(1, 570), size=wx.Size(500, 310),
                           style=wx.DEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE, 
                           title='Team MPRG 2007')
@@ -74,13 +76,28 @@
         self.TalkBtn.SetFont(wx.Font(16, wx.SWISS, wx.NORMAL, 
                                         wx.BOLD, False))
-        self.TalkBtn.SetBackgroundColour("green")
         self.TalkBtn.Bind(wx.EVT_LEFT_DOWN, self.OnStartTalk, id=-1)
         self.TalkBtn.Bind(wx.EVT_LEFT_UP, self.OnStopTalk, id=-1)
 
+        # send text message button
+        self.TextBtn = wx.Button(id=-1, label='Send Text',
+                                    name='TextBtn', 
+                                    parent=self.splitterWindow1, 
+                                    pos=send_txt_btn_pos,
+                                    size=wx.Size(145, 50))
+        self.TextBtn.SetFont(wx.Font(16, wx.SWISS, wx.NORMAL, 
+                                        wx.BOLD, False))
+        self.TextBtn.Bind(wx.EVT_LEFT_UP, self.OnSendText, id=-1)
+
+        # Text editors:
+        self.textEditor = wx.TextCtrl(id=-1,
+                                      name=u'textEditor', 
+                                      parent=self.splitterWindow1, 
+                                      pos = text_box_pos,
+                                      size=wx.Size(400, 150), 
+                                      style=0, value=u'')
+
+
     def OnStartTalk(self,event):
         self.orb_ref.rc2007_gui_Obj.talk_flag = True
-        # debug statement:
-        print "talk on"
-
         event.Skip()
 
@@ -88,7 +105,8 @@
     def OnStopTalk(self,event):
         self.orb_ref.rc2007_gui_Obj.talk_flag = False
-        # debug statement:
-        print "talk off"
-     
+        event.Skip()
+
+    def OnSendText(self, event):
+        # send the text message typed in the editor
         event.Skip()