On Nov 26, 12:09 pm, Bruno Desthuilliers <bruno. [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > marc wyburn a écrit : > > > Hi, > > > I've created my firstTkinterGUI class which consists of some buttons > > that trigger functions. I have also created a > > tkFileDialog.askdirectory control to local a root folder for log > > files. > > > I have several file paths that depend on the value of > > tkFileDialog.askdirectory should I create an object that inherits this > > value or can I point functions at the GUI class? > > > I am creating thetkinterGUI instance using; > > > if __name__ == "__main__": > > GUI = AuditorGUI() > > Note that at this point, the AuditorGUI class is not yet defined, so you > should get a NameError. > > > > > GUI.mainloop() > > > class AuditorGUI(Frame): > > I assume you have all necessary imports in your real code... > > > > > > > def __init__(self): > > Frame.__init__(self) > > self.pack(expand = YES, fill = BOTH) > > > ## Create GUI objects > > > self.currentdir = StringVar() > > self.currentdir.set(os.getcwd()) > > > self.logdir = Button(self, text="Choose Data > > directory",command=self.choose_dir) > > self.logdir.grid(row=1,column=0,sticky='nsew',pady=20,padx=20) > > > self.labeldirpath = Label(self, textvariable=self.currentdir) > > > def choose_dir(self): > > dirname = tkFileDialog.askdirectory > > (parent=self,initialdir=self.currentdir.get(),title='Please select a > > directory') > > if len(dirname ) > 0: > > self.currentdir.set(dirname) > > > I think I have created an instance of the AuditorGUI class called GUI > > so should be able to access the path using GUI.currentdir but this > > doesn't work. > > "does not work" is (almost) the less possible usefull description of a > problem. What happens exactly ? Do you have a traceback ? If so, please > post the full traceback and error message. Else, please explain what > result you get. And if possible, post minimal *working* code reproducing > the problem. > > > I'm still struggling with classes so not sure whether my problem is > >tkinterrelated or not. > > Minus the couple problems above (ie: trying to instanciate a > non-yet-existing class, and lack of necessary imports), it seems correct > - at least wrt/ class definition and instanciation.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
thanks for your help. I'm not creating the instances properly. Everything works as expected if I merge everything into the class. Time to get the manual out again. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. MW -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list