r wrote:
On Mar 8, 9:34 pm, "W. eWatson" <notval...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
Radiboutton(master, textvariable = ...
Radiobutton(msster, textvariable = ...
Checkbox(master, text=...
entry = Entry(master, width=10, ...
entry.insert(0,self.slowdown) # testing a default methodology
Label( master, text="Max...
Entry(master, width=10, textvar...
...
return entry
First, what is the meaning of entry=Entry(...? That is, other than create an
Entry, why that particular position, and why not with say Checkbox?
It sounds like you don't understands some fundamentals of Tkinter
programming. You only need to create a reference(instance) to a tk
widget if you plan to access it later. Widgets like labels (in some
cases) will never change, so creating an instance is just furturing
your capal tunnel avancment. :). Checkbuttons and Radiobuttons use
Variables to query thr widget so they also do not need to be
"instanced"
Something else that you need to understand, You must explicitly pack
(), place(), or grid() a widget instance if you wish to call that
instance later or you will get an error.
#-- this no work --#
entry = Entry(master).pack() #cannot call entry.method()
#-- this works --#
entry = Entry(master)
entry.pack()
Further,
SetDlg has used ShowDlg by calling dialog=ShowDlg(( self.master, set_a...
dialog is then used to get at the parameters set by the user. I thought I'd
give ShowDlg an attribute by using entry.insert(0,self.slowdown inserting it
before return. Upon return from ShowDlg, which was invoked by, dialog =
ShowDlg( self.master, set_a ..., I thought I'd grab slowdown with x=
dialog.slowdown. The program didn't get that far, so, second, I'd like to
know why it died on the insert statement? That line, produced 'NoneType'
object has no attribute 'insert' , and entry and its type are None and >type
'NoneType'> What has gone wrong?
I would suspect a geometry manager issue here but you really should
post all the code for this dialog.
Guilty as charged, somewhat. I'm modifying someone else's code to provide
new features, and have modest understanding of how Tk works. However, the
reason for making them an instance is not unreasonable at all. This should
work.
I really don't think the geometry mgr has anything to do with it. If there's
an early miscue here on my part, it's about using insert. My understanding
is that insert will allow me put something into the entry area shown in the
widget on the screen. That is if, I put up: Enter Data Here: ______, the
_____ represents the entry widget created. What I'm trying to do is
initialeze it with, say, 1234.
You didn't answer my question why entry is necessary at all. The original
author thought it was necessary to return entry. I'll give you a peek at a
segment of the code I'm working with here:
class Enter_Data_Dialog(tkSimpleDialog.Dialog):
def __init__(self, parent, sdict):
self.sdict = sdict
tkSimpleDialog.Dialog.__init__(self, parent)
def body(self,master):
self.title("Set a Number Entry Dialog")
Label( master, text="Number ").grid(row=0, sticky=W)
self.anumberVar = StringVar()
entry = Entry(master, width=10,
textvariable=self.anumberVar).grid(row=0, column=1)
self.anumberVar.set( "%d" % self.sdict["anumber"] )
return entry
This code works. What I'm trying to do is to eliminate the unnecessary use
of control variables. As it, stands the calling program sets up the default
value for anumber and returns whatever new value enters.
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