On Sat, 13 Feb 2010 17:21:51 -0800, vsoler wrote: > Hi, > > My python script needs to work with a .txt file in a directory. I would > like to give the user the possibility to choose the file he needs to > work on in as much the same way as I open a .xls file in Excel, that is, > I want to make appear the "Windows'" window and let the user choose. > > I think this should be quite straightforward.
Python is multi-platform. Having the Windows file selection dialogs appear under Linux or Mac is anything but straightforward! The only general purpose (non-operating system specific) solution will require a GUI toolkit. > How should I proceed? >>> import tkFileDialog >>> help(tkFileDialog) See also: http://docs.python.org/library/tkinter.html http://wiki.python.org/moin/GuiProgramming or google on "python display file dialog". -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
