On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 4:36 PM, Alexnb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks, this is exactly what I am looking for, but I can't find much useful > documentation on it. So I want to have it give me a string of the path of > the file they selected, which seems simple, but I am having issues. for > example: > > path = tkFileDialog.askopenfile() > print path > > it prints this: > > <open file 'C:/Documents and Settings/Alex/My Documents/My > Music/101-u2-instant_karma.mp3', mode 'r' at 0x00C3EE78> > > but all I want is the actual path. So how can I do that? >
use askopenfilename instead. > Kevin Walzer-5 wrote: >> >> Alexnb wrote: >>> Okay, so in the small app I am creating I want to have a button that >>> activates a file explorer and then once the user selects a file I want to >>> be >>> able to get the path of that file. Is there a way to do this without >>> going >>> into serious detail? and if not could someone point me in the right >>> direction? I am open to about anything. Thanks. >> >> tkFileDialog is what you're looking for. >> >> -- >> Kevin Walzer >> Code by Kevin >> http://www.codebykevin.com >> _______________________________________________ >> Tkinter-discuss mailing list >> Tkinter-discuss@python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tkinter-discuss >> >> > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Easy-way-to-get-a-file-explorer--tp17806393p17808068.html > Sent from the Python - tkinter-discuss mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > _______________________________________________ > Tkinter-discuss mailing list > Tkinter-discuss@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tkinter-discuss > -- -- Guilherme H. Polo Goncalves _______________________________________________ Tkinter-discuss mailing list Tkinter-discuss@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tkinter-discuss
