empty window when using askopenfile

[Sorin Gherman]

Is there any way to minimize/hide the annoying default, empty Tk
window that shows behind the native file opening dialog , when using
askopenfile, etc, in tkCommonDialog?

I am using Python 2.3.2 on winXP.

Thanks in advance,
Sorin Gherman

[Peter Otten]

Re: empty window when using askopenfile

Sorin Gherman wrote:
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> Is there any way to minimize/hide the annoying default, empty Tk
> window that shows behind the native file opening dialog , when using
> askopenfile, etc, in tkCommonDialog?[/color]

import Tkinter, tkFileDialog
root = Tkinter.Tk()
root.withdraw()
tkFileDialog.as kopenfile()

Peter

[Fredrik Lundh]

Re: empty window when using askopenfile

Sorin Gherman wrote:
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> Is there any way to minimize/hide the annoying default, empty Tk
> window that shows behind the native file opening dialog , when using
> askopenfile, etc, in tkCommonDialog?[/color]

explicitly create the root window, and withdraw it from the
screen before you call askopenfile:

import Tkinter

root = Tkinter.Tk()
root.withdraw()

file = tkFileDialog.as kopenfile(...)

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[Lonnie Princehouse]

Re: empty window when using askopenfile

s_gherman@yahoo .com (Sorin Gherman) wrote in message news:<ac259413. 0404161054.3bca eaa8@posting.go ogle.com>...
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> Is there any way to minimize/hide the annoying default, empty Tk
> window that shows behind the native file opening dialog , when using
> askopenfile, etc, in tkCommonDialog?[/color]


Ah, the pesky Tk root window. You can minimize it, but I don't think
you can make it disappear completely (without nuking the rest of Tk).

Try this-

import Tkinter, tkFileDialog

tkroot = Tkinter.Tk()
tkroot.iconify( )

tkFileDialog.as kopenfile()

# If you're not doing anything with Tk besides prompting for the file,
# you'll want to get ride of the root window after askopenfile-
tkroot.destroy( )


Alternately, you could just put a pretty picture in the root window
and call it a feature =)