tkFileDialog.askopenfilename()

[rahulnag22@yahoo.com]

Hi,
When I call tkFileDialog.as kopenfilename() , the dialog box opens with
the current directory as the default directory. Is it possible to open
the dialog box with a directory other than the current directory. Can
we pass in a user defined starting directory.
Thanks
Rahul

[John McMonagle]

Re: {Possible_Spam} tkFileDialog.as kopenfilename()

rahulnag22@yaho o.com wrote:

Hi,
When I call tkFileDialog.as kopenfilename() , the dialog box opens with
the current directory as the default directory. Is it possible to open
the dialog box with a directory other than the current directory. Can
we pass in a user defined starting directory.
Thanks
Rahul
>

tkFileDialog.as kopenfilename() uses the tk command tk_getOpenFile, the
documentation for which is at:

http://www.tcl.tk/man/tcl8.4/TkCmd/getOpenFile.htm

Regards,

John

[Kevin Walzer]

Re: tkFileDialog.as kopenfilename()

rahulnag22@yaho o.com wrote:

Hi,
When I call tkFileDialog.as kopenfilename() , the dialog box opens with
the current directory as the default directory. Is it possible to open
the dialog box with a directory other than the current directory. Can
we pass in a user defined starting directory.
Thanks
Rahul
>

Use the "initialdir " flag:

filename = askopenfilename (title="Open File",
initialdir=(os. path.expanduser ('~/'))

HTH,
Kevin
--
Kevin Walzer
Code by Kevin

http://www.codebykevin.com

[martin.laloux@gmail.com]

Re: tkFileDialog.as kopenfilename()

look at "Basic Tkinter dialogs" from python cookbook at

http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/438123