2 GUI Windows in Tkinter

[melissajean]

I am trying to make a simple dialog box, but when I run this, I get one black window in front of the working application window that I want. How do I get rid of that window?

from Tkinter import *
import tkSimpleDialog
from traders import QueryTrader

class Inputs(tkSimpleDialog.Dialog):              
    
    def body(self, master):
        Label(master, text="Enter Environment Name:").grid(row=0)
        Label(master, text="ID #:").grid(row=1)
        Label(master, text="Enter Start Date for Query:").grid(row=2)
        Label(master, text="Enter End Date for Query:").grid(row=3)
        Label(master, text="Output File Location:").grid(row=4)

        self.e1 = Entry(master)
        self.e2 = Entry(master)
        self.e3 = Entry(master)
        self.e4 = Entry(master)
        self.e5 = Entry(master)
        
        self.e1.grid(row=0, column=1)
        self.e2.grid(row=1, column=1)
        self.e3.grid(row=2, column=1)
        self.e4.grid(row=3, column=1)
        self.e5.grid(row=4, column=1)
        return self.e1
    
    def apply(self):
        MXSess = int(self.e1.get())
        Id = int(self.e2.get())
        startDate = int(self.e3.get())
        endDate = int(self.e4.get())
        output = int(self.e5.get())
        
        new = Query()
        arr = new.loadFiles(MXSess, startDate, endDate, Id)
        new.searchDocs(arr, output)
        
root = Tk()        
root.title('Input Parameters')
d = Inputs(root)

[dwblas]

First, you have to pass the Tk() instance to your class. Second, you are not using SimpleDialog so there is no reason to inherit it. Take another look at where you got the code and see what they did and did not do. Some modified code that you can start with follows. Tkinter tutorials/references:

http://infohost.nmt.edu/tcc/help/pubs/tkinter/index.html

http://effbot.org/tkinterbook/

from Tkinter import *
##import tkSimpleDialog
##from traders import QueryTrader
 
class Inputs():              
##class Inputs(tkSimpleDialog.Dialog):              
 
    def __init__(self, master):
        self.body(master)

    def body(self, master):
        Label(master, text="Enter Environment Name:").grid(row=0)
        Label(master, text="ID #:").grid(row=1)
        Label(master, text="Enter Start Date for Query:").grid(row=2)
        Label(master, text="Enter End Date for Query:").grid(row=3)
        Label(master, text="Output File Location:").grid(row=4)
 
        self.e1 = Entry(master)
        self.e2 = Entry(master)
        self.e3 = Entry(master)
        self.e4 = Entry(master)
        self.e5 = Entry(master)
 
        self.e1.grid(row=0, column=1)
        self.e2.grid(row=1, column=1)
        self.e3.grid(row=2, column=1)
        self.e4.grid(row=3, column=1)
        self.e5.grid(row=4, column=1)

        ##----- you don't have to return as "self." variables
        ##      are global within the class
        ##return self.e1
 
    def apply(self):
        MXSess = int(self.e1.get())
        Id = int(self.e2.get())
        startDate = int(self.e3.get())
        endDate = int(self.e4.get())
        output = int(self.e5.get())
 
##        new = Query()
##        arr = new.loadFiles(MXSess, startDate, endDate, Id)
##        new.searchDocs(arr, output)
 
root = Tk()        
root.title('Input Parameters')
d = Inputs(root)
root.mainloop()