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Re: Python Noob, open file dialog

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On Wed, 18 Jun 2014 00:36:29 -0700, cutey Love wrote:

> No it's still paused after selection and only excutes when the window is
> closed.
> 
> On Tuesday, June 17, 2014 6:34:41 PM UTC+1, MRAB wrote:
>> On 2014-06-17 17:49, cutey Love wrote:
>> 
>> > My first attempt at Python,
>> > I'm using Tkinter and all is going well except when I'm using
>> >      file_path = tkFileDialog.askopenfilename()
>> >      print "test"
>> >
>> > opens great and lets me select a file, the problem is it then pauses?
>> > instead of continuing with the function? until I close, then it goes
>> > and completes the function?
>> >
>> > Why is this and how do I fix it?
>> >
>> It's waiting for you to click the Open button to confirm your
>> 
>> selection. That's normal behaviour for such a dialog box.
>> 
>> > Full code
>> >
>> > import Tkinter, tkFileDialog
>> >
>> > from Tkinter import *
>> >
>> > emails = []
>> >
>> > def askFile():
>> 
>> >      file_path = tkFileDialog.askopenfilename()
>> 
>> >      print "test"
>> >
>> 
>> >
>> > window = Tkinter.Tk()
>> 
>> > window.title("Super Star")
>> >
>> > window.geometry("600x600")
>> >
>> > menubar = Menu(window)
>> 
>> > filemenu = Menu(menubar, tearoff=0)
>> 
>> > filemenu.add_command(label="New", command=askFile)
>> 
>> 
>> >
>> > menubar.add_cascade(label="File", menu=filemenu)
>> >
>> > window.config(menu=menubar)
>> >
>> > window.mainloop()

I have just tested your sample code & it works fine for me.

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Python 2.7.5

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Python Noob, open file dialog cutey Love <cuteywithlove@gmail.com> - 2014-06-17 09:49 -0700
  Re: Python Noob, open file dialog MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2014-06-17 18:34 +0100
    Re: Python Noob, open file dialog cutey Love <cuteywithlove@gmail.com> - 2014-06-18 00:36 -0700
      Re: Python Noob, open file dialog Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-06-18 17:45 +1000
      Re: Python Noob, open file dialog alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2014-06-18 08:32 +0000
        Re: Python Noob, open file dialog cutey Love <cuteywithlove@gmail.com> - 2014-06-18 02:03 -0700
          Re: Python Noob, open file dialog Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-06-18 14:10 +0100

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