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From: brandon harris <brandon.harris@reelfx.com>
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I'm wanting to allow users to select hidden directories in windows and it s=
eems that using the tkFileDialog.askdirectory() won't allow for that.  It's=
 using the tkFileDialog.Directory class which calls an internal command 'tk=
_chooseDirectory' .  However the file selector dialogs (askopenfilename, as=
ksaveasfilename, etc) has the common windows dialog which supports showing =
hidden folders.  It's using the tkFileDialog.Open class which is calling an=
 internal command of 'tk_getOpenFile'.

Can anyone shed light on why these two dialogs are so very different and po=
ssibly give me a solution to this hidden directory issue.  I have found tha=
t you can't really use the Open class because it's going to require a file =
be selected, not a directory and the Directory class won't navigate to or h=
ave an initialdir that is hidden (on windows the %APPDAT% folder is hidden =
by default)

Windows Example Code.

import tkFileDialog
# Won't start in or allow navigation to APPDATA
test =3D tkFileDialog.askdirectory(initialdir=3D'%APPDATA%')
# Will start in and navigate to APPDATA
test =3D tkFileDialog.askopenfile(initialdir=3D'%APPDATA%')

Thanks in advance for any help given!


Brandon L. Harris