Python Tkinter - Text input and fileopen input

Question

I am a beginner and I am aware that I must not be following proper coding procedure. I have all my functions in one file and I have been passing four parameters to this file, but i really need user input. I cannot figure out how to get four parameters from the user. I added the recommendations from the user , but I still do not get the data that I am looking for

I am using Winpython 2.7.5.

I would like to get three Strings which works in a standalone version as posted here on stackoverflow. How do I print and have user input in a text box in tkinter, Python 3.2.5?

then I would like the user to open a file dialog box and pick a text file, similar to filedialog, tkinter and opening files

if I use the code below, then I can not access the returned values for the file name

import Tkinter, tkFileDialog

def myDialog():
    root = Tkinter.Tk()
    results = []

    label1 = Tkinter.Label( root, text="Header")
    E1 = Tkinter.Entry(root, bd =5)

    label2 = Tkinter.Label( root, text="Machine Name")
    E2 = Tkinter.Entry(root, bd =5)

    label3 = Tkinter.Label( root, text="final filename")
    E3 = Tkinter.Entry(root, bd =5)

    def getDate():
        results.append(E1.get())
        results.append(E2.get())
        results.append(E3.get())
        root.destroy() # close the window


    def getFile():
        results.append(tkFileDialog.askopenfilename())

    submit = Tkinter.Button(root, text ="Submit", command = getDate)
    openfiledialog = Tkinter.Button(root, text ="Open File", command = getFile)

    label1.pack()
    E1.pack()
    label2.pack()
    E2.pack()
    label3.pack()
    E3.pack()
    submit.pack(side =Tkinter.LEFT)
    openfiledialog.pack(side =Tkinter.RIGHT)
    root.mainloop() # the mainloop is used to paint the gui and react on input
    return results

checkresults = []
checkresults = myDialog

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 19 '14 at 21:12

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I think you are almost at what you wanted to do:

def myDialog():
    root = Tk()
    results = []

    label1 = Label( root, text="Header")
    E1 = Entry(root, bd =5)

    label2 = Label( root, text="Machine Name")
    E2 = Entry(root, bd =5)

    label3 = Label( root, text="final filename")
    E3 = Entry(root, bd =5)

    def getDate():
        results.append(E1.get())
        results.append(E2.get())
        results.append(E3.get())
        root.quit() # end the mainloop
        root.destroy() # close the window

    submit = Button(root, text ="Submit", command = getDate)

    label1.pack()
    E1.pack()
    label2.pack()
    E2.pack()
    label3.pack()
    E3.pack()
    submit.pack(side =BOTTOM)
    root.mainloop() # the mainloop is used to paint the gui and react on input
    return results

This myDialog opens the dialog you programed and closes it on submit.

answered Feb 19 '14 at 21:12

User

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hi, Thanks for taking the time, but I do not get anything from the function returned. – user2565278 Feb 20 '14 at 21:10
This may be because you closed the window without pushing the submit button. It that the case? – User Feb 20 '14 at 21:15
no, I click submit and check the variable and I have values for the 3 text fields, but nothing for the fileopen tab. is it possible that it is related to Winpython – user2565278 Feb 20 '14 at 21:49
I removed the file open thing. You can still put it in somewhere. I thought since these are two dialogs: now you call `checkresults = myDialog()` and after this `filename = tkFileDialog.askOpenFileName()` – User Feb 20 '14 at 22:11

Python Tkinter - Text input and fileopen input

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