John Salerno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > But if the user doesn't enter any text, I don't want the method to > return at all (even None). I need an error dialog to pop up and tell > him to enter a value (or press Cancel).
Oh, I see. You really want something like repeat...while, which Python doesn't have. Anyway I start to prefer something like (untested): def create_db_name(self): try: while True: dlg = wx.TextEntryDialog(self.frame, 'Enter a database name:', 'Create New Database') if dlg.ShowModal() != wx.ID_OK: return None db_name = dlg.GetValue() if db_name: return db_name pop_up_error_dialog("please enter a value or press cancel") finally: dlg.Destroy() If the logic were more complex you could also create an internal exception class to deal with the user hitting cancel. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list