"Wim Goffin" wrote: >>> Hi,
hello, >>> I'm trying to get a bitmap onto a button, but I can't. >>> Can anyone tell me where to look for a solution? >>> >>> The call I use is this one: >>> self.b = Button(toolbar, text="nieuw", bitmap="@/test.xbm", >>> width=20, command=self.print_msg) >>> >>> The message I get is this: >>> Traceback (most recent call last): >>> File "C:\Documents and Settings\Wim\Mijn >>> documenten\Python\overhoor.py", line 143, in -toplevel- >>> app = App(root) >>> File "C:\Documents and Settings\Wim\Mijn >>> documenten\Python\overhoor.py", line 71, in __init__ >>> self.b = Button(toolbar, text="nieuw", bitmap="@/test.xbm", >>> width=20, command=self.print_msg) >>> File "C:\Python24\lib\lib-tk\Tkinter.py", line 1939, in __init__ >>> Widget.__init__(self, master, 'button', cnf, kw) >>> File "C:\Python24\lib\lib-tk\Tkinter.py", line 1868, in __init__ >>> self.tk.call( >>> TclError: error reading bitmap file "\test.xbm" >>> >>> This is hapening on a WindowsXP system. >>> It seems as though the file is not found. Because if specify the >>> name of a non-existing file, >>> then I get exactly the same error. What could I do to make sure >>> first that >>> Puthon does find the file? well, you do make sure that the file exists in the right place. bitmap="@/test.xbm" means something like: look for a bitmap file named test.xbm at location "/" , that is, at the top level directory. bitmap="@c:/test.xbm" is equivalent. some solutions: 1) copy (or cut) and paste the file test.xbm to c:/ and continue to use your code or, 2) if test.xbm is in the same directory as your code, you may write: bitmap="@test.xbm" or bitmap="@./test.xbm" where "./" means the current directory or, 3) you may write something like (one single string!): bitmap="@C:/Documents and Settings\Wim/Mijn documenten\Python/test.xbm" notice also that if the bitmap appears in your button, your text="nieuw" may not be visible. >>> Thanks in advance, >>> Wim Goffin hope this help. -- nirinA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
