Diez B. Roggisch wrote: > Peter Moscatt wrote: >> UnboundLocalError: local variable '_nntp' referenced before assignment > > This pretty much says what your problem is: you haven't a variable called > _nntp > >> def callconnect(): >> if b["text"]=="Connect": >> _nntp = >> > nntplib.NNTP(_global.servername,int(_global.portnumber),_global.userid,_global.userpassword) >> if(_nntp): >> b["text"]="Disconnect" >> >> elif b["text"]=="Disconnect": >> _nntp.quit() > > And here we see why: In the Disconnect-case, where is that _nntp supposed > to come from? I'm not sure what you want here, as you seem to rely on > global variables very much, but to me the whole elif-block is bogus. You > unecessarily communicate over b['text'] > > Do it like this: > > def callconnect(): > if b["text"]=="Connect": > _nntp = > nntplib.NNTP(_global.servername,int(_global.portnumber),_global.userid,_global.userpassword) > if(_nntp): > _nntp.quit() > >
G'Day Diez, Thanks mate.... yes, that did the trick. I guess why I am using those globals is because I really need them to be seen by other modules. Thanks again for the help. Pete -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
