I like to see closure on a thread. This should do it.
from Tkinter import * # Use of control variables and callbacks def mycallback(): print "User entered:" , e.get() print "Operation by 2 gives: ", e.get()*2, "and", v.get()*2 master = Tk() #v=StringVar() v=IntVar() print v,type(v) print v, type(v), type(v.get()) e = Entry(master,textvariable=v) e.pack() b = Button(master, text="Push to Print", width=10, command=mycallback) b.pack() e.focus_set() v.set(123) mainloop() -- W. eWatson (121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time) Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet Web Page: <www.speckledwithstars.net/> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list