I'm on windows, I'm going to uninstall python and reinstall On Wednesday, June 18, 2014 9:32:40 AM UTC+1, alister wrote: > On Wed, 18 Jun 2014 00:36:29 -0700, cutey Love wrote: > > > > > No it's still paused after selection and only excutes when the window is > > > closed. > > > > > > On Tuesday, June 17, 2014 6:34:41 PM UTC+1, MRAB wrote: > > >> On 2014-06-17 17:49, cutey Love wrote: > > >> > > >> > My first attempt at Python, > > >> > I'm using Tkinter and all is going well except when I'm using > > >> > file_path = tkFileDialog.askopenfilename() > > >> > print "test" > > >> > > > >> > opens great and lets me select a file, the problem is it then pauses? > > >> > instead of continuing with the function? until I close, then it goes > > >> > and completes the function? > > >> > > > >> > Why is this and how do I fix it? > > >> > > > >> It's waiting for you to click the Open button to confirm your > > >> > > >> selection. That's normal behaviour for such a dialog box. > > >> > > >> > Full code > > >> > > > >> > import Tkinter, tkFileDialog > > >> > > > >> > from Tkinter import * > > >> > > > >> > emails = [] > > >> > > > >> > def askFile(): > > >> > > >> > file_path = tkFileDialog.askopenfilename() > > >> > > >> > print "test" > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > > >> > window = Tkinter.Tk() > > >> > > >> > window.title("Super Star") > > >> > > > >> > window.geometry("600x600") > > >> > > > >> > menubar = Menu(window) > > >> > > >> > filemenu = Menu(menubar, tearoff=0) > > >> > > >> > filemenu.add_command(label="New", command=askFile) > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > >> > menubar.add_cascade(label="File", menu=filemenu) > > >> > > > >> > window.config(menu=menubar) > > >> > > > >> > window.mainloop() > > > > I have just tested your sample code & it works fine for me. > > > > Fedora 20 > > Python 2.7.5 > > > > What is your environment > > > > Please also see the various comments regarding top posting & google groups > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Are you scared of speed? If so, then try Windows 95.
-- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list