On Sat, 05 Mar 2016 16:38:08 -0500, Terry Reedy wrote: > On 3/5/2016 11:47 AM, Wildman via Python-list wrote: >> Anybody have the correct method of adding an icon to a >> window? I have found several code examples on the web >> but they all result in an error. Thanks. > > No single simple statement work for all situations. You should have > specified OS, Python version, and tcl/tk version. (IDLE's Help -> About > IDLE displays full tk version). > > Here is the current code from idlelib.PyShell, written by Serhiy > Storchaka, our current tkinter maintainer. > > # set application icon > icondir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'Icons') > if system() == 'Windows': > iconfile = os.path.join(icondir, 'idle.ico') > root.wm_iconbitmap(default=iconfile) > elif TkVersion >= 8.5: > ext = '.png' if TkVersion >= 8.6 else '.gif' > iconfiles = [os.path.join(icondir, 'idle_%d%s' % (size, ext)) > for size in (16, 32, 48)] > icons = [PhotoImage(file=iconfile) for iconfile in iconfiles] > root.wm_iconphoto(True, *icons) > > Non-windows pre-8.5 systems remain stuck with the tk icon. > > I just tried changing the 'if' line to 'if False:' on my 3.5.1 (8.6.4) > windows install and the 2nd, wm_iconphoto block worked here also. It > may be that it did not work on windows with 8.5 and before.
I appreciate your reply. Your code looks interesting but it is over my head right now. I will save it for further study and experimentation. Right now my problem was fixed by using the code posted by Mr. Gollwitzer. -- <Wildman> GNU/Linux user #557453 The cow died so I don't need your bull! -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
