I like python.
I'm not a coder.. I'm just a person that trys to do things with languages he likes. Sometimes I'm successful, mostly not. I do know that before I bother a list with a silly question I should do my best to research for an answer myself. ala RTFM. That said my searches haven't found me what I am looking.. lack of a decent keyword sequence.. anywho.. Could someone please tell me what I need to put into a python script to not have a window come up however briefly? Like when I double click on the script, it will do it's job but won't open a command window then close it.. I hope that explains what I'm looking for. If I see the line I can figure out by syntax where it should go. I'm really good at learning the gist of languages by syntax. Thank you all for your time Peace -- Fidel -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: I like python.
Renaming the file doesn't work. I am on windows... There is a specific line of code that tells python not to bother even opening a window. of any sort for any amount of time. I just don't know what it is and haven't been able to find any reference to it Thanks for the help though. >assuming Windows, and assuming that you have a standard Python install for >Windows: use "pyw" instead of "py" as the script's extension. > >(Windows applications come in two flavours: console applications and window >applications. the default executable for "py" files is "python.exe", which is a con- >sole application. "pyw" uses "pythonw.exe" instead, which is exactly the same >program, but linked as a window application instead). > > On 10/20/06, MC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > Sorry, I don't understand well english. > But, try to rename your script, from .py to .pyw (sample : titi.py ==> > titi.pyw). > > -- > @-salutations > > Michel Claveau > > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- Fidel -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: I like python.
Although I just noticed that if the extension is .py then it will still open a command window. It does indeed need to have a .pyw extension for this to work. So all of you were correct. it needs to use popen and have .pyw as the extension in order for python not to open a command window. Thank you all for you help and support. On 20 Oct 2006 14:28:23 -0700, Ant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Fidel wrote: > > Renaming the file doesn't work. I am on windows... There is a specific > > line of code that tells python not to bother even opening a window. > > Seriously, renaming the script to .pyw should work from a standard > python install. If it doesn't then the file handler for that extension > must have got messed up somewhere along the way. You can fix this by > right-clicking the renamed (*.pyw) file and selecting "open with..." -> > "Choose Program" and finding the pythonw.exe. > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- Fidel -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: I like python.
Thank you Jerry. That was exactly what I was looking for. The script in fact does call an external program and give it a command from a randomized list. Specifically it is a random wallpaper setter using the windows version of bsetroot. script scans a directory, creates a list of viable walls and tells bsetroot to set the wallpaper. Using popen instead of system did the trick handily. I thank you verily. On 20 Oct 2006 14:21:59 -0700, Jerry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Oct 20, 2:59 am, Fidel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Could someone please tell me what I need to put into a python script > > to not have a window come up however briefly? Like when I double click > > on the script, it will do it's job but won't open a command window > > then close it.. I hope that explains what I'm looking for. If I see > > the line I can figure out by syntax where it should go. I'm really > > good at learning the gist of languages by syntax. Thank you all for > > your time > > Are you running any external commands by using os.system() or > os.exec()? If you are running a program that is a console program > (i.e. copy, move, del, etc...) then it will open up a command window to > run it. If that is the case, then you can try using the os.popen() > utility instead. > > -- > Jerry > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- Fidel -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
