On second thought, I might as well not waste a new thread, and just keep on using this one. I've listed some Python code below, and a small description w/ questions following that. I'll try to post a more detailed follow up post to this one later, but I've been either burnt out or concentrating on adding to the program so I don' know if I'll have much time/energy left for that.
SomeGUI.py
Code:
import sys
import os
from Tkinter import *
import tkMessageBox
tempString = "Click on the \"TRANSLATE\" button to begin. Or click the \"X\" in the upper-right corner to close this program."
class HhtStart_Window(Tk):
def __init__(self, parent):
Tk.__init__(self, parent)
self.parent = parent
self.initialize()
def initialize(self):
self.geometry("999x650+30+20")
HhtswMessage = Message(self, text=tempString, width=979)
HhtswMessage.pack(fill=X, side=TOP)
CWD = os.getcwd()
CWDlength = len(os.listdir(CWD))
CWDFname = os.listdir(CWD)
HhtswLabel1 = Label(self, text="The current working directory, from which this program instance is running, is:", padx=5,
pady=5,)
HhtswLabel1.pack()
HhtswLabel2 = Label(self, text=CWD, padx=5, pady=5, fg="blue")
HhtswLabel2.pack()
HhtswLabel3 = Label(self, text="The contents of this directory are:", padx=5, pady=5)
HhtswLabel3.pack()
HhtswScroll = Scrollbar(self)
HhtswScroll.pack(side=RIGHT, fill=Y)
HhtswListbox = Listbox(self, selectmode=SINGLE, fg="blue", width=68, height=5)
xlsxCounter = 0
for i in range(CWDlength):
HhtswListbox.insert(END, CWDFname[i])
if CWDFname[i].endswith('.xlsx') == True:
xlsxCounter = xlsxCounter + 1
HhtswListbox.pack()
HhtswScroll.config(command=HhtswListbox.yview)
HhtswListbox.config(yscrollcommand=HhtswScroll.set)
S30 = "The total number of items in this directory is " + str(CWDlength) + ". Of these items, " + str(xlsxCounter) + "
is/are *.xlsx files."
HhtswLabel4 = Label(self, text=S30, padx=5, pady=5)
HhtswLabel4.pack()
S31 = "Click on the \"TRANSLATE\" button to begin. Or click the \"X\" in the upper-right corner to close this program."
HhtswLabel5 = Label(self, text=S31, padx=5, pady=5)
HhtswLabel5.pack()
HhtswButton = Button(self, text="TRANSLATE", command = self.OnButtonClick)
HhtswButton.pack()
self.resizable(False, False)
def OnButtonClick(self):
result = tkMessageBox.askquestion("Do you need to CANCEL and EXIT? \n", "Click \"Yes\" to CANCEL and EXIT. \n Click \"No\" to
Translate hand histories")
if result == 'yes':
self.destroy()
else:
tkMessageBox.showinfo('Now translating hand histories...', 'Allow several seconds per file...')
return result
##############################
SomeMain.py
Code:
from TestGUI import*
if __name__ == "__main__":
Hhtsw = HhtStart_Window(None)
Hhtsw.title("Test HUSnG HH Translator")
Hhtsw.mainloop()
##############################
The above code, when ran in IDLE, displays a window (class HhtStart_Window). Towards the bottom of the window, is a 'TRANSLATE' button. The user is told to either click on the button to proceed, or click on 'X' and close the program.
When the 'TRANSLATE' button is clicked, displayed is a tkMessageBox.askquestion. This message box has two buttons, named 'Yes' and 'No'. If 'Yes' is clicked, the program cancels and exits. If 'No' is clicked, a second tkMessageBox.showinfo is displayed. This second tkMessageBox.showinfo message box is titled, 'Now translating hand histories...', and displays the content of, 'Allow several seconds per file...', then there's an 'OK' button at the bottom of the message box.
QUESIONS vvv
What I would like to know how to do is to make this second tkMessageBox.showinfo message box not even have a button, or if it must have a button, how can I make it unresponsive? I think I know that this feature is set somehow in the options, but I have seen maybe several dozen online resources on tkMessageBoxes and haven't yet seen one single example listing the syntax of the options part. In tkMessageBox.showinfo('...', '...', X), where the 'X' is, I've tried things like default=None; type=None; default=CANCEL; default=cancel; default='CANCEL'; but I haven't gotten anything to work yet, which is why the GUI is set up in the unusual (redundant) way that it is (another story). I have a feeling that I've been close to the answer, but how is this done?
Also, if the user navigates this far and the prog gets to the point where this second tkMessageBox.showinfo message box appears, how do I then Make the main (class HhtStart_Window) window's "TRANSLATE" button unresponsive, so that the GUI is pretty much unresponsive until the prog gets finished processing files - While the prog is processing files, all I want the user to be able to do is CANCEL file processing and close the program; otherwise the GUI will 'pause' and the user will have to wait?
My last question is, what would be a good (conventional) way for me to continue on with the program and write any additional code in the 'SomeMain.py' file. See, even though it's not really that much code, since I'm a beginner, I want to keep the GUI code from distracting me when I begin to write the logic behind the main code (it's bound to be long and tedious). So, I want to start writing the rest of the program inside the SomeMain.py file and just would like some pointers of what would be a conventional way to set it all up and start doing that. I can start making the transition from the '...GUI' file to the '...Main' file right now, but my lack of OO understanding makes me not know if I'm going about it the correct way or not?
Thanks for any advice given. If you need any more description/info related to the above post, or want to see any screenshots of the code output, don't hesitate to ask. Thanks
