Tkinter File Dialog Question

[Steve Zatz]

Jorgen,

Thanks much for the response.  I wasn't aware that there was a
defaultextension option.  Unfortunately, it doesn't quite solve my
problem.  I am providing the users with several extension options (eg
xml, txt) and they are selecting one of those options and then
(understandably) creating a file name without an extension assuming
that it will pick up the extension they have selected.  However, I
don't see any way to get at their extension selection since the Dialog
only seems to return the filename they input.



> you can use the option: 'defaultextension'. Example
> 
> >>> import tkFileDialog
> >>> res = tkFileDialog.asksaveasfilename(defaultextension=".txt")
>  (user types in "myfilename")
> >>> res
> 'myfilename.txt'
> 
> Remember the dot in the extension string. I just tried and it works, 
> unless the user selects a filename that already exist.
> 
> Regards
> Jorgen Cederberg