opening 'file open' dialog from console

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dsavitsk wrote:

> I would like to open a file open dialog from a console on windows (2000).
> I do this now using the line
> 
>>>> from tkFileDialog import *
>>>> fileName = askopenfilename(filetypes=[(".txt", ".txt")], title="Select
> the file")
> 
> but this opens a second window and leaves it there.  what is the best way
> (tkinter or MFC) to do this w/o the second window?

Fetch the root singleton (or whatever it is) out of Tk land:

        root = Tk()

Withdraw it:

        root.withdraw()

Warning: Sometimes this withdraws the wrong thing. >sigh<

Alternately, pass it into 'askopenfilename', if possible.

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