empty window when using askopenfile

[Fredrik Lundh]

Sorin Gherman wrote:

> Is there any way to minimize/hide the annoying default, empty Tk
> window that shows behind the native file opening dialog , when using
> askopenfile, etc, in tkCommonDialog?

explicitly create the root window, and withdraw it from the
screen before you call askopenfile:

    import Tkinter

    root = Tkinter.Tk()
    root.withdraw()

    file = tkFileDialog.askopenfile(...)

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