gui - wait for dialog to close

[Ajay]

i am using Tkinter
could you expand on that modal stuff

cheers


Quoting John Fabiani <jfabiani at yolo.com>:

> Ajay wrote:
>
> > hi!
> >
> > i have an application which requires a username
> > what i am trying to do is when the application runs, a dialog window
> > appears which prompts the user for his name. once thats entered, the
> > dialog box is destroyed, the username stored and the application gui
> is
> > drawn
> >
> > i tried doing this by adding a wait_window call in my application
> GUI's
> > init.
> > the idea was to suspend execution till the username is entered and the
> > dialog box destroyed before continuing.
> >
> > that didn't work
> > how can i do this? i have the option of creating the dialog box and
> when
> > the username is entered then in the function that handles the
> username,
> > create the rest of the GUI. i was wondering if there is any other way
> >
> > thanks
> >
> > cheers
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> You did not state which GUI lib you are using.  But in general you use a
> modal dialog for that type of input.  Before you delete the dialog read
> the
> fields in the dialog.
>
> John
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