Need help with the get() method of a Text entry

[Chad]

On Apr 12, 5:03 pm, James Stroud <jstr... at mbi.ucla.edu> wrote:
> James Stroud wrote:
> > Chad wrote:
>
> >> I have a simple little program that brings up asks the user to enter a
> >> note, then is supposed to place that note into a text file when the
> >> user hits the submit button.  However, when the user hits the submit
> >> button, absolutely nothing happens.  IDLE doesn't give an error
> >> message and the note is not entered into the text file.  For
> >> troubleshooting puposes, I wanted to see if IDLE would at least print
> >> the user's input; it doesn't do that either.  Can someone please help
> >> me?
>
> >> Here is the code:
>
> >> from Tkinter import *
>
> >> class Application(Frame):
> >>     """ GUI application that creates a story based on user input. """
> >>     def __init__(self, master):
> >>         """ Initialize Frame. """
> >>         Frame.__init__(self, master)
> >>         self.grid()
> >>         self.create_widgets()
>
> >>     def create_widgets(self):
> >>         """ Create widgets to get note information. """
> >>         # create instruction label and text entry for notes
> >>         Label(self,
> >>               text = "Notes"
> >>               ).grid(row = 0, column = 0, columnspan = 2 )
>
> >>         self.notes_ent = Text(self, width = 75, height = 10, wrap =
> >> WORD)
> >>         self.notes_ent.grid(row = 2, column = 0 ,columnspan = 7,
> >> rowspan = 3, sticky = W)
> >>         create submit button
> >>         text1 = StringVar(self)
> >>         text1 = self.notes_ent.get(1.0, END)
> >>         self.notes_ent.config(state=NORMAL)
> >>         Button(self,
> >>                  text = "Add Note",
> >>                  command = self.add_note(text1)
> >>                ).grid(row = 1, column = 0, sticky = W)
>
> >>     def add_note(self, text1):
> >>         print text1
> >>         text_file = open("write_it.txt", "a+")
> >>         text_file.write(text1)
>
> >> root = Tk()
> >> root.title("Mad Lib")
> >> app = Application(root)
> >> root.mainloop()
>
> > On second look, it seems you have deeper problems, some of which are:
>
> >  >         text1 = StringVar(self)
> >  >         text1 = self.notes_ent.get(1.0, END)
>
> > You obviously added the second because the first will never work. Get
> > rid of both lines.  Even if you intended the second, it immediately
> > nullifies the first. Instead of my previous suggestions, do this:
>
> > 1. delete both "text1 =" lines
> > 2. change "command = self.add_note(text1)" to
> >           "command = self.add_note"
> > 3. change "def add_note(self, text1):" to
> >           "def add_note(self):"
> > 4. delete "print text1"
> > 5. change  "text_file.write(text1)" to
> >            "text_file.notes_ent.get(1.0, END)
>
> > James
>
> Or rather
> 5. change  "text_file.write(text1)" to
>             "text_file.write(self.notes_ent.get(1.0, END))"


Thank you, that worked very well.