Looking for a General Method to Configure Tkinter Widgets

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On Mar 2, 7:14 am, "W. eWatson" <notval... at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> I'm modifying a Tkinter Python program that uses hard coded initial values
> for several widgets. For example, latitude = 40. My plan is to put the names
> and values for configuration purposes into a file. For example, a pseudo
> statement like the one just given. ConfigObj provides a mechanism for it.
>
> I am only at an early stage of learning Tkinter, but it looks like a hang up
> is in the use of control variables passed between widgets and non-Tkinter
> objects that setup up the widget and retrieve the changed values. Roughly,
> the main loop contains code like self.longitude = 40. Non-Tkinter objects
> set up the parameters to the widgets, and when a widget* is complete the
> setup program resets the main loop globals. As I see it, it looks like
> IntVar, etc. used must be hard coded, as in the original program, to
> preserve types like boolean, strings, integers, floats, etc. It's either
> that or use of eval or some like function. Comments?
>
> * For example, in one setup program, I see code like this after its call to
> a dialog returns:
>
>          try:
>              s = dialog.stopVar.get()
>              d = [ int(x) for x in s.split(":") ]
>              self.stop_time = datetime.time(d[0],d[1],d[2])
>
> stop_time is a string like "10:30:15".
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>
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I am sorry, I am a bit confused. Is your question how to preserve the
value and/or type of the data in the config file? Or are you having
trouble getting the values from the file to the widget?