Python Noob, open file dialog

[cutey Love]

No it's still paused after selection and only excutes when the window is closed.

On Tuesday, June 17, 2014 6:34:41 PM UTC+1, MRAB wrote:
> On 2014-06-17 17:49, cutey Love wrote:
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> > My first attempt at Python,
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> > I'm using Tkinter and all is going well except when I'm using
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> >      file_path = tkFileDialog.askopenfilename()
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> >      print "test"
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> > opens great and lets me select a file, the problem is it then pauses? instead of continuing with the function? until I close, then it goes and completes the function?
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> > Why is this and how do I fix it?
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> It's waiting for you to click the Open button to confirm your
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> selection. That's normal behaviour for such a dialog box.
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> > Full code
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> > import Tkinter, tkFileDialog
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> > from Tkinter import *
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> > emails = []
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> > def askFile():
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> >      file_path = tkFileDialog.askopenfilename()
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> >      print "test"
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> > window = Tkinter.Tk()
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> > window.title("Super Star")
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> > window.geometry("600x600")
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> > menubar = Menu(window)
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> > filemenu = Menu(menubar, tearoff=0)
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> > filemenu.add_command(label="New", command=askFile)
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> > menubar.add_cascade(label="File", menu=filemenu)
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> > window.config(menu=menubar)
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> > window.mainloop()
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