empty window when using askopenfile

[Sorin Gherman]

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?

I am using Python 2.3.2 on winXP.

Thanks in advance,
Sorin Gherman

[Peter Otten]

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?

import Tkinter, tkFileDialog
root = Tkinter.Tk()
root.withdraw()
tkFileDialog.askopenfile()

Peter

[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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[Lonnie Princehouse]

s_*******@yahoo.com (Sorin Gherman) wrote in message news:<ac**************************@posting.google. com>...

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?

Ah, the pesky Tk root window. You can minimize it, but I don't think
you can make it disappear completely (without nuking the rest of Tk).

Try this-

import Tkinter, tkFileDialog

tkroot = Tkinter.Tk()
tkroot.iconify()

tkFileDialog.askopenfile()

# If you're not doing anything with Tk besides prompting for the file,
# you'll want to get ride of the root window after askopenfile-
tkroot.destroy()
Alternately, you could just put a pretty picture in the root window
and call it a feature =)