gui - wait for dialog to close

[Ajay]

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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[John Fabiani]

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

[Ajay]

i am using Tkinter
could you expand on that modal stuff

cheers
Quoting John Fabiani <jf******@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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[Jorge Godoy]

Ajay <ab******@mail.usyd.edu.au> writes:

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

Which of the several toolkits are you using? In wxPython you can use
one of the provided dialogs or create a new modal dialog...

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Godoy. <go***@ieee.org>

[Ajay]

hi!

i am using Tkinter

cheers
Quoting Jorge Godoy <go***@ieee.org>:

Ajay <ab******@mail.usyd.edu.au> writes:

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

Which of the several toolkits are you using? In wxPython you can use
one of the provided dialogs or create a new modal dialog...

--
Godoy. <go***@ieee.org>
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