Pickle a Tkinter Canvas

[5N1P3R]

Hi

Im trying to add save and load functionality to my program and I am using pickle to take the information and dump it in a file. I have been able to pickle everything successfully except for my canvas object which just creates a massive error. My aim is to be able to first pickle the canvas (along with the other data) and subsequently unpickle the canvas with all of the objects which have been placed on it, in the correct place and then replace the canvas in the correct frame. Below is my code for the save and load functions. Any help would be greatly appreciated but please keep it simple, as im still very new

Thanks

 
 
def _save():
 
    if circuitState.currentFile == "Untitled":
        _saveAs()
        return True
 
    f = open(circuitState.path, 'w')
    pickle.dump([circuitState.all_components, circuitState.all_wires, circuitState.all_hubs, circuitState.all_meters], f)
    f.close() 
 
 
def _saveAs():
 
    circuitState.path = tkFileDialog.asksaveasfilename(title="Save As", defaultextension="cir",
                               filetypes=[('Circuit File','*.cir'),
                                          ('All Files', '*.*')])
 
    changeTitle(circuitState.path)
    _save()
 
 
def _open():
 
    path = tkFileDialog.askopenfilename(title="Open File", defaultextension="cir",
                               filetypes=[('Circuit File','*.cir'),
                                          ('All Files', '*.*')])
 
    f = open(path, 'r')
 
    load = pickle.load(f)
 
    circuitState.all_components = load[0]
    circuitState.all_wires = load[1]
    circuitState.all_hubs = load[2]
    circuitState.all_meters = load[3]
 
    circuitState.path = path
    changeTitle(path)
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    f.close()
 
 

[bartonc]

I'd have a look inside the Turtle Graphics (search turtle in the Manuals) package and see if/how they save the canvas. I'm pretty sure that pickle won't do it.