tkFileDialog.askopenfilename()

[rahulnag22]

Hi,
When I call tkFileDialog.askopenfilename() , the dialog box opens with
the current directory as the default directory. Is it possible to open
the dialog box with a directory other than the current directory. Can
we pass in a user defined starting directory.
Thanks
Rahul

 

[John McMonagle]

Hi,
When I call tkFileDialog.askopenfilename() , the dialog box opens with
the current directory as the default directory. Is it possible to open
the dialog box with a directory other than the current directory. Can
we pass in a user defined starting directory.
Thanks
Rahul

tkFileDialog.askopenfilename() uses the tk command tk_getOpenFile, the
documentation for which is at:

http://www.tcl.tk/man/tcl8.4/TkCmd/getOpenFile.htm

Regards,

John

 

[Kevin Walzer]

Hi,
When I call tkFileDialog.askopenfilename() , the dialog box opens with
the current directory as the default directory. Is it possible to open
the dialog box with a directory other than the current directory. Can
we pass in a user defined starting directory.
Thanks
Rahul

Use the "initialdir" flag:

filename = askopenfilename(title="Open File",
initialdir=(os.path.expanduser('~/'))

HTH,
Kevin

 

[martin.laloux]

look at "Basic Tkinter dialogs" from python cookbook at

http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/438123