Tkinter + Button widget

[Laura Creighton]

> when i start a button widget, it automatically fires the command?
> 
>     def HideNewClient(self, frame):
>         frame.configure(bd=0, width=0, height=0)
>         return
> 
>         pdb_btnSearch = Button(pdb_frmCommands,
>                                text="Search",
>                                relief=GROOVE,
>                                font=("Tahoma", 10),
>                                width=16,
>                                command=self.HideNewClient(pdb_frmNewClient))
> 
> any help would greatly be appreciated.
> 
> Adonis
> 
> 
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> From: "Adonis Vargas" <deltapigz at telocity.com>
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> Subject: Tkinter + Button widget
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> when i start a button widget, it automatically fires the command?
> 
>     def HideNewClient(self, frame):
>         frame.configure(bd=0, width=0, height=0)
>         return
> 
>         pdb_btnSearch = Button(pdb_frmCommands,
>                                text="Search",
>                                relief=GROOVE,
>                                font=("Tahoma", 10),
>                                width=16,
>                                command=self.HideNewClient(pdb_frmNewClient))
> 
> any help would greatly be appreciated.
> 
> Adonis

You don't pass paramenters to commands that you want to run when you
click a button like that.  All command wants is the name of the
command you are going to run.  If you need to pass an argument it
is usual to get out the lambda, so something like this ought to work.

pdb_btnSearch = Button(pdb_frmCommands,
                       text="Search",
                       relief=GROOVE,
                       font=("Tahoma", 10),
                       width=16,
                       command=lambda s=self, arg=pdb_frmNewClient : 
                       s.HideNewClient(arg))

Laura Creighton