How to get class's name on runtime?

[Christopher Myers]

Since I didn't get a reply to my original post, and this thread looks
promising, I thought I'd repost (begging forgiveness of those who were
already bored, baffled or confused at my original post).
It seems my problem may be related to this issue, but I'd appreciate a
little expert opinion. 

TIA.

Christopher Myers wrote:
> 
> Anyone know how I can get a reference to an anonymous widget created on
> the fly?
> 
> Background:
> I created a Date-selector widget which is a Pmw dialog with a calendar.
> The calendar is created on the fly, using Tkinter Buttons, and as such,
> they are not named widgets -- just buttons placed properly in the
> interior of the dialog using the Grid geometry manager and the Python
> calendar module for which date goes where.  I suppose I could create an
> array of Buttons as use their array index as the name/reference, but I'd
> like to avoid that if it's possible.
> 
> I want the dialog to return the label on the button pressed, so I can
> use that as the date value.
> 
> (Note:
> Is there any type of calendar widget already written?  I poked around a
> bit and couldn't find one, then figured it was pretty easy to write my
> own.)
> 
> Code snip:
> 
>         # Calendar selection dialog
>         self.calendarSelectDialog = Pmw.Dialog(master,
>                                     title = 'Select Date',
>                                     buttons = ('OK', 'Cancel'),
>                                     defaultbutton = 'OK',)
> #-------> no command yet . . .      #command=self.execCalDialog)
> 
>         # Pack my calendar widget into the dialog's interior
>         self.myCalFrame = Frame(self.calendarSelectDialog.interior())
>         self.myCalFrame.pack()
> 
>         # Build the calendar
>         # 8 rows, 7 cols grid. row0 is "Month, Year"
>         #                      row1 is Day of Week headings
>         # Calendar title, and arrow buttons
>         self.calTitle = StringVar()
>         self.getDate()  # Fills fields self.y, self.m, self.d
> 
>         self.calTitle.set("%s %i" %(calendar.month_name[self.m],
> self.y))
>         self.calLabel = Label(self.myCalFrame,
>                               textvariable=self.calTitle)
>         self.calLabel.grid(row=0, column=2, columnspan=3)
>         self.leftArrow =
>              PhotoImage(file="/home/chris/moon/arrow_left.gif")
>         self.rightArrow =
>              PhotoImage(file="/home/chris/moon/arrow_right.gif")
>         self.calBtnLeft = Button(self.myCalFrame,
>                                  image=self.leftArrow,
>                                  command=self.sub_month)
>         self.calBtnLeft.grid(row=0, column=1)
>         self.calBtnRight = Button(self.myCalFrame,
>                                   image=self.rightArrow,
>                                   command=self.add_month)
>         self.calBtnRight.grid(row=0, column=5)
> 
>         # Day column Headings
>         col_cnt=0
>         for name in calendar.day_name:
>             day_abbrev = name[:2]
>             Label(self.myCalFrame,
>                   text=day_abbrev).grid(row=1, column=col_cnt)
>             col_cnt=col_cnt+1
> 
>         # Buttons for actual days.
>         mc = calendar.monthcalendar(self.y, self.m)
>         for i in range(len(mc)):
>             for j in range(7):
>                 num = mc[i][j]
>                 if num == 0:
>                     state="disabled"
>                     n = ""
>                 else:
>                     state="normal"
>                     n = `num`
>                 Button(self.myCalFrame, text=n, width=2, state=state,
> # ----------->         command=self.red_day).grid(row=i+2, column=j)
> #
> # self.red_day is supposed to turn the day red
> # then the user clicks OK.  Optimally, I'd like the button's command
> # to return the day selected and close the dialog.
> #

Andrew McNamara wrote:
> 
> >How can I get class-instances name at runtime?
> >
> >I have tried to use __name__ method, but that does not exist...
> 
> Is this what you want: "self.__class__.__name__"?
> 
> --
> Andrew McNamara, Senior Developer, Object Craft
> http://www.object-craft.com.au/

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Christopher Myers, Graduate Software Developer 
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