gui - wait for dialog to close

[Jorge Godoy]

Ajay <abra9823 at 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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