passing control to other window

[Mike Driscoll]

On 6/21/08, varun chadha <varun.consit at gmail.com> wrote:
> i am trying to develop a application using Tkinter in which a new
> window pops out on a particular button press.though i can pass control
> automatically to that window using .force_focus() method and disabling
> all my widgets in previous window but the technique is not so clean.
> for eg. when u click 'save' a window pops out asking for location but
> u can still close your previous window using the 'cross-mark' on top
> right corner with save window still open.
> can anyone help me out!
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Look up modal dialogs or how to make your new window modal. This will
block the user from accessing the other window. I used a little
Google-fu to find this:

http://effbot.org/tkinterbook/tkinter-dialog-windows.htm

That should get you started. Unfortunately, I don't use Tkinter much
any more as I went to wxPython instead. Good luck!

Mike