[Tutor] mamelauncher

[Alan G]

> I've been working on this for ages and am having real
> problems with getting the wiring for a selected game
> to launch when I click OK.

So what problems are you having? Do you get an error trace?
A superficial glance tells me only that
1) You might find using Tix will simplify your code(scrollable 
listboxes etc)
2) Your mailer seems to be adding extra lines, ie I assume the code 
isn't
   really double spaced? :-)

So whats the specific problem?
Oh yes - and what version of Python?

Alan G.

> I haven't added my error handling yet.
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> I've tried using spawn, system etc etc to no avail.
>
> #Mame Launcher
>
> #GUI launcher for MAME games
>
> #First 'hack' 15th June 2005
>
> #Hacking again 19th August
>
>
>
> import sys, os, subprocess
>
>
>
> from Tkinter import *
>
>
>
> class Mamelaunch(Frame):
>
>    """ GUI application to display MAME games in
>
>    a list, then launch them. """
>
>    def __init__(self, master):
>
>        """ Initialize the frame. """
>
>        Frame.__init__(self, master)
>
>        self.grid()
>
>        self.create_widgets()
>
>        self.listgames()
>
>
>
>    def create_widgets(self):
>
>        """ Create button, text, and entry widgets.
> """
>
>        # create instruction label
>
>        self.inst_lbl = Label(self, text = "Please
> select a game")
>
>        self.inst_lbl.grid(row = 0, column = 0,
> columnspan = 2, sticky = W)
>
>
>
>        # create label for password
>
>        self.pw_lbl = Label(self, text = "Click OK
> when ready ")
>
>        self.pw_lbl.grid(row = 12, column = 0, sticky
> = W)
>
>
>
>        #create the scrollbar for the listbox
>
>        self.yScroll = Scrollbar ( self,
> orient=VERTICAL )
>
>        self.yScroll.grid ( row=1, column=1,
> sticky=N+S )
>
>
>
>        # create listbox to list games
>
>        self.lstbx =Listbox(self, height = 20,
> yscrollcommand=self.yScroll.set, borderwidth = 5,
>
>                            relief = "sunken",
> highlightcolor = "blue", selectbackground="orange",
>
>                            selectmode="single")
>
>        self.lstbx.grid(row = 1, column =
> 0,sticky=N+S+W)
>
>        #lock the vertical scroll to the listbox.
>
>        self.yScroll["command"] = self.lstbx.yview
>
>
>
>        # create ok button
>
>        self.submit_bttn = Button(self, text = "OK")
>
>        self.submit_bttn.grid(row = 12, column = 1,
> sticky = S+W)
>
>        self.submit_bttn.bind("<Button-1>",
> self.launchmame)
>
>
>
>        # create quit button
>
>        self.submit_bttn = Button(self, text = "Quit",
> command = self.quit)
>
>        self.submit_bttn.grid(row = 12, column = 2,
> sticky = S+W)
>
>
>
>    #Try reading list in prior to creating relevant
> widgets
>
>    def listgames(self):
>
>        """reads list and populates listbox"""
>
>        try:
>
>            mamefile = open('C:\\mamelist.txt',
> 'r').readlines()
>
>        except EnvironmentError:
>
>            print "Please check file is in directory"
>
>        else:
>
>            #split list, populate listbox
>
>            for game in mamefile:
>
>                game = game.rstrip()
>
>                self.lstbx.insert(END, game)
>
>
>
>    def launchmame(self, event):
>
>        """Mechanism to launch MAME game"""
>
>        selection = self.lstbx.curselection()
>
>        print selection
>
>        os.system("C:\\mame096b\\mame.exe"+""+
> selection)
>
>
>
> #        try:
>
> #            os.system(echo "game")
>
> #        except:
>
> #            SystemError(), "Command not found"
>
>
>
> # main
>
> root = Tk()
>
> root.title("MAME Launcher")
>
> root.geometry("220x330")
>
>
>
> app = Mamelaunch(root)
>
>
>
>
>
> root.mainloop()
>
>
>
>
>
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