I think that QtGui.QFileDialog.getSaveFileName returns a tuple, the first element of which is the file name. You can ignore the second element by using:
fname, _ = QtGui.QFileDialog.getSaveFileName(self, 'Save file', '/home/untitled.png', 'Images (*.png *.xpm *.jpg)') Ray On Mar 12, 2012, at 4:24 PM, Darren Dale wrote: > On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 4:30 PM, Sourabh Bajaj <sb2...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I am getting a segmentation fault when I try to declare a new image name. I >> can replace a existing image correctly. Why am I getting the error at the >> getSaveFileName dialog ?? > [...] >> fname = QtGui.QFileDialog.getSaveFileName(self, 'Save file', >> '/home/untitled.png', 'Images (*.png *.xpm *.jpg)') > > Here is the call signature: > > QString getSaveFileName (QWidget parent = None, QString caption = > QString(), QString directory = QString(), QString filter = QString(), > Options options = 0) > > You are passing a file name to a function argument that is expecting a > directory. Maybe that has something to do with it. Although, I don't > know why that would cause a crash, unless there is a bug in Qt/PyQt. > > Darren > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Try before you buy = See our experts in action! > The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers > is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, > Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users -- Ray Osborn Materials Science Division Argonne National Laboratory Argonne, IL 60439, USA Phone: +1 (630) 252-9011 Email: rosb...@anl.gov ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users