On Aug 28, 8:59 am, geoffbache <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Which GUI toolkit are you using? Tkinter, wxPython, pyQt? > > Primarily PyGTK, but I was hoping it wouldn't matter. I hope to be > able > to start the process as indicated in the original post from within my > test > tool and instruct the subprocess to be hidden (or minimized? would > that be easier?), > irrespective of what it was (it might be a Java GUI or anything for > all I care...) > > > As for > > losing the command window on Windows, the best way that I know of is > > to just change the extension of the python file itself from *.py to > > *.pyw . I'm pretty sure you can suppress command windows if you're > > calling them from the command line using a flag, but I can't recall > > the flag off the top of my head. > > Thanks, that seemed to work. > > > One way to test while still being able to use your computer is to > > install a virtual machine with VMWare or some similar product. I use > > VMWare's free software for testing some of my scripts, but I've heard > > that Microsoft's got a free virtual product that isn't half bad. > > OK. If all else fails I might try that. But if there is a solution to > the original > problem it would be nice not to have to install VMWare everywhere for > convenient testing... > > Geoff
I did a quick google and found the following, which probably only applies to Windows: http://www.tech-recipes.com/windows_tips512.html I know that with wxPython, you can tell it to whether or not to show the frame. Maybe pyGTK has the same functionality? This link seems to suggest that that maybe a valid option, but it doesn't detail how to accomplish it: http://www.daa.com.au/pipermail/pygtk/2000-August/000300.html This might be better: http://linuxgazette.net/issue78/krishnakumar.html Looks to me like you could just omit the "show" method. However, I have never used that particular toolkit. When you run stuff hidden like that, it can be difficult to kill them. Mike -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
