I just found it! What I want is to run the application minimized and to see the controls only when I need to reconfigure its behaviour. I searched for the function that you mention and found that it must be iconify(). Like this:
root = Tk() root.iconify() withdraw() removes the window from the screen altogether and probably is the right choice for a Toplevel window you don't need anymore, but which can be recalled with a button from the main window that's still displayed. Which is what you were talking about. Thanks for the tip. Gerardo On Wed, 20 Sep 2006, Metz, Bobby W, WWCS wrote: > What type of window are you displaying? It sounds like you're tying the > withdraw code to a button or something for a user to click; otherwise, > you would have some event or other sub-routine that fires the deiconify > later based on conditions or program flow. In my example below, as long > as you have a variable pointing to the window you can call the deiconify > at any time. If there is a simple minimize instead of hide...I don't > remember what that function is. > > B > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Gerardo Juarez > Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 9:52 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Tkinter-discuss] Minimizing a Python/Tk application > > > Thanks, it works, but, once the application is minimized I don't have > any > way to access it -to tell it to deiconify itself for example. I doesn't > use a console window. Is killing it the only option? > > Gerardo > > On Fri, 15 Sep 2006, Metz, Bobby W, WWCS wrote: > > > use the withdraw() function, e.g. > > > > from Tkinter import * > > root = Tk() > > root.withdraw() # Hide the window > > root.deiconify() # Unhide the window > > > > Bobby > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tkinter-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tkinter-discuss > _______________________________________________ Tkinter-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tkinter-discuss
