Hi All, I have been writing a little app in python/tkinter to allow non technical users at my office setup/restore manipulate Oracle databases. I am using cx_Oracle plugin as well.
The app works fine at the moment, doing everything I want it to. However when it comes to importing a db I am just using imp.exe and dpimp.exe basically making external system calls to run it. I know this is not ideal and I should probably be using popen etc, but I am not to sure on how to get it working. I tried a while ago and it broke more than it fixed so I paniced and went back to good old command prompt method. I want to be able to view the output of an oracle import in realtime, anyone that has seen imp/exp knows that when running on command line you can see the tables importing as they import line by line. Ideally I would like to have a "process" tab on my tkinter app rather than a seperate DOS prompt running the command, where you can see this execution. I cant remember exactly what I tried before, but I think it involved using popen and stdout and then printing stdout. However when I did it like this it used to print out output in bulk blocks not nicely one line at a time. So.... Is there anyway to embed a command window inside a tkinter window, or does anyone know a way of outputting system calls in to a tkinter window in realtime, one line at a time. I think I have explained my problem really badly, so sorry. I have searched online and all I seem to get is the same use popen. Maybe I don't understand the popen stuff well enough, but its time for another shot. This little DOS prompt by the side of my app is getting on my nerves. Any Suggestions?, Im lost! Many Thanks, Matt -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Running-system-calls-through-TKinter-tp21747662p21747662.html Sent from the Python - tkinter-discuss mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Tkinter-discuss mailing list Tkinter-discuss@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tkinter-discuss
