HI Alan, Thanks for suggestion its working now.... import wx import os
class ScrolledWindow(wx.Frame): def __init__(self, parent, id, title): wx.Frame.__init__(self, parent, id, title, size=(350, 300)) panel = wx.Panel(self, -1) self.txt1 = wx.TextCtrl(panel, -1, pos=(30, 100), size=(150, 20)) self.button11 = wx.Button(panel, -1, "Open", pos=(200,100)) self.button11.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnOpen) self.Centre() self.Show() def OnOpen(self,event): self.dirname = '' dlg = wx.FileDialog(self, "Choose a file", self.dirname,"", "*.*", wx.OPEN) if dlg.ShowModal()==wx.ID_OK: self.filename=dlg.GetFilename() self.dirname=dlg.GetDirectory() self.txt1.write(self.filename) dlg.Destroy() app = wx.App() ScrolledWindow(None, -1, 'Aliens') app.MainLoop() On Nov 17, 2007 12:44 PM, Varsha Purohit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Everyone, > In my application i need to select a file using open dialog > box. And then i dont need to open the file. I just need to display the > name of the selected file in a text control. And then open the file in > later part of the program. But i am not able to get the file name and > display it in the text control. Here is the sample code. > > import wx > import os > > Fname = '' #Global variable to hold the file name. > class ScrolledWindow(wx.Frame): > def __init__(self, parent, id, title): > wx.Frame.__init__(self, parent, id, title, size=(350, 300)) > panel = wx.Panel(self, -1) > txt1 = wx.TextCtrl(panel, -1, pos=(30, 100), size=(150, 20)) > button11 = wx.Button(panel, -1, "Open", pos=(200,100)) > self.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnOpen, button11) > txt1.write(Fname) > > self.Centre() > self.Show() > > def OnOpen(self,event): > self.dirname = '' > dlg = wx.FileDialog(self, "Choose a file", self.dirname,"", > "*.*", wx.OPEN) > if dlg.ShowModal()==wx.ID_OK: > self.filename=dlg.GetFilename() > Fname = self.filename > self.dirname=dlg.GetDirectory() > dlg.Destroy() > > app = wx.App() > ScrolledWindow(None, -1, 'Aliens') > app.MainLoop() > > > Any help is appreciated.... > > thanks, > -- > Varsha Purohit, > Graduate Student > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor