[Tutor] Dynamically named objects

2007-12-27 Thread Michael Bernhard Arp Sørensen
Hi there. I need to instantiate objects on the fly and put the in a list/dict for later use. I was thinking of this: objectlist = [] newobjectname = "object1" classname = "class1" + "()" objectlist.append(newobjectname = eval(classname) ) objectlist[0].method("hello world") Can this be done? If

Re: [Tutor] Closing GUI program

2007-12-27 Thread Jim Morcombe
Oops! Here's the program: --- from Tkinter import * root = Tk() z = Label(root, text="Hello World!") z.grid() root.mainloop() -- Jim - Original Message - From: Jim Morcombe To: python tutor mailing list Sent: Friday, De

[Tutor] Closing GUI program

2007-12-27 Thread Jim Morcombe
I have copied the following program. When I run it, (By pressing F5 from IDLE), it displays the "Hello world" message. When I close the window, the "Hello world" message disappears, but it seems that the program is still running, because when I close the shell, i get the message "The program i

Re: [Tutor] Microsoft Access

2007-12-27 Thread Jim Morcombe
This tutorial seems very specific to PythonWin IDE. I haven't tried it, but it seems to imply that it uses stuff from PythonWin IDE that may not be available in IDLE. Does PythonWin IDE come with any extras that aren't available in standard Python? - Original Message - From: Darr

Re: [Tutor] Microsoft Access

2007-12-27 Thread bob gailer
Jim Morcombe wrote: > Are there any simple tutorials on using MS Access from Python? Your question is ambiguous. Do you want to manipulate the data using SQL or do you want to open an Access session as a COM server and control it? ___ Tutor maillist -

Re: [Tutor] Microsoft Access

2007-12-27 Thread Darren Williams
Typing 'Using MS Access from Python' into Google returned a few results, one in particular - http://www.markcarter.me.uk/computing/python/ado.html Hope that helps. - Original Message - From: Jim Morcombe To: python tutor mailing list Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 1:38 AM Su

[Tutor] Microsoft Access

2007-12-27 Thread Jim Morcombe
Are there any simple tutorials on using MS Access from Python? Jim ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor

Re: [Tutor] How Do I Make Imports Work

2007-12-27 Thread Chris Fuller
On Thursday 27 December 2007 08:29, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > e = Elevator() > e.show_state() > > raw_input("\n\nPress the enter key to exit.") > Two observations: This "module-level" code that does the testing will be run when the module is imported. A more flexible approach would be to pla

Re: [Tutor] How Do I Make Imports Work

2007-12-27 Thread Alan Gauld
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > I am just starting to learn about making classes, so I wanted to put > some > code into a module and use it. Good idea. > move it into its own file and try to use an import statement to > bring it > in, I get errors that say that methods don't exist. Are you remem

Re: [Tutor] How Do I Make Imports Work

2007-12-27 Thread bob gailer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > Here is the offending code and error. > > # elevator_system.py > # By Jim Homme > # Simulate the behavior of a group of elevators. > # Try to import and get error. > # The module and this file are in the same directory. > import elevator > # The elevator module > #

Re: [Tutor] How Do I Make Imports Work

2007-12-27 Thread james . homme
Hi, Here is the offending code and error. # elevator_system.py # By Jim Homme # Simulate the behavior of a group of elevators. # Try to import and get error. # The module and this file are in the same directory. import elevator # The elevator module # This would be in a separate file. # When I rem

Re: [Tutor] How Do I Make Imports Work

2007-12-27 Thread Rob Andrews
Can you show us an example of the code where you're attempting to import and the error you get? -Rob A. On Dec 27, 2007 7:40 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > I am just starting to learn about making classes, so I wanted to put some > code into a module and use it. I know the code works b

[Tutor] How Do I Make Imports Work

2007-12-27 Thread james . homme
Hi, I am just starting to learn about making classes, so I wanted to put some code into a module and use it. I know the code works because when I put it in the same file that calls it, it does what it's supposed to do. When I move it into its own file and try to use an import statement to bring it

Re: [Tutor] Festival equivalent package in python

2007-12-27 Thread Kent Johnson
goldgod a wrote: > hi , > Is there any "festival" equivalent package in python. GIYF http://www.freebsoft.org/speechd http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/PyFest/0.1 Kent ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/

[Tutor] Festival equivalent package in python

2007-12-27 Thread goldgod a
hi , Is there any "festival" equivalent package in python. Any idea to do that. Is there any modules to interact with the sounds using python. -- Thanks & Regards, goldgod ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listin