Hi:
I've been working on this for ages and am having real
problems with getting the wiring for a selected game
to launch when I click OK.
I haven't added my error handling yet.
Can anyone help?
I've tried using spawn, system etc etc to no avail.
#Mame Launcher
#GUI launcher for MAME games
#First 'hack' 15th June 2005
#Hacking again 19th August
import sys, os, subprocess
from Tkinter import *
class Mamelaunch(Frame):
""" GUI application to display MAME games in
a list, then launch them. """
def __init__(self, master):
""" Initialize the frame. """
Frame.__init__(self, master)
self.grid()
self.create_widgets()
self.listgames()
def create_widgets(self):
""" Create button, text, and entry widgets.
"""
# create instruction label
self.inst_lbl = Label(self, text = "Please
select a game")
self.inst_lbl.grid(row = 0, column = 0,
columnspan = 2, sticky = W)
# create label for password
self.pw_lbl = Label(self, text = "Click OK
when ready ")
self.pw_lbl.grid(row = 12, column = 0, sticky
= W)
#create the scrollbar for the listbox
self.yScroll = Scrollbar ( self,
orient=VERTICAL )
self.yScroll.grid ( row=1, column=1,
sticky=N+S )
# create listbox to list games
self.lstbx =Listbox(self, height = 20,
yscrollcommand=self.yScroll.set, borderwidth = 5,
relief = "sunken",
highlightcolor = "blue", selectbackground="orange",
selectmode="single")
self.lstbx.grid(row = 1, column =
0,sticky=N+S+W)
#lock the vertical scroll to the listbox.
self.yScroll["command"] = self.lstbx.yview
# create ok button
self.submit_bttn = Button(self, text = "OK")
self.submit_bttn.grid(row = 12, column = 1,
sticky = S+W)
self.submit_bttn.bind("<Button-1>",
self.launchmame)
# create quit button
self.submit_bttn = Button(self, text = "Quit",
command = self.quit)
self.submit_bttn.grid(row = 12, column = 2,
sticky = S+W)
#Try reading list in prior to creating relevant
widgets
def listgames(self):
"""reads list and populates listbox"""
try:
mamefile = open('C:\\mamelist.txt',
'r').readlines()
except EnvironmentError:
print "Please check file is in directory"
else:
#split list, populate listbox
for game in mamefile:
game = game.rstrip()
self.lstbx.insert(END, game)
def launchmame(self, event):
"""Mechanism to launch MAME game"""
selection = self.lstbx.curselection()
print selection
os.system("C:\\mame096b\\mame.exe"+""+
selection)
# try:
# os.system(echo "game")
# except:
# SystemError(), "Command not found"
# main
root = Tk()
root.title("MAME Launcher")
root.geometry("220x330")
app = Mamelaunch(root)
root.mainloop()
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