Hey again Alan! Sorry it has been so long since I have been in contact.
I tried the code suggestion that you proposed in december, and while it did count down time, it actually set me back in a way because the display is not how I desired it to be. The way the display looks in this program below is how I have been asked to run it, and all that I need to change is the fact that the program adds 2 separate windows when it changes color. I just need one window. That is all I am trying to change. I realize that there may be a different command to prevent that, which is what I am trying to achieve, but I need the display settings to remain the same. I'm not sure how to impose this display with the code you suggested and make the program still run without errors popping up. So if you know how to put the display on your suggested code in the previous comment, then I would be much obliged, or if you can impose your changes on to this code specifically I would be very grateful. My engineering teacher isn't even sure how to do this, so you are my only hope Alan! Thank you for putting up with this madness!! Evan try: # Python2 import Tkinter as tk except ImportError: # Python3 import tkinter as tk import time def count_down(): # start with 4 minutes --> 240 seconds for t in range(240, 120, -1): # format as 2 digit integers, fills with zero to the left # divmod() gives minutes, seconds sf = "{:01d}:{:02d}".format(*divmod(t, 60)) #print(sf) # test time_str.set(sf) root.update() # delay one second time.sleep(1)# create root/main window root = tk.Tk() time_str = tk.StringVar() # create the time display label, give it a large font # label auto-adjusts to the font label_font = ('helvetica', 100) tk.Label(root, textvariable=time_str, font=label_font, bg='forest green', fg='white', relief='raised', bd=3).pack(fill='x', padx=5, pady=5) # start with 2 minutes --> 119 seconds for t in range(240, 120, -1): # format as 2 digit integers, fills with zero to the left # divmod() gives minutes, seconds sf = "{:01d}:{:02d}".format(*divmod(t, 60)) #print(sf) # test time_str.set(sf) root.update() # delay one second time.sleep(1) # create the time display label, give it a large font # label auto-adjusts to the font label_font = ('helvetica', 100) tk.Label(root, textvariable=time_str, font=label_font, bg='gold', fg='white', relief='raised', bd=3).pack(fill='x', padx=5, pady=5) # start with 1 minutes --> 59 seconds for t in range(120,60, -1): # format as 2 digit integers, fills with zero to the left # divmod() gives minutes, seconds sf = "{:01d}:{:02d}".format(*divmod(t, 60)) #print(sf) # test time_str.set(sf) root.update() # delay one second time.sleep(1) # create the time display label, give it a large font # label auto-adjusts to the font label_font = ('helvetica', 100) tk.Label(root, textvariable=time_str, font=label_font, bg='firebrick', fg='white', relief='raised', bd=3).pack(fill='x', padx=5, pady=5) # start with 4 minutes --> 240 seconds for t in range(60,-1, -1): # format as 2 digit integers, fills with zero to the left # divmod() gives minutes, seconds sf = "{:01d}:{:02d}".format(*divmod(t, 60)) #print(sf) # test time_str.set(sf) root.update() # delay one second time.sleep(1) # start the GUI event loop root.mainloop() _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor