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POClass Variable Retrieval in Python
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copied!<p>This is a GUI I’ve been writing for a script I already have working. What I’m struggling with here is retrieving the information in the textboxes. </p> <p>Under the definition <code>generate</code> I am able to pop a name off of <code>listx</code> but I am unable to grab the local variable <code>entry</code> from any of the instances of the <code>new_title_box</code> class.</p> <pre><code>from Tkinter import * import ttk boxvar="" folder="" listx=[] count = 1 myrow = 1 class new_title_box: def __init__(self,name): global myrow, count, listx self.entry = StringVar() self.name = name self.name = ttk.Entry(mainframe,width=45,textvariable=self.entry) self.name.grid(column=1,row=myrow+1,sticky=(N,W)) listx.append(name) print(listx) ## For debugging to insure that it is working correctly, if it gives output it, this part works myrow = myrow + 1 count=count+1 def make_new(*args): new_title_box('box'+str(count)) def generate(*args): global listx, boxvar while len(listx) > 0: boxvar=listx.pop(0) print(boxvar) ## For debugging to insure that it is working correctly, if it gives output it, this part works folder = boxvar.entry.get() ## Not working here print(folder) ## For debugging to insure that it is working correctly, if it gives output it, this part works root = Tk() root.title("File Maker") mainframe = ttk.Frame(root, padding = "50 50 50 50") mainframe.grid(column = 0,row = 0,sticky = (N, W, E, S)) mainframe.columnconfigure(0,weight=1) mainframe.columnconfigure(0,weight=1) add_entry = ttk.Button(mainframe,width=20, text = "add entry", command=make_new) add_entry.grid(column=2,row=2,sticky=(N,W)) add_entry = ttk.Button(mainframe,width=20, text = "make files", command=generate) add_entry.grid(column=2,row=3,sticky=(N,W)) root.mainloop() </code></pre> <p>Here's the traceback I'm getting:</p> <pre><code>Exception in Tkinter callback Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Python33\lib\tkinter_init_.py", line 1442, in call return self.func(*args) File "C:\python\SampAqTkinter.py", line 28, in generate folder = boxvar.entry ## Not working here AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'entry' </code></pre>

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