How to open a tkinter script that calls a different script within the same directory?

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Sorry for the confusing question. I am working on a GUI and backend of a program that takes information from the gmail-api makes it into a text file. The back end and GUI(Tkinter) are working perfectly but through the python3 shell. When I just click on the python script within the directory a black command prompt appears and then disappears.

When I click on a prototype I have of the GUI that does not call another script but a text file, the GUI pops up perfectly. This is after I used pyinstaller to make it an executable.

My end goal is to make the whole GUI and back end an executable file.

I was wondering if anyone knows why this happens. I think it might be because of it having to call another script...but I am not sure.

Sorry again for the confusing question and wordy explanation.

JimShapedCoding · Accepted Answer · 2019-10-15 21:19:11Z

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You want to go to the terminal after you've intalled pyinstaller and run this command:

pyinstaller --onefile --noconsole yourtkinter.py

Explanation:

--onefile : Optional here, more comfortable for tiny tkinter projects.

--noconsole : Will solve your command line opening issue.

Find here more about the pyinstaller package: https://pyinstaller.readthedocs.io/en/stable/usage.html

answered Oct 15, 2019 at 21:19

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Ryan Quinn Over a year ago

so if the other script the gui calls is in the same file as the .exe it should work?

JimShapedCoding Over a year ago

You mean the text file you fill from Gmail API scraping? Yes, I would put every important "dependent" file in the same directory and call it from here. Of course always keep the exe and the dependency files in the same folder

Ryan Quinn Over a year ago

more, the other script the gui calls the main() of

JimShapedCoding Over a year ago

This is how you want to import everything: from .importantfileone import * , from .importantfiletwo import * , from .importantfilethree import *

Ryan Quinn Over a year ago

ok, so with the "." before the name of the script being called? sorry for all the quesitons

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