I'm working on a project for school, and I just can't seem to solve my problem:
The application I wrote manages a .csv file containing informations about patients in a hospital, and their date of birth is set by three distinct ComboBoxes (Y/M/D). I want to display the right number of days for each month in the day-ComboBox (ie 31 in january, 28 or 29 in february...).
So, this is (a stripped-down version of) my code :
#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
from datetime import *
from Tkinter import *
import Tix
#useful variables
today=datetime.date(datetime.today())
listYears = []
for i in range(1900, today.year+1):
listYears.append(i)
listMonths = []
for i in range(1, 13):
listMonths.append(i)
#functions
def dispDay():
birthDay=Tix.ComboBox(frame4, variable=dayVar, selectmode='immediate', listcmd = calculateDay(int(birthYear['value']), int(birthMonth['value'])))
birthDay.entry.config(state='readonly')
birthDay.place(anchor='c',x=(w/8-10), y=445)
for item in listDays :
birthDay.insert(END, item)
def calculateDay (year, month):
if year%400 == 0 :
if month%2 == 0 :
if month == 2 :
days=29
else :
days=30
else:
days=31
elif (year%4 == 0 and year%100!=0):
if month%2 == 0 :
if month == 2 :
days=29
else:
days=30
else:
days=31
else:
if month%2 == 0:
if month == 2 :
days=28
else:
days=30
else:
days=31
global listDays
listDays= []
for i in range(1, days-1):
listDays.append(i)
def quitButton():
qButton=Button(text="Quit",command=window.quit)
qButton.place(relx=0.5, rely=0.5, anchor=CENTER)
def createPatientMenu():
yearVar=IntVar()
monthVar=IntVar()
dayVar=IntVar()
global frame4
frame4=Frame(window,width=w,bg="grey14", height=h)
frame4.pack()
lbYear=Label(frame4, text="Year:")
lbYear.pack()
birthYear=Tix.ComboBox(frame4, variable=yearVar)
birthYear.entry.config(state='readonly')
birthYear.pack()
for item in listYears :
birthYear.insert(END, item)
lbMonth=Label(frame4, text="month:")
lbMonth.pack()
birthMonth=Tix.ComboBox(frame4, variable=monthVar, selectmode='immediate', command=dispDay)
birthMonth.entry.config(state='readonly')
birthMonth.pack()
for item in listMonths :
birthMonth.insert(END, item)
quitButton()
#main
window=Tix.Tk()
w, h = 800, 600
window.geometry("%dx%d+0+0" % (w, h))
window.config(bg='grey14')
window.title("database")
createPatientMenu()
window.mainloop()
My problem is that int(birthYear['value'])
and int(birthMonth['value'])
both return 0 (already tested it by adding a print at the start of calculateDays()
), even when something is selected in the month and year ComboBoxes. I don't understand why.
Also, python gives an error when selecting a month :
Exception in Tkinter callback Traceback (most recent call last):
File "D:\Python27\lib\lib-tk\Tkinter.py", line 1541, in__call__
return self.func(*args)
TypeError:dispDay()
takes no arguments (1 given)
Exception in Tkinter callback
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "D:\Python27\lib\lib-tk\Tkinter.py", line 1541, in__call__
return self.func(*args)
TypeError:dispDay()
takes no arguments (1 given)
Am I missing something?
Any help would be really appreciated, as I have to give back my assignement in a few weeks and still have plenty work to do. Thank you in advance!