how to read dictionary names from a text file and display in a text widget

[mcroni]

i use python 3xx

from tkinter import *
from tkinter import ttk

i couldnt install PIL on my computer so I used Pillow. Hope you dont run into any problems

import datetime
import pickle

init the variables here since i dont use objects in your code

name = ""
course = ""
reference_number = ""
email = ""
timestamp = ""
room_number = ""
facebook = ""

data = {}

now = datetime.datetime.now()
filewin = Tk()
style = ttk.Style()

begin

style.configure("TLabel", foreground="black", font = 'Courier 10')
ttk.Style().configure("TButton", padding=3, relief="flat", background="#ccc",font = 'Courier 10')

filewin.title("Queen's Hall Data Manager",)
filewin.geometry("900x500+500+250")

label = ttk.Label(filewin, text = "Please Enter Your Info in the boxes below",foreground='blue')
label.place(x= 100, y=25)

notebook = ttk.Notebook(filewin)
notebook.place(x = 100, y = 50, width = 450)

frame1 = ttk.Frame(notebook)
frame2 = ttk.Frame(notebook)
frame3 = ttk.Frame(notebook)
notebook.add(frame1, text = 'ADD USER')
notebook.add(frame2, text = 'DISPLAY')
notebook.add(frame3, text = 'SEARCH')

##########################################################################FRAME 1

this is were the person enters the details into the GUI

name Entry

label = ttk.Label(frame1, text="Full Name :", foreground='blue',)

label.grid(row=1, column=1,sticky = 'W', padx = 15, pady = 10)
entry_box1= ttk.Entry(frame1, width = 35,)
entry_box1.place(x= 100, y = 10)

course Entry

label = ttk.Label(frame1, text="Course :",foreground='blue')
label.grid(row=2, column=1,sticky = 'W', padx = 15, pady = 10)
entry_box2= ttk.Entry(frame1, width = 35,)
entry_box2.place(x= 100, y = 48)

Reference Entry

label = ttk.Label(frame1, text="Ref Num :",foreground='blue')
label.grid(row=3, column=1,sticky = 'W', padx = 15, pady = 10)
entry_box3= ttk.Entry(frame1, width = 35,)
entry_box3.place(x= 100, y = 87)

Room Entry

label = ttk.Label(frame1, text="Room :",foreground='blue')
label.grid(row=4, column=1,sticky = 'W', padx = 15, pady = 10)
entry_box4= ttk.Entry(frame1, width = 35,)
entry_box4.place(x= 100, y = 126)

main or annex

ticked_main = BooleanVar()
ticked_annex = BooleanVar()

main = ttk.Checkbutton(frame1, text = "Main", variable = ticked_main)
annex = ttk.Checkbutton(frame1, text = "Annex", variable = ticked_annex)

facebook Entry

label = ttk.Label(frame1, text="Facebook :",foreground='blue')
label.grid(row=5, column=1,sticky = 'W', padx = 15, pady = 10)
entry_box5= ttk.Entry(frame1, width = 35,)
entry_box5.place(x= 100, y = 167)

email Entry

label = ttk.Label(frame1, text="Email :",foreground='blue')
label.grid(row=6, column=1,sticky = 'W', padx = 15, pady = 10)
entry_box6= ttk.Entry(frame1, width = 35,)
entry_box6.place(x= 100, y = 207)

date of birth

label = ttk.Label(frame1, text="D.O.B :",foreground='blue')
label.grid(row=7, column=1,sticky = 'W', padx = 15, pady = 10)
entry_box7= ttk.Entry(frame1, width = 35,)
entry_box7.place(x= 100, y = 247)

Cell Phone

label = ttk.Label(frame1, text="Phone :",foreground='blue')
label.grid(row=8, column=1,sticky = 'W', padx = 15, pady = 10)
entry_box8= ttk.Entry(frame1, width = 35,)
entry_box8.place(x= 100, y = 287)

function for storing the given data into a text file

Function

for now I'm using only the few variables declared at the top of the code. Name and co.

def adduser():

name = "Name: " + entry_box1.get()
course = "Course: " + entry_box2.get()
reference_number = "Ref Number : " + entry_box3.get()
room_number = 'room_number : ' + entry_box4.get()
main = 'Main :' + str(ticked_main.get())
annex = 'Annex : '+ str(ticked_annex.get())
facebook = 'Facebook  = :' + entry_box5.get()
email = "Email : " + entry_box6.get()
timestamp = str(now)

data[name] = course, reference_number, room_number, main, annex, facebook,email, timestamp
addstudent = open ("data.txt", "a")

addstudent.write(str(data))
addstudent.close()

done!

def clear_entry():
entry_box1.delete(0, END)
entry_box2.delete(0, END)
entry_box3.delete(0, END)
entry_box4.delete(0, END)
entry_box5.delete(0, END)
entry_box6.delete(0, END)
entry_box7.delete(0, END)
entry_box8.delete(0, END)

def exitmode():

    m = Message(filewin, text = "Are you Tired of Typing???", foreground='blue')
    filewin.destroy()

save button

b = ttk.Button(frame1, text="Add New Royal", command=adduser)
b.grid(row=9, column=1,sticky = 'W', padx = 15, pady = 10)

clear

r = ttk.Button(frame1, text="Show Logo", state='disabled')
r.grid(row=9, column=2,sticky = 'W', padx = 10, pady = 10)

exit button

e = ttk.Button(frame1, text="Exit", command=exitmode)
e.grid(row=9, column=2,sticky = 'W', padx = 10, pady = 10)

CLEAR button

c = ttk.Button(frame1, text="CLEAR", command=clear_entry)
c.grid(row=9, column=3,sticky = 'W', padx = 10, pady = 10)

#######################################FRAME 2

I believe this should be here so you can call it later in the read function

s_b = ttk.Entry(frame2, width = 25,)
s_b.place(x= 130, y = 20)

tt = Text(frame2,width = 50,height = 13)
tt.grid(row=2, column=1, padx = 15, pady = 1)

this is where my problem is,,,i cant use this fuction to read from the text file and display the corresponding results in the text widget

def read():

    query = open ("data.txt", "r").read()
    data = eval(query)


name = "Name: " + s_b.get()
if name in data:
    tt.insert(0.,data[name])
    #print(data[name])

s_earch = ttk.Label(frame2, text="SEARCH BY NAME :",foreground='blue')
s_earch.grid(row=1, column=1,sticky = 'W', padx = 15, pady = 20)

frame2b = ttk.Button(frame2, text="SEARCH", command=read)
frame2b.place(x = 300, y= 10)

#

ss3 = ttk.Label(frame3, text="ROOM :",foreground='blue')
ss3.grid(row=1, column=1,sticky = 'W', padx = 15, pady = 20)

sb3= ttk.Entry(frame3, width = 25,)
sb3.place(x= 130, y = 20)

fram3b = ttk.Button(frame3, text="DISPLAY")
fram3b.place(x = 300, y= 10)

ff3 = Text(frame3,width = 50,height = 18)
ff3.grid(row=2, column=1, padx = 15, pady = 1)

filewin.mainloop()

[Lardmeister]

Please post your code as code.

[mcroni]

pls how?

[woooee]

this is where my problem is,,,i cant use this fuction to read from the text file and display the corresponding results in the text widget

I don't understand what you mean. Insert is the correct way to insert text into a Text widget.

Edit: Ah, you don't call the read() function (bad name as it shadows Python read functions). You have to click a button, or something, after the text is entered, which will execute the read() function Click Here and start at "This example creates an Entry widget, and a Button that prints the current contents:"

[woooee]

You can also use a function to create the widgets and simplify the code. Note that each entry box is appended to the list so clearing them is just partsing the list. You would get() an entry in same way you do now except you would use list_of_entries[2].get() for entry_box3, etc. Finally, you can use grid() only and

## example only - modify and correct to fit
def create_row(frame, lit, row_in, y_in):
    label = ttk.Label(frame, text=lit, foreground='blue',)
    label.grid(row=row_in, column=1,sticky = 'W', padx = 15, pady = 10)
    entry_box= ttk.Entry(frame, width = 35,)
    ##entry_box.place(x= 100, y = y_in)
    entry_box.grid(row=row_in, column=2)

list_of_entries=[]
row = 1
y = 10
for lit in ["Full Name: ", "Course :", "Ref Num :"]:
    entry_box=create_row(frame1, lit, row, y)
    list_of_entries.append(entry_box)
    row += 1
    y += 39

def clear_entry():
    for entry_box in list_of_entries:
        entry_box.delete(0, END)

[sneekula]

I think you highlightthe code and press the Code button on the grey bar on top.

[mcroni]

thanks y'all.i have been able to work my way around the code,,i can save the entries in a text widget as usual and i have written a read function that can search for the info of a person by entring the name in an entry widget and displays in a text widget,,but this time it can only display only one name,,it gives an error when i type another name to search for it in the text file...here is the code.
this is the write function

def adduser():
    #addstudent.write("\n")
    name = "Name: " + entry_box1.get()
    course = "Course: " + entry_box2.get()
    reference_number = "Ref Number : " + entry_box3.get()

    email = "Email : " + entry_box6.get()
    timestamp = str(now)

    data[name] = course, reference_number, email, timestamp
    addstudent = open ("data.txt", "a")

    addstudent.write(str(data))
    addstudent.close()

and this is the read function

def read():
    query = open ("data.txt", "r").read()
    # run eval on the query, dunno if there is a safer method on python3
    data = eval(query)
    # since up at the write function the data is being stored in the format "Name: " + actual_name
    # we'll use that same method to search
    name = "Name: " + s_b.get()
    if name in data:
        tt.insert(0.,data[name])