Vectorworks and Tkinter

[Phatshot]

Hi,

I am developing Plug-Ins for Vectorworks 2016.

There were no greater issues while running a Python script  in Vectorworks on a Windows 7 Machine.

When I try to execute the same script on OS X, VW gives the error

Quote

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "Plant.py", line 3, in <module>
    window = Tk()
  File "/python3.3/Lib/tkinter/__init__.py", line 1784, in __init__
    baseName = os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'argv'

The following code is an extract with causes the error

from tkinter import *

window = Tk()
window.title ('Plant')

window.mainloop()

Is this a known incompatibility? I consider editing the source of Tkinter but don't know what parameters argv shoud contain in VW on OS X.

 

Thanks for taking your time.

[Dieter @ DWorks]

I tried Tkinter before, and it doesn't work with VW. You should avoid it and use the VW dialog stuff, so it's also consistent for the user.

[JBenghiat]

TKinter needs a special install work on the Mac: https://www.python.org/download/mac/tcltk/

As Dieter said, though, the way Vectorworks keeps the Python environment alive can make any UI created through Python unstable.  You are best using the VW API UI elements.

 

-Josh