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i am trying to build a GUI using pygtk and glade on Windows. I am a noob at python GUI building so please excuse my noobness. I Looked up this tutorial and did exactly as it said. The only difference was that I am on Windows 7 Home Premium x64 .

I put a Label and a button in a window using glade as in the tutorial and then i got a libglade xml file. Then i typed the following code

import sys import pygtk import gtk import gtk.glade pygtk.require("2.0") class HellowWorldGTK: def __init__(self): #Set the Glade file self.gladefile = "Hello_World.glade" self.wTree = gtk.glade.XML(self.gladefile) #Get the Main Window, and connect the "destroy" event self.window = self.wTree.get_widget("MainWindow") if (self.window): self.window.connect("destroy", gtk.main_quit) if __name__ == "__main__": hwg = HellowWorldGTK() gtk.main()

I put both the files in the same folder and then i run a python interpreter from the command line into the folder.Apparently The program runs but the thing is that i'm unable to get the interface all i get on the command line is that that the Program is running. I dont even get an error or something.Is it due to the fact that i'm on Windows?? I thought that GTK was cross-platform and the same code should run on windows as well as on Linux??

Also here is the .glade file generated by GLADE GUI designer

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <glade-interface> <!-- interface-requires gtk+ 2.24 --> <!-- interface-naming-policy project-wide --> <widget class="GtkWindow" id="Hello world!"> <property name="can_focus">False</property> <property name="resizable">False</property> <child> <widget class="GtkVBox" id="vbox1"> <property name="visible">True</property> <property name="can_focus">False</property> <child> <widget class="GtkLabel" id="Click Here!"> <property name="visible">True</property> <property name="can_focus">False</property> <property name="label" translatable="yes">label</property> </widget> <packing> <property name="expand">True</property> <property name="fill">True</property> <property name="position">0</property> </packing> </child> <child> <widget class="GtkButton" id="Please Click on the Button!"> <property name="label" translatable="yes">button</property> <property name="visible">True</property> <property name="can_focus">True</property> <property name="receives_default">True</property> <property name="use_action_appearance">False</property> </widget> <packing> <property name="expand">True</property> <property name="fill">True</property> <property name="position">1</property> </packing> </child> </widget> </child> </widget> </glade-interface>
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self.window.show()

At the end of __init__ should do it I think.

EDIT AFTER COMMENT...

self.window = self.wTree.get_widget("MainWindow")

but there is no window called "MainWindow", I think you've called your window "Hello world!", try loading that instead (or renaming your window in glade).

It may be a good idea to check that your window is actially found in the glade file as well.

window_name="Hello World!" self.window = self.wTree.get_widget(window_name) if (self.window): self.window.connect("destroy", gtk.main_quit) else: raise Exception("I couldn't find the window called "+window_name+"!")
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I had to set the Visble option to yes in the common properties tab in the glade designer.The Program is working fine now.Thanks a lot :)
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