[og_the_trog]

import wx

class build (wx.Dialog):
    
    def __init__ (self,parent,id):
        wx.Dialog.__init__(self,parent,id,"Dictionary", size= (700,500))
        dialog=wx.Dialog(self)
        button = wx.Button(self,label="Search",pos=(460,40),size=(50,20))
        self.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.SearchDictionary, button)
        TextBox = wx.TextCtrl (self, -1, "Search Dictionary (Lower-Case)", (250,40), (200,20))
        
    def SearchDictionary (self,event):
        answer = TextBox.GetValue
        if self.answer() == "1":
            print "1"

if __name__=="__main__":
    app=wx.PySimpleApp()
    dialog=build(parent=None,id=-1)
    dialog.Show()
    
    app.MainLoop()

so what happens here is I have a wx.TextCtrl widget with a button in a dialog. What should happen is when you press the button it extracts the word that the user has put into TextCtrl widget but instead I get an error saying that global name 'TextBox' is undefined
ps. I think the reason it's saying that it is undefined is because 'TextBox' is getting defined in a different function so what I want to know is if there's a way to make python know that I am talking about TextBox.

[baavgai]

Everything that belongs to the object is referenced with self. You want TextBox to belong to your object, so:

		self.TextBox = wx.TextCtrl (self, -1, "Search Dictionary (Lower-Case)", (250,40), (200,20))

	def SearchDictionary (self,event):
		answer = self.TextBox.GetValue() # don't forget the () for a method call
		print answer

[Simown]

Also, did you mean to subclass a wx.Dialog? That is for pop-up... dialogs really. For a main base window use wx.Frame.

class build(wx.Frame) ...

And what does this line do?

dialog=wx.Dialog(self)

You are assigning a wx.Dialog to the variable dialog and then not using it again. Your program will work the same if you remove this line.

This post has been edited by Simown: 14 September 2012 - 06:10 AM