Currently, we have:
OpenDialog
SaveDialog
GPToolDialog
MessageBox
But there's no way to actually get user input. Why is this? Does ESRI plan on eventually providing a way to get user input?
But be cautious. As per my other post about Tkinter, wxPython GUI's in Python add-ins can randomly cause ArcMap to crash. A very simply GUI may not experience the problem, but I would not trust it. My experience with wxPython and several other Python GUIs in a Python add-in all had the same problem (by my GUI was somewhat more complicated).
I then found that other people had concluded that non-ArcMap GUIs in Python addins are incompatible with ArcMap and likely to cause it to crash.
Dan, your right. I looked at it a while ago and just copied the link. I'll edit my post.
Rebecca, Jason's presentation is still just a bunch of blank screens with titles..I suspect some iThingy problem. There are still a bunch of posts on that thread...Do you have a link that can be read with all content?
Check out ArcMap and Python: Closing the VBA Gap | Esri Video
Using wxPython as described in this video works even if it isn't officially supported by esri.
Right. I guess my main point is that I'd like to have a way of getting user input without needing to use an existing toolbox.
I think you can accomplish this with the Tool Validator and set the input parameter when you launch the tool:
pythonaddins.GPToolDialog(r'<path>\<toolboxname.tbx>', '<tool name>', '<arg1>', '<arg2')
Yeah, I've thought about that. I just see it as kind of a clunky, unattractive way of doing it. I'd be nice to just have a dialog box that the user could enter a value into- it seems simple enough.
One example is that I'd like to have a button that when clicked takes an OID of a specific layer for input, and zooms to that feature based on the OID entered. Easy enough to do, but the whole user input part is missing.
Do you have it in a Toolbox? It's easy to create a Python addin from a tools box that will have a user interface. For what it's worth, I have some steps listed in a power point Python add-ins vs. .NET add-ins?
And there is a tech session Python Add-ins: Tips and Tricks that might be worth checking out.
What are the input requirements?
One solution is to create a new tool in a Toolbox.tbx and setup input parameters. Then you can open/popup this as a UI with:
pythonaddins.GPToolDialog(r'<path>\<toolboxname.tbx>', '<tool name>')
Here's how it might look hooked into an add-in with a button tool:
class ButtonClass_CreateSHP(object): """Implementation for my_addin.button_1 (Button)""" def __init__(self): self.enabled = True self.checked = False def onClick(self): pythonaddins.GPToolDialog(r'<path>\<toolboxname.tbx>', 'CreateShapefile')
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