Re^2: Tk and native controls do not play along on Windows

It would be worth trying invoking the ShBrowseForFolder() api from within a thread

that was one of my intial approaches,which works perfectly painting wise,but the app breaks shortly after since Tk is not thread safe

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Re^3: Tk and native controls do not play along on Windows by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jan 20, 2011 at 10:47 UTC
but the app breaks shortly after since Tk is not thread safe Then only use Tk from one thread. Really, it works just fine. If you'd care to post your working but crashing code, I'll show you how to stop it from crashing. Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.	[reply]
Re^4: Tk and native controls do not play along on Windows by nikosv (Deacon) on Jan 20, 2011 at 11:15 UTC
sure,I will have to trim it down to the essential point since it is part of a large program with unrelated functionality,and send it to you.	[reply]
Re^3: Tk and native controls do not play along on Windows by Anonymous Monk on Jan 20, 2011 at 10:48 UTC
since Tk is not thread safe It doesn't matter if you only load Tk in one thread, see BrowserUks replies to Tk + threads and Tk and Threads	[reply]