from tkinter import *
from tkinter.ttk import *
import time
import threading
class Interface:
def __init__(self, master):
self.master = master
self.browse_button= Button (master, text="Browse", command=self.browser)
self.browse_button.pack()
self.progressbar = Progressbar(mode="determinate", maximum=75)
def browser (self):
t = threading.Thread(target=self.read_file, args=("filename",))
self.progressbar.pack()
self.browse_button.config(state="disabled")
self.master.config(cursor="wait")
self.master.update()
t.start()
while t.is_alive():
self.progressbar.step(1)
self.master.update_idletasks() # or try self.master.update()
t.join(0.1)
self.progressbar.config(value="0")
self.progressbar.pack_forget()
self.browse_button.config(state="enabled")
self.master.config(cursor="")
def read_file (self, filename):
time.sleep(7) # actually do the read here
window = Tk()
starter = Interface(window)
window.mainloop()
