how to break looping in tkinter? - python-3.x

Question

this is my code.
from PyPDF2 import PdfFileReader
import tkinter as tk
from tkinter import ttk
from tkinter import filedialog
root = tk.Tk()
label_list = []
def get_info(path):
with open(path, 'rb') as f:
pdf = PdfFileReader(f)
info = pdf.getDocumentInfo()
page = pdf.getPage(4)
label_list[0].config(text = "Title")
label_list[1].config(text = info.title)
label_list[2].config(text = "Author")
label_list[3].config(text = info.author)
label_list[4].config(text = "Subject")
label_list[5].config(text = info.subject)
label_list[6].config(text = "Abstract")
label_list[7].config(text = page.extractText())
save = tk.Button(root, text="Save")
save.pack()
def browsefunc():
filename = filedialog.askopenfilename()
pathlabel.config(text=filename)
get_info(filename)
browsebutton = tk.Button(root, text="Choose a File", command=browsefunc)
browsebutton.pack()
pathlabel = tk.Label(root)
pathlabel.pack()
for i in range(8):
label_list.append(tk.Label(root, text=""))
label_list[i].pack()
root.mainloop()
i added button save which the button will show when i choose the file, and when i choose a new file, i got 2 save buttons and more.
how can i break the data, and when i choose a new file i only have 1 button?

Answer 1

Here is one way you can get the button to show when you need it and then get rid of it when you don't.
We can have a tracking variable to see if we currently have a button open and when we use the button we can get rid of the button as part of the function. So create when we need it and destroy when its done.
from PyPDF2 import PdfFileReader
import tkinter as tk
from tkinter import ttk
from tkinter import filedialog
root = tk.Tk()
label_list = []
track_save_button = False
def save_func():
global track_save_button, save
# your code for saving data here
save.destroy()
track_save_button = False
def get_info(path):
global track_save_button, save
if track_save_button == False:
save = tk.Button(root, text="Save", command=save_func)
save.pack()
track_save_button = True
with open(path, 'rb') as f:
pdf = PdfFileReader(f)
info = pdf.getDocumentInfo()
page = pdf.getPage(4)
label_list[0].config(text = "Title")
label_list[1].config(text = info.title)
label_list[2].config(text = "Author")
label_list[3].config(text = info.author)
label_list[4].config(text = "Subject")
label_list[5].config(text = info.subject)
label_list[6].config(text = "Abstract")
label_list[7].config(text = page.extractText())
else:
print("Save Button is already active!")
def browsefunc():
filename = filedialog.askopenfilename()
pathlabel.config(text=filename)
get_info(filename)
browsebutton = tk.Button(root, text="Choose a File", command=browsefunc)
browsebutton.pack()
pathlabel = tk.Label(root)
pathlabel.pack()
for i in range(8):
label_list.append(tk.Label(root, text=""))
label_list[i].pack()
root.mainloop()