How to invoke a method from combo box event - python-2.7

Question

I am trying to invoke a method from combo box selected change event
with lambda expression but I am stuck with following error
TypeError: () takes no arguments (1 given)
I think I have passed 1 argument as per the method definition, could somebody please help me where I am wrong
or any other combobox selected change event code will be great help!
please note my code
self.boxWidget[boxName].bind("<<ComboboxSelected>>", lambda:invoke_Setting_Group(self))
def invoke_My_method1(self):
print "expand another window"
I am trying to pass the first class object to the second python script file for variable value assigning easeness.I tried to use this combox event change code without lambda then I noticed that this method is getting called automatically so I used lambda to prevent this automatic method calling
Sorry I am not having the knowledge on lambda expression usage; here I used only to prevent the automatic method execution. Without lambda expression I noticed my combo box function starts automatically, I did not understand why it happens so?
I am using TKinter python 2.6
More Detailed Code of above:
#Main_GUI_Class.py
##----------------------
import sys
class App():
def __init__ (self,master,geometry=None,root=None):
try:
self.master=master
if not root:
self.root=Tkinter.Toplevel(master)
def initUI(self):
try:
self.master.title("GUI")
menubar = Menu(self.master)
self.root.config(menu=menubar)
fileMenu.add_command(label='Open')
submenu_ncss.add_command(label='Model Setting',command=lambda:Combo_Expand_Script.Call_Model_Setting(self))
##----------------------
def main():
r = Tkinter.Tk()
r.withdraw()
r.title("GUI Sample")
r.wm_iconbitmap(Pic1)
v = App(r)
r.mainloop()
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
##Combo_Expand_Script.py
##-----------------------
import sys
import Tkinter
import Main_GUI_Class
def Call_Model_Setting(self):
try:
self.PopUpWin = Toplevel(bg='#54596d',height=500, width=365)
self.PopUpWin.title("POP UP SETTING")
#Combo Boxs in Pop Up
boxNameGroup="boxSetting"
boxPlaceY=0
for Y in range(4):
boxName=boxNameGroup+str(Y)
if Y == 0:
boxPlaceY=50
else:
boxPlaceY=boxPlaceY+40
self.box_value = StringVar()
self.boxWidget[boxName] = ttk.Combobox(self.PopUpWin, height=1, width=20)
if Y== 0:
self.boxWidget[boxName]['values'] = ('A', 'B')
self.boxWidget[boxName].current(1)
if Y== 1:
self.boxWidget[boxName]['values'] = ('X', 'Y')
self.boxWidget[boxName].bind("<<ComboboxSelected>>",lambda:invoke_Setting_Group(self))
self.boxWidget[boxName].place(x=180, y = boxPlaceY)
#Buttons in Pop Up
self.btnApply = tk.Button(self.PopUpWin,width=10, height=1,text="Apply",relief=FLAT,bg=btn_Bg_Color,command=lambda: treeDataTransfer(self,0))
self.btnApply.pack()
self.btnApply.place(x=75, y = 460)
self.btnCancel = tk.Button(self.PopUpWin,width=10, height=1,text="Cancel",relief=FLAT,command=lambda: deleteTreeNodes(self))
self.btnCancel.pack()
self.btnCancel.place(x=170, y = 460)
except IOError:
print "Error: data error"
def invoke_Setting_Group(self):#, event=None
try:
#self.boxName.current(0)
self.boxWidget["boxSetting3"].current(0)
self.PopUpWin['width']=1050
self.PopUpWin['height']=700
self.btnApply.place(x=500, y = 550)
self.btnCancel.place(x=600, y = 550)
self.txtWidget={}
lsttxtSetting = ['1', '2','3 ','4','5 ','6','7','8','9','10']
for t in range(10):
txtName=txtNameGroupTS+str(t)
if t == 0:
txtPlaceY=120
else:
txtPlaceY=txtPlaceY+30
self.txtWidget[txtName] = Text(self.groupSettingFrame,height=1, width=10,borderwidth = 2)
self.txtWidget[txtName].insert(INSERT, lsttxtSetting[t])
self.txtWidget[txtName].pack()
self.txtWidget[txtName].place(x=200, y = txtPlaceY)
except IOError:
print "Error: Group Settings Popup error"
def turbDataTransferBind(self):
for P in range(0,3):
boxName="boxSetting"+str(X)
dataSettingbox=self.lstTurb[X]+" "+self.boxWidget[boxName].get()
self.root_node_Setting = self.tree.insert( self.root_node_ChildSetting["ChildSettingNode"], 'end', text=dataSettingbox, open=True)
def treeDataTransfer(self,dlgTurbFlag):
self.treeDataTransferBind()
print "data tranfer sucess"
def deleteTreeNodes(self):
print "delete nodes"

Answer 1

command= and bind expect function name - without () and arguments - so in place of
If you use
.bind("<<ComboboxSelected>>", invoke_Setting_Group(self) )
then you use result from invoke_Setting_Group(self) as second argument in .bind(). This way you could dynamicly generate function used as argument in bind
TypeError: () takes no arguments (1 given)
This means you have function function() but python run it as function(arg1)
You run lambda:invoke_Setting_Group(self) but python expects lambda arg1:self.invoke_Setting_Group(self)
You could create function with extra argument
def invoke_My_method1(self, event):
print "expand another window"
print "event:", event, event.widget, event.x, event.y
And then you could use it
.bind("<<ComboboxSelected>>", lambda event:invoke_Setting_Group(self, event))
BTW: it looks strange - you have class App() but in second file you use only functions instead of some class too.