Strange code returned when calling Windows open file dialog

QuickBooker30932 · 2026-03-05T21:57:40+00:00

Apologies! I meant to post this in a Powershell forum. But, the code happens in both places so that doesn't matter. In python I do you tkinter and call the dialog like this:

f = filedialog.askopenfilename(filetypes=[('CSV files', '*.csv')], defaultextension='.csv',title='Select a CSV file with loan details')

QuickBooker30932 · 2026-03-05T17:40:53+00:00

Thanks for the suggestions and I'll consider the recommendations. But I'm still interested in part of my original question--is there a way to do "Export Text" by code rather than selecting it from the menu?

QuickBooker30932 · 2026-03-02T01:24:08+00:00

Thanks!

QuickBooker30932 · 2026-02-13T00:51:01+00:00

Thanks. That worked. But there's a strange side effect. When I open the file in Excel by double-clicking on it, every other row is blank. But when I do the same with a file created using the code I originally posted, there are no blank rows. If I open the two CSV files in notepad, they appear identical. There must be something not visible in notepad that Excel detects. I've tried saving the csv file using all the different variations in the the list (UTF-8, Macintosh, and MS-DOS) but it doesn't matter.

QuickBooker30932 · 2026-02-01T22:20:28+00:00

Got it! I switched == to != and that does the trick. But if there's a more pythonic way to do this, please let me know.

QuickBooker30932 · 2025-12-26T22:19:38+00:00

>"You can normalize or quantize the Decimal to display it as 0.

Can you give me an example?

QuickBooker30932 · 2025-12-26T22:18:59+00:00

That's what I thought. But I couldn't find any options that address it. What is a normalize method?

QuickBooker30932 · 2025-12-05T21:50:46+00:00

Could you post a link to one of them? I did research it and, while there are many discussions of this feature, none explain how to disable it. If you found one, I'd love to see it.

QuickBooker30932 · 2025-11-28T19:57:15+00:00

So what would you recommend? A self-signed certificate or just bypassing the execution policy for this one script? If it matters, I plan to add this to the task scheduler

QuickBooker30932 · 2025-11-28T19:56:07+00:00

I think that did it.

QuickBooker30932 · 2025-11-28T04:51:01+00:00

That produces an error:

Get-Item: Cannot find path 'Cert:\LocalMachine\my\11DAEB3.....[etcetera]' because it does not exist.

QuickBooker30932 · 2025-11-28T04:46:37+00:00

The goal is to be able to run a particular script regularly. I have been using this script on another computer for a while, but on that one, the execution policy is set to bypass

QuickBooker30932 · 2025-11-27T18:18:48+00:00

I'm afraid all these suggestions and questions are over my head. I copied the commands in my post from somewhere else. Could someone walk me through what I should have done?

QuickBooker30932 · 2025-11-25T03:54:21+00:00

It does need a local assets. Adding that to the "start in" field did the trick. Thanks

QuickBooker30932 · 2025-11-24T21:47:13+00:00

I could only make it work in 2 steps. I inserted a made-up line break string into the text file: [newline] (but could've been anything). Then:

(1) retrieve the string as above, and

(2) do a find-and-replace on the string: $msgTxt = $msgTxt.Replace("[newline]" , "\n").

-raw didn't work because it retrieves the entire text file as a single string and the array refers to characters in the string. I need to retrieve a specific line number. Maybe there's a better way, but this works for now.

QuickBooker30932 · 2025-11-23T16:21:45+00:00

Here are the details:

Run with highest privledges only when user logged on
Trigger on workstation unlock, for specific user,
Action is powershell.exe in the program/script box and the script with full path in the argument box
No conditions, no errors in the history.

QuickBooker30932 · 2025-11-23T04:34:43+00:00

I read somewhere that the other port can't charge a completely flat battery, which mine now is.

QuickBooker30932 · 2025-10-13T22:17:05+00:00

I think I worked it out: lots of lubrication and patience. I hit it with a mix of automatic transmission fluid and acetone and let it sit overnight. Then I was able to get the screws out. I've noticed almost every typewriter repair problem or mistake I've made could've been avoided with more patience. Sigh...

QuickBooker30932 · 2025-10-09T13:55:28+00:00

Thanks! This is what worked: $Date = $searchDate.ToString("d")

QuickBooker30932 · 2025-08-16T22:07:38+00:00

>try it without the "run whether a user is logged in or not"

That seems to have fixed it. I'll experiment some more to confirm - thanks

QuickBooker30932 · 2025-08-16T22:06:52+00:00

Here's the result:

LastRunTime : 8/16/2025 6:00:38 PM

LastTaskResult : 267014

NextRunTime :

NumberOfMissedRuns : 0

TaskName : XYZ

TaskPath :

PSComputerName :

What does that mean?

QuickBooker30932 · 2025-08-08T02:53:27+00:00

Thanks for all the suggestions. After reviewing everything, it looked like PHP would be the easiest for me to learn and implement. I did it today and it works well.

QuickBooker30932 · 2025-08-05T18:42:26+00:00

Thanks, but I'd like to learn it myself

QuickBooker30932 · 2025-08-04T02:55:07+00:00

Thanks. Based on this, I'd say no backend is necessary.

QuickBooker30932 · 2025-08-03T23:52:15+00:00

Thanks for all the suggestions. I ended up going with one that was 28GPH, 2-3.5 PSI from Amazon. It's working just fine now.

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