Off topic:Python 2.7 Tk filedialog calling external programs

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[uxue33]

I'm beginning to learn how to use python and need to develop some applications for a lab project.

I am trying to create a GUI to select a couple of files I want to pass as arguments to another program. The GUI part seems to work, but when I try to call the external script using Popen method but the variables allegedly captured through the GUI are not being passed to the Popen call.

I request your kind advice to solve this problem because it seems to be still a little beyond my current knowledge and I really need to use a Tk/GUI as interface for this project.

Here is my code:

def button_fasta_callback():
    fasta = tkFileDialog.askopenfile(parent=root,mode='rb',title='Choose a FASTA')
    if fasta != None:
        data_fasta = fasta.read()
        fasta.close()


def button_lista_callback():
    lista = tkFileDialog.askopenfile(parent=root,mode='rb',title='Choose a list')
    if lista !=None:
        data_lista = lista.read()
        lista.close()

#####Create the buttons#######    

root = Tk()
root.title("Sequence extractor")

button_fasta = Button(root,
                       text="Choose a FASTA",
                       command=button_fasta_callback)
button_fasta.pack(padx=150, pady=50)


button_lista = Button(root,
                       text="Choose a list",
                       command=button_lista_callback)
button_lista.pack(padx=150, pady=50)

entry = Entry(root, width=50)

root.mainloop()

######Calling the external script#######

caller = Popen(['C:\\Python_programs\\Seq_extractor.py', '-l', lista, '-f', fasta])

Thank you all!