Combine console script + GUI (tkinter)

[deanhystad]

This is a low rent way of doing what you want with the dialog.

import ttkbootstrap as ttk

def get_dates(start=None, end=None, format="%Y/%m/%d"):
    """Draw dialog for selecting start and end dates."""
    root = ttk.Window()
    root.title("Enter Dates")

    # If window is destroyed we cannot get the date values.
    # Override what the close button does.
    root.wm_protocol("WM_DELETE_WINDOW", root.quit)
    frame = ttk.Frame(root)
    frame.pack(padx=10, pady=10)

    ttk.Label(frame, text="Start Date").grid(row=0, column=0, pady=(0, 10))
    start = ttk.DateEntry(frame, start_date=start, dateformat=format)
    start.grid(row=0, column=1, pady=(0, 10))

    ttk.Label(frame, text="End Date").grid(row=1, column=0, pady=(0, 10))
    end = ttk.DateEntry(frame, start_date=end, dateformat=format)
    end.grid(row=1, column=1, pady=(0, 10))

    done = ttk.Button(frame, text="Done", command=root.quit)
    done.grid(row=2, column=0, columnspan=2, sticky="news")

    # Wait until the done button or close decoration are pressed.
    root.mainloop()

    # Get dates before destroying the window.
    start = start.entry.get()
    end = end.entry.get()
    root.destroy()
    return start, end

print(get_dates())

The script that used the dialog is just a print() statement, but I think you can see how the dialog would get used in a longer script.