Python 2.7 Tkinter Label with Image "pyimage doesn't Exist"

Question

I googlet a lot and made some adaptions to my code which still didn't fix the problem.

My Code:

photo = PhotoImage(file="D:/AE theoretische Neuropsychologie/image.gif")
w = Label(app, image=photo)
w.photo = photo
w.pack()

Gives me the following Error (-tracebacks)

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
File "C:\Users\Asus\Anaconda2\lib\site->packages\spyderlib\widgets\externalshell\sitecustomize.py", line 699, in runfile execfile(filename, namespace) File "C:\Users\Asus\Anaconda2\lib\site-packages\spyderlib\widgets\externalshell\sitecustomize.py", line 74, in execfile exec(compile(scripttext, filename, 'exec'), glob, loc) File "D:/AE theoretische Neuropsychologie/PythonReps/vCGPDM/Segmentation/extremePointsMotion.py", line 45, in w = Label(app, image=photo) File "C:\Users\Asus\Anaconda2\lib\lib-tk\Tkinter.py", line 2591, in init Widget.init(self, master, 'label', cnf, kw) File "C:\Users\Asus\Anaconda2\lib\lib-tk\Tkinter.py", line 2090, in init (widgetName, self._w) + extra + self._options(cnf)) _tkinter.TclError: image "pyimage8" doesn't exist

[Things I checked]

https://www.daniweb.com/programming/software-development/threads/154237/tkinter-problem https://mail.python.org/pipermail/tutor/2002-May/014584.html

please show a complete working program that illustrates this error. You are leaving out a lot of details such as how and when you create the root window, whether this code is in a function or not, etc. Please read stackoverflow.com/help/mcve — Bryan Oakley
Ok I dont know why, but somehow it now just works with app = Tk() So this thread could be closed — codingBeginner01

codingBeginner01 codingBeginner01 · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-24T08:51:39

Replacing app = Tk() with
app = Toplevel()

fixed, however created a new Problem: The code now produces 2 windows. One with both Buttons and one with the both labels indentation not as I expect (of course everything after if is moved in)

if __name__ == "__main__":
app = Toplevel()
app.title("Extreme Points in Motion Segmentation of BVHs")
app.geometry('450x300+200+200')
btnSelectF = Button(text='Open BVH File',width='20', command=callback)
btnSelectF.pack()
label = Label(app,text="no File selected",height=4)
label.pack()
photo = PhotoImage(file="D:/AE theoretische Neuropsychologie/PythonReps/vCGPDM/Segmentation/image.gif")
w = Label(app, image=photo)
w.photo = photo
w.pack()
btnCompute = Button(text='Compute Segmentation',width='20', command=computeSegmentation)
btnCompute.pack()
btnCompute.config(state="disabled")
app.mainloop()

Also I found this reply on the Solution

That's not really a proper fix because you rely on an imlicit root window created when the first widget is created. You end up with a variable root which isn't actually the true root window.

Python 2.7 Tkinter Label with Image "pyimage doesn't Exist"

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