TKinter: How can I set the window icon of a child window (Toplevel)

Question

I'm trying to add a window icon to the child windows of a main window, built in TKinter. For portability (aka no missing files) I've got the main window icon set from a base64 encoded gif as a variable. I've been unable to replicate this for the child windows.

from Tkinter import *

ICON = """
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ZgBVmQBVzABV/wCAAACAMwCAZgCAmQCAzACA/wCqAACqMwCqZgCqmQCqzACq/wDVAADVMwDVZgDV
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hduVVSIEY5MOZhnWli95KaaXAQEAOw==
"""

class ChildWindow(Toplevel):
    def __init__(self, callingFrame):
        self.parent = callingFrame
        Toplevel.__init__(self)
        self.title("Child")
        self.initUI()

    def initUI(self):

        #this doesn't work in this class, unlike the first class where it does work.
        global ICON
        self.icon = PhotoImage(data=ICON)
        self.call('wm', 'iconphoto', self.parent._w, self.icon)

        btn = Button(self, text="Close", command=self.destroy)
        btn.pack()


class ParentWindow(object):

    def __init__(self, parent):
        self.parent = parent
        self.parent.title("Parent")
        self.frame = Frame(parent)
        self.initUI()

    def initUI(self):
        global ICON
        self.icon = PhotoImage(data=ICON)
        self.parent.call('wm', 'iconphoto', self.parent._w, self.icon)

        btn = Button(self.parent, text="Child", command=self.opennew)
        btn.pack()

    def opennew(self):
        newwin = ChildWindow(self)

def main():
    root = Tk()
    win = ParentWindow(root)
    root.geometry()
    root.mainloop()


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Answer 1

I thought I'd share how to do a similar thing without using classes. In my example, I used parent and child to refer to the windows and used different background colors on the windows to make it obvious what happens where and I added comments to the sections that pertain to the icons.

from tkinter import *

parent = Tk()
parent.title("PARENT")
parent.geometry("200x200")
parent.config(bg="yellow")

# Define the icon:
ICON = """
R0lGODlhMgAyAPcAAAAAAAAAMwAAZgAAmQAAzAAA/wArAAArMwArZgArmQArzAAr/wBVAABVMwBV
ZgBVmQBVzABV/wCAAACAMwCAZgCAmQCAzACA/wCqAACqMwCqZgCqmQCqzACq/wDVAADVMwDVZgDV
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M/9VZv9Vmf9VzP9V//+AAP+AM/+AZv+Amf+AzP+A//+qAP+qM/+qZv+qmf+qzP+q///VAP/VM//V
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AAj/APcJHEiwoMGDCBMqXCjQnsOHECEynIgQIjx7FzNi3HjRIcWPHC0+7LixpL2PCk2GXNmx5UaU
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hduVVSIEY5MOZhnWli95KaaXAQEAOw==
"""

# Choose the icon:
icon = PhotoImage(data=ICON)

# Make a parent call for the icon from within the parent:
parent.call("wm", "iconphoto", parent._w, icon)

def new_child():
    child = Toplevel(parent)
    child.title("CHILD")
    child.geometry("200x200")
    child.config(bg="green")
    # Make a parent call for the icon from within the child:
    parent.call("wm", "iconphoto", child._w, icon)
    childbutton = Button(child, text="Close Child", command=child.destroy)
    childbutton.pack(pady=10)

parentbutton1 = Button(parent, text="Open Child", command=new_child)
parentbutton1.pack(pady=10)

parentbutton2 = Button(parent, text="Close Parent", command=parent.destroy)
parentbutton2.pack(pady=5)

parent.mainloop()

Answer 2

Replace:

self.call('wm', 'iconphoto', self.parent._w, self.icon)

with:

self.tk.call('wm', 'iconphoto', self._w, self.icon)