Standalone reader for rFactor 1 RCD (talent) files. The following Python script uses the default tkinter human interface shipped with Python. See the above article Standalone Python for more info

from tkinter import *
from tkinter import ttk

import tkinter.messagebox as tkMessageBox
import tkinter.simpledialog as tkSimpleDialog
import tkinter.filedialog as tkFileDialog
import os

root = Tk()
root.title("Read Talent File")

# create a textarea
text = Text(root, width=1, height=1)
text.pack(fill=BOTH, expand=1)
root.geometry('500x400')


############SELECT FILE#################
def fileselect():
	filename = tkFileDialog.askopenfilename()
	
	shortfilename = os.path.basename(filename)
	driverfile = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(filename));

	if filename:
		data_file = open(filename, 'r')
		text.delete(1.0,END)
		
		for line in data_file:
			
			if (line.startswith('//')):			#if single line comment
				print (line.rstrip("\r\n"))
				text.insert(INSERT, line)
				
			elif(line.startswith('{')):			#if opening brace
				print (line.rstrip("\r\n"))
				text.insert(INSERT, line)
				
			elif(line.startswith('}')):			#if closing brace
				print (line.rstrip("\r\n"))
				text.insert(INSERT, line)
				
			elif(line.startswith('\n')):			#if blank line
				print (line.rstrip("\r\n"))
				text.insert(INSERT, line)
				
			elif(line.startswith(driverfile)):
				print(driverfile)
				text.insert(INSERT, line)
				
			else:						#if useful info
				clean_line = line.lstrip()
				key, val = clean_line.split('=',1)
				if (val.find('//') >= 0):
					cleanValue, comment = val.rsplit('//')
					value = cleanValue.strip()
					comment = '\t\t//'+comment.rstrip('\r\n')
				else:
					value = val.strip()
					comment = ''
				
				temp = [key, value, comment]
				print(temp)
				
				rewrite_file = '    '+key+'='+value+' '+comment
				# print (rewrite_file)
				text.insert(INSERT, rewrite_file+'\n')

	else:
		tkMessageBox.showwarning("No", "You did it wrong")
	
	
###########QUIT APP################	
def windowclose():
	# if tkMessageBox.askokcancel("Quit", "Do you really wish to quit?"):
	root.destroy()


###########INPUT DATA################
def inputdata():
	x = tkSimpleDialog.askinteger("Input","Multiplier")
	if x:
		tkMessageBox.showwarning("Yes",x)
		listbox.insert(END, x)
	else:
		tkMessageBox.showwarning("No","You did it wrong")
		
def tempwindow2():
	tkMessageBox.showwarning("Hi","close me")
	
def myAboutCmd():
	tkMessageBox.showwarning("About Me","close me")


var = DoubleVar()
scale = Scale( 
	root, 
	variable = var, 
	from_=0, 
	to=100, 
	resolution=0.01,  
	orient=HORIZONTAL, 
	length=260 
)
scale.pack(anchor=CENTER)


#######################MENU#################
menu = Menu(root)
root.config(menu=menu)

filemenu = Menu(menu)
menu.add_cascade(label="File", menu=filemenu)
filemenu.add_command(label="Open", command=fileselect)
filemenu.add_command(label="Quit", command=windowclose)

editmenu = Menu(menu)
menu.add_cascade(label="Edit", menu=editmenu)
editmenu.add_command(label="Input", command=inputdata)

helpmenu = Menu(menu)
menu.add_cascade(label="Help", menu=helpmenu)
helpmenu.add_command(label = "About", command=tempwindow2)

root.mainloop()