Webmaster Forum / Perl / Tk / June 2004

(AS Perl 5.8.3, WinXP, Tk 804.027)
I've got a Tk::Tree in which root nodes are
stack frame info, and the child nodes are
variables within the stack frame. The children

I have been reading up on perl/Tk binding and tags, and I am very
confused.  I am trying to experiment with different programs.  My
problem here is I would like to change the background screen color and
move the block left and right.  I think I need to use tags and binding

I have following not working it report that I have
Can't find string terminator "STR" anywhere before EOF at init.pl line 50.
Compilation failed in require at /s101/home4/sgiwedding/cgi/form.pl line 9.
I can not find how to fix this as I really don't know anything about pearl

hi friends,
Please  kindly tell me   which book is best for  perl to the   beginners
and  if you know any interesting links
on the web please let me  know

I'm having a hell of a time getting Perl/Tk (current version at this
time, ie. 804.027) to compile on my HP-UX 11.00 server with Perl 5.8.3
from the HP Porting Center (http://hpux.connect.org.uk/ ->
http://hpux.asknet.de/hppd/hpux/Languages/perl-5.8.3/).

If I create a canvas window object and set its state
to hidden during creation, then the object is not
visible, until I set its state to normal. Good. But,
once the object is visible, I can not configure its

I created a custom file select box, but am having problems with it.
Whenever I need to open a file, a call a method called &FileSelection,
that creates a new toplevel window that looks like a FileSelect box, with
the ok, cancel buttons, and two listboxes for dirs and files. the ...

is it possible to retrieve the active index in a listbox,
instead of the associated string?
Klaus Schilling

When i delete a page in the notebook widget, it automatically raises the
first page in the notebook.  How to do i make it raise the previous page.
I started using a counter that is the last page number and when i delete,
i raise the page that is that counter-1, but that ran into ...

I am experiencing occassional (random?) core dumps upon exiting an Perl/Tk
(804.026) application on Solaris.  Messages are posted regarding that named
fonts that I had been using are still in cache.  I use fontCreate and
fontDelete just before an after I need fonts--so cache should ...

Does anyone know how to filter out the files and directories that start
with a dot in a fileselect dialog

On Jun 23, 2004, at 7:12 PM, Golgi ! wrote:

I am trying to display two separate images, one for each iteration of a
"for" loop.  The second image is displayed twice.  I think I may be packing
the widget at the wrong time.  Below is the code.  Any suggestions?
$Frames[0] = "file1.gif";

I am trying to list items from a database and allow the user to change the
status of individual records by selecting radio buttons and then hitting a
button to submit, then have the notebook page refresh.  The page initially
lists the data correctly, but when I hit the button, it ...

Today I am trying to create a grid with visible frames around selected
subsets of the gridded widgets.  For lack of a better idea :-), I am
trying to do this by inserting a Frame between the would-be
grid-master and its would-be grid slaves, and specifying e.g. "-in =>