Webmaster Forum / Perl / Tk / February 2007

i work on perl cgi script, that upload file on server. I will heave
also transfer statistics for it (so i save into extern *.txt file some
information like name, size in bytes, uploded bytes (progress bar),
time duration, etc...). Problem is, that file is uploded for 2

Tk::ChildNotification keeps sending the following two warnings:
Subroutine Tk::Derived::InitObject redefined at
       /Library/Perl/5.8.6/Tk/ChildNotification.pm
line 19 (#1)

I have a PTK scripts that I would like to use a different font for the
entire GUI. Is there a way I can do this at the MainWindow?
Thanks,
Sean

I am happy to announce a new development release of Tk:

  I want to set a background image to ROText.
  The image would be centered & always remain centered, whatever the
operations done to the ROText.
  Is there any way to do this?

I had written a perl\TK code  without "use strict". Then I introduced the
"use strict" rule into the code.
Then I get this error
Tk::Error: Tk::Listbox=HASH(0x348e8dc) is not a Tk object at C:/Program

I'm using ActiveState Perl on WinXP.  I installed Tk-TableMatrix via ppm,
but attempting to use it causes errors:
------------------ x.pl --------------------
use strict;

in the example below, I try to set the maxsize of my MainWindow to the requested
 size (here: width) of the contained TableMatrix. However, pressing the 'add
column' Button increases the size of the table, but does not cause the
TableMatrix widget to request more size from its ...

 I have a perltk program which launches multiple copies of itself
(each with a unique TK name) and interfaces with  a program call Verdi
which provides a tcl interface.
 My perltk scripts register with Verdi for callbacks on certain

Having found MListBox finally (perlTk.org suggested Columns, but I
gave up on that when I found this.), I now have a list of feedback and
a question.  No doubt these things are ubiquitous to new users, so
here are mine.

This program is used to open a socket and listen for a client to
connect. I recently have been trying to work this program into a
simple GUI interface for simplicity. I got the form and everything but
when ever I click the button the program stops responding and I'm not

I would like to know is there any way I can embed a widget inside another
widget.
For example: Embed a button inside a listbox.

I have a module where I have designed my TK(widgets and corresponding
actions). This module will return an array of elements when I click on OK
button. I have binded the OK button to return the array.I am calling this
module from an another script. When I execute this script, the TK ...

I use an Hlist to show the results from database query. I implemented
functions to delete/modify the records shown. The problem I have is
the slowness of data loading: to load ~10000 elements I need 10-20
seconds, and this is not acceptable. Is there a similar widget fastest

in search of a possibility to specify an iconimage that would be used by all
Toplevels of an application, I ended up with code like below. Is there a built
in solution I overlooked? If not, wouldn't it be nice to have a configure option
for MainWindow, allowing to specify an ...