Webmaster Forum / Perl / Tk / October 2007

Much thanks for the clue-train stop on the getOpenFile-before-MainLoop
silliness.   I'd still like my pgm to ask for the DB file first, but
instead of that kludge, I'll just have a little frame with an Entry widget
and getOpenFile bound to a "browse" button [should be adequate: ...

More dumb newby questions: I've been trying to get a good feeling for pack
vs grid (I'll leave 'place' until I have some clue as to what the h*ll I'm
doing..:o)).  Googling around, it seems to be the consensus that pack is
easier to use but you can do better with grid.  Given that, ...

I'm clearly missing something, because in the program attached below I
can't get the Entry widget to accept in.  BUT: if I comment out the line
with the getOpenFile on it, the Entry widget works perfectly.  I can't
figure out what I'm doing wrong here:

Using Tk800.025 with perl 5.6.1 and Linux and KDE 3.2? 3.3 maybe?
Short Question:
Has "anyone" out there experienced their entire workstation locking up
because of something happening in a Tk program?

I've a question about using the Text-Widget in collaboration with the grid
geometry manager.
When using a Text-Widget with place, the size of the Text-Widget fits if
the window size is changed by user.

At the top of page 242 of O'Reillys Ostrich book Matering Perl/Tk (the
Bible), Steve Lidie and Nancy Walsh refer to the Icon method that allows one
to specify an image instead of a bitmap. However, the Icon method itself is
not explained. Can anyone help?

I found links to GUI designing tool ZooZ and though I'll try how it
works. But at work on build 822 it hangs on the splash screen :/ It
hangs somewhere in
ZooZ::Forms::createAllForms($MW);

I need a widet that allows the user to click on a right side arrow to select
from a drop down box containing lines of text and, if none of them are what
he wants, to enter a new line.  I can't find such a widget in the standard
Tk distribution. Does one exist?

Dear,
I just want to know if Perl/TK is good think to write a software (gui
interface).
Many people say that java swing is better than perl for write gui.

   I have a main program that calls a function to create a canvas.
The canvas is basically a rectangle. When then canvas pops up, the
rectangle would have grey color fill.  The code for creating the
rectangle is given below.

I am coming through a very strange problem. I have the following code
that works fine in a stand alone application -
sub abc
{

I am coming through a very strange problem. I have the following code
that works fine in a stand alone application -
sub abc
{

Please find the following independent application to reproduce the
issue.
click on check
click on choose color

I've a question about HList and ColumnWidth.
Is there any possibilty to determine the visible range of a column in
pixels, for example if the window size is changed by user ?
TIA

Can someone please tell me how can I set the location of a messageBox.
I have used
$mw->geometry('+0+0');
for the main window. However, I am not able to set the location for