This is most curious since all the docs I have read says Tkx buttons don't have any color attributes.

background is http://www.tcl.tk/man/tcl8.4/TkCmd/options.htm#M-background

NTL, I tried for some time to make your code work with the "eureka I found it pseudo-code" and failed.

floor slippery?

My bad, I was using: Tkx::ttk__button()
whereas your code used: Tkx::button()
Sigh. BTW: I am writing my very 1st Tkinter code, so your help is greatly appreciated.

The latter surely supports "-background".
However, I still cannot get the color to change.
So, I reduced your example to 2 buttons, code at bottom.

One confusion is "what replaces the 'i' in: Tkx::i:..."
as noted in your "I FIGURED IT OUT" response:


  Tkx::i::call(".b", "configure", "-background", "blue");

Your response says:


  "You just have to change the letter [I presume ::i::] to match the button."

The other confusion: where is the syntax to spec what gets "call"'ed...


  "Undefined subroutine &Tkx::button::call...:

Complete runtime error is below.

For ref, the following 2-command example works fine:


  -command => sub { print "18L\n"; print "18L #2\n"; },

So I tried the following (yep, some desperation flailing...):


  -command => sub { print "18L\n"; Tkx::.b::call(".b", "configure", "-background", "blue"); },

  -command => sub { print "18L\n"; Tkx::button::call(".b", "configure", "-background", "blue"); },

  -command => sub { print "18L\n"; Tkx::".b"::call(".b", "configure", "-background", "blue"); },

#3 = syntax error (obviously)
#1 and #2 = the following runtime (Application) error, after clicking the "18-Letters" button:

Undefined subroutine &Tkx::button::call called at H:\NotPhotos\Computer\Raspberry_Pi\Perl\test2.pl line 15.
Undefined subroutine &Tkx::button::call called at H:\NotPhotos\Computer\Raspberry_Pi\Perl\test2.pl line 15.


    while executing

"::perl::CODE(0x4de7f0)"


    invoked from within

".b invoke"


    ("uplevel" body line 1)

    invoked from within

"uplevel #0 list $w invoke"


    (procedure "tk::ButtonUp" line 24)

    invoked from within

"tk::ButtonUp .b"


    (command bound to event)

use strict;
use warnings;
use Tkx;
my $mw = Tkx::widget->new(".");
  $mw->g_wm_title("Jobs Not Forecasted");
    Tkx::button(".b",
        -text => "18-Letters",
        -background => "red",
        -width => 11,
-command => sub { print "18L\n"; print "18L #2\n"; },  # OK
#  -command => sub { print "18L\n"; Tkx::.b::call(".b", "configure", "
+-background", "blue"); },    # BAD, runtime error
#  -command => sub { print "18L\n"; Tkx::button::call(".b", "configure
+", "-background", "blue"); },# BAD, runtime error
#  -command => sub { print "18L\n"; Tkx::".b"::call(".b", "configure",
+ "-background", "blue"); },  # BAD, syntax error
    );
    Tkx::pack(".b");
                    
    Tkx::button(".s",
        -text => "EXIT",
        -width => 11,
        -command => sub { Tkx::destroy("."); },
    );
    Tkx::pack(".s");
    Tkx::MainLoop();
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Hi,

I'm not cowboy :)

The  Tkx::pack(".s");... syntax cowboy using is very cumbersome , if you're going to do that, might as well just write it in tcl with the "secret"  Tkx::eval('tcl source code here'); , its a tiny bit less cumbersome than Tkx::i::call, but you gotta learn Tcl syntax

Yes Tkx::pack... is the first syntax explained in Tkx::Tutorial (a tutorial which must not be skipped), but don't choose that syntax :)

Also if you insist on Tkx don't skip http://www.tkdocs.com/tutorial/onepage.html

$Tkx::TRACE = 64;
use Tkx;
...
## create button
my $b = $mw->new_ttk__button(
    -text => 'Hello, world',
    -command => sub { $mw->g_destroy; },
);
$b->g_pack;

## retrieve existing button by name (button created using Tkx::eval())
## my $b = Tkx::widget->new(".b");

## Tkx::i::call(".b", "configure", "-background", "blue");
## Tkx::eval(".b configure -background blue");
$b->configure( -background => "blue")
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doc chain is usually http://docs.activestate.com/activeperl/5.22/lib/Tcl/tkkit.html ... http://docs.activestate.com/activetcl/8.5/tcl/TkCmd/ttk_button.htm .. http://docs.activestate.com/activetcl/8.5/tcl/TkCmd/options.htm#M-background, http://docs.activestate.com/activetcl/8.5/tcl/TkCmd/ttk_style.htm

My feelings on tkx Re: Is there a Tk to Tkx translator script? (Tk, Tcl::pTk)

I posted #4 and after some more experimenting got things to work. Just needed to c/p cowboy's code literally. In my defense, his comment
"You just have to change the letter to match the button."
mislead me... who would have thought there was a Tkx::i::... method (the "letter i") and most real code wouldn't have used ".b" as the widget id. What a waste of time. FTR, the following snipped works as reported.

...snip...
my $mw = Tkx::widget->new(".");
  $mw->g_wm_title("Jobs Not Forecasted");
    Tkx::button(".b",
        -text => "18-Letters",
        -background => "red",
        -width => 11,
    -command => sub { print "18L\n"; Tkx::i::call( ".b", "configure", 
+"-background", "blue" ); }
},
    );
    Tkx::pack(".b");
...snip...
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