Tk, images, where do I begin.

PyroX has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I searched on google, and here, no ansewers yet.

I want to build a simple gui with perl backend, the best example to describe why, I want to make a perl+Tk app to run through directories and list movies, and match the titles to pictures of them.

I need to be able to display the images, can I do this with perl and Tk? I have been using perl for awhile, but have never used Tk.

Anyone know of any tutorials or sample code to display an image with perl / Tk , or will I need some other things in addition?

I have multiple uses for this, ie: mp3's, MAME Games, movies, ect ect. And would like to get it done. ( I have built the untimate set-top box and neet to make the interface for browsing titles on the screen. )

Please help if you can ;)

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Re: Tk, images, where do I begin. by clintp (Curate) on Jul 28, 2002 at 00:33 UTC
Little bit to get you started: `use Tk; use Tk::Photo; my $mw=new MainWindow; my $foto=$mw->Photo(-file => 'picture.gif'); $mw->Button(-image => $foto)->pack(); $mw->MainLoop;` [download] I could have attached the `$foto` object to any widget that will take a `-image` option (i.e. Label) or a canvas (with `createImage()`).	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Tk, images, where do I begin. by Chmrr (Vicar) on Jul 28, 2002 at 05:50 UTC
I would suggest: The `widget` program, which should be in the same directory as your perl binary (probably `/usr/bin/widget` on Unix, or `c:\Perl\bin\widget.bat` on Windows) Either of the two Perl/Tk books, learning or mastering http://www.perltk.org/ The fine documentation, including the overview And, of course, the monastery, if you have any specific questions. Myself, I found the `widget` examples to be the most useful. perl -pe '"I lo`+$^X$\"$]!$/"=~m%(.)%s;$_=$1;y^`+*^e v^#$&V"+@( NO CARRIER'	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Tk, images, where do I begin. by jdavidboyd (Friar) on Jul 28, 2002 at 00:06 UTC
I would start (and, in fact, did), by going to Amazon.com or Barnes & Noble and getting a copy of Mastering Perl/TK. It was around $50, and is money well spent. It will answer all your questions. There is also a Perl/TK web page, but I don't recall the adress of it. Dave	[reply]
Re: Tk, images, where do I begin. by hiseldl (Priest) on Jul 28, 2002 at 07:00 UTC
I wrote some code for another monk last week, click here to check it out. It is a script with a left frame for directories, and a few widgets on the right that contain images. Look for the `$im{ONE}` and `$im{GROUP}` references for the image specific code (%im is the image hash). -- hiseldl	[reply] [d/l] [select]