Win32::GUI::Dialog label

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

Salutations Monks,

i am working with Win32::GUI, and i create a label using AddLabel

$lable = $main->AddLabel(
            -text => 'temp', 
            -name => 'label_temp', 
            -top => '78', 
            -left => '10',
            -font => $t_font,
            -background => [255,255,255],
            -foreground => [0,0,0],)
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and once the label is created, i call the Win32::GUI::Dialog(); but i want to change what the label says after i call the Win32::GUI::Dialog();, but when i do

$label->Change(-text => "something else");
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nothing happens, but if i put the change before the Win32::GUI::Dialog(); it works fine... i cant find alot of documentation in detail about it, but i was wondering if there was a -textvariable like in Tk... thanks monks

edited: Mon Jan 27 06:55:37 2003 by jeffa - title change (was: Win32::GUI)

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Re: Win32::GUI::Dialog label by jplindstrom (Monsignor) on Jan 26, 2003 at 23:15 UTC
Eh, wait a minute... Is this what you do? `$lable = $main->AddLabel( ... ) Win32::GUI::Dialog(); $label->Change(-text => "something else");` [download] If it is, that's the problem. The Change() call isn't executed until Perl returns from Dialog(), and that doesn't happen until you terminate the main event loop. You have to call $label->Text() from within an event handler, like so: `sub SomeButton_Click { $label->Text("Blah"); return(1); }` [download] If that's already the case, my apologies. /J	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Re: Win32::GUI::Dialog label by primus (Scribe) on Jan 27, 2003 at 01:30 UTC
heh, well believe it or not, i was doing that a while ago and it wasnt working, or at least i thought it wasnt working, so i changed it and took it out of the *_Click function, though later i found that my problem was that i didnt reset the array with the my hashes... darn mundane details :) thanks alot for the help.	[reply]
Re: Win32::GUI::Dialog label by jplindstrom (Monsignor) on Jan 26, 2003 at 22:41 UTC
`$label->Text("And now for something completely different");` [download] should do it. /J	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: Win32::GUI::Dialog label by primus (Scribe) on Jan 26, 2003 at 23:08 UTC
thanks for the reply, but i tried that and it didnt work. i dont know why it wont update... i was looking for something what would refresh the dialog, but i dont know... thanks again	[reply]