.....long operation on db

Hi, I would just mention that your Tk interface may become unresponsive during that long operation, since it will block the Tk event-loop. You may want to sprinkle some $mw->update; statements in your long db operation, if possible, to keep the eventloop active. For instance, what if you wanted a Cancel button to cancel the long db operation midstream? The Cancel button will not respond.

There are ways around this, like using threads or forks to do the long db operation and set a threads shared variable when done. But that is getting way beyond what you probably want to do.

See PerlTk on a thread... for an introduction.

BTW, did $button->activate() in the -command callback give any animation?

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In reply to Re^4: perl tk button on windows 8 touchpad is doesn't not animate if touched by zentara
in thread perl tk button on windows 8 touchpad does not animate if touched as expected by abonvici

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