Re: Creating a non-UI event in Perl/Tk

I think what you are looking for is a way to update the GUI every time the progress bar changes it's value. If that's the case, then you simply can update the entire MainWindow in the progress bar callback a la

$mw->update();

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Re^2: Creating a non-UI event in Perl/Tk by radiantmatrix (Parson) on Sep 22, 2004 at 16:44 UTC
No, that isn't the issue. It's starting the process. MainLoop causes the window to be displayed, with all the widgets. If I create a Button widget and give it a `-command => \&main_logic`, then everything works when the user presses the button. ProgressBar updates work just fine with `->update` or `->idletasks`. The issue is that I don't want someone to have to press a button to call `main_logic()`. I want the window to display and `main_logic()` to be called automagically immediately thereafter. ^{-- $me = rand($hacker{perl});} All code, unless otherwise noted, is untested "All it will give you though, are headaches after headaches as it misinterprets your instructions in the most innovative yet useless ways." - Maypole and I - Tales from the Frontier of a Relationship (by Corion)	[reply]

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Re^2: Creating a non-UI event in Perl/Tk
by radiantmatrix (Parson) on Sep 22, 2004 at 16:44 UTC

-command => \&main_logic

->update

->idletasks

The issue is that I don't want someone to have to press a button to call main_logic(). I want the window to display and main_logic() to be called automagically immediately thereafter.

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