Dear monks,

I have a script (TK) doing a database import. When loading a database into a TK-table, a notification window pops up telling the user that the script is processing the database. I’d like the windows pops up only after x-seconds of loading processing (just not to annoy the user if the process lasts only milliseconds). Unfortunately I have no idea how to implement this. So far I have:

sub import
{ 
  #pop-up notification of import
  our $notification = $mw->Toplevel();
  $notification->geometry('+400+400');
  $notification->overrideredirect(1);    
  $notification->withdraw;              

  $notification->Label(
      -text       => "   Please wait, I am working...  ",
      -foreground => 'white',
      -background => 'black',
      -height     => 5
  )->pack;

display_notification();

#-------------------------------------
# DOING THE LOADING HERE
#-------------------------------------

hide_notification();
}

sub display_notification {
    $notification->deiconify;
    $notification->raise;
}

sub hide_notification {
    $notification->withdraw;
}

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How can I delay the pop-up window, let’s say I want to show it only if the loading time is more than 2 seconds? Should I use fork? Any idea would be very much appreciated. Thanks, Cla

In reply to Showing pop-up window after x-seconds processing by fanticla

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