Re^2: Keeping the user informed: A Tk/Threads question

[Grygonos]

in reply to Re: Keeping the user informed: A Tk/Threads question
in thread Keeping the user informed: A Tk/Threads question

Yeah Tk::ProgressBar would be best, but I don't know (until its already over) how far along a file would be at point X. Basically the data is being read from the file in a while <DATA> loop, to me that doesn' tmuch lend itself to that... is there a way to pop up a dialog and auto-dismiss it? or something?

/me needs to buy Mastering Tk

[Joost]

I like blinking buttons myself 'cause they're easy to implement, but you could do some kind of animation, or a line counter or whatever to indicate that you're running. Repeatedly opening a whole dialog and closing it will not be very efficient or good looking.