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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