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Call back procedures and the TK Button Command Posted by Graham_Tasker (Graham_Tasker), 15 February 2005 The information for theTk command button -command state that it will invoke any Tcl Command and there fore it should be possible to invoke a procedure defined using the Tcl proc name {params} {body} structure. Am I correct? Therefore would the following be possible : proc setUpAbort { callbackProc } { button .abortButton -text "ABORT" \ -command $callbackProc \ pack .abortButton } and is there anything special about the structure of the callback procedure? With Thanks : Graham Tasker. P.s. This may seam a trivial question but Graham was not allowed to cover much Tk on the corse he gave us. Posted by admin (Graham Ellis), 16 February 2005 Yes, you can put a proc call there.And ... the question is NOT trivial. If you use any $variables in the -command section you have to be VERY careful whether they're in double quotes or not protected (in which cased the value of the variable at the time the widget is DEFINED is used) or in curly braces (in which case it's the value of the variable when the widget is PRESSED) Catches trainees every time Posted by Graham_Tasker (Graham_Tasker), 16 February 2005 Ho hell, I see that I have opened a can of worms Right then back to my example above, I take it that the the command call is defined when the button widget it defined. But what happens if the procedure that is called contains $variables, when are thay defined? when the button widget is defined when the procedure gets called? This will make a considerable difference to how the abort process is written. Posted by admin (Graham Ellis), 16 February 2005 I think the simple answer is "when the command is run" since they'll be in a { } block as you define the proc, won't they. (PLEASE say that they will and that you're not writing your proc totally with " and \ protection .. sorry - silly day)As a subtext to my earlier answer, I have a note to write this up much more fully and post it into the solution centre. Posted by admin (Graham Ellis), 19 February 2005 on 02/16/05 at 19:54:11, Graham Ellis wrote:
OK - I have written it up as an article and with an example. See http://www.wellho.net/solutions/tcl-defining-events-including-variable-values-in-tk.html Posted by Graham_Tasker (Graham_Tasker), 21 February 2005 Thanks for the solutions, but in a way it has made things worse, you state : If you put the command in DOUBLE QUOTES, then any $ variable used within the command that's to be run will be interpretted using the variable's value at the time that the button is DEFINED. If you put the command in CURLY BRACES, then any $ variable used within the command that's to be run will be interpretted at the time that the button is PRESSED. but if you look at tthe example as follows : proc action {ff ss} { puts "$ff and $ss" } for {set k 1} {$k<5} {incr k} { button .first$k -text "First $k" -command "action one $k" button .second$k -text "Second $k" -command {action two $k} pack .first$k .second$k } set k 7 and its output one and 1 two and 7 one and 2 two and 7 one and 3 two and 7 one and 4 two and 7 One and 1 relate to the output generated by the Double quotes call, and two and 7 to the Curly Braces call, Or have a get my self in knots?? please confirm. Posted by admin (Graham Ellis), 21 February 2005 The variable k steps up 1, 2, 3, 4 as the buttons labelled with the word FIRST are defined ... so that the buttone when pressed later on reflect the values 1 2 3 and 4 which was what WAS in the k variable when they were set up.The buttons labelled with the word SECOND have a reference to $k made in the deferred block of code, so that the k variable is only looked up when the button is pressed, by which time we've set it to 7. The best way to get a feel for this is to cut and paste an example and play with it. It seems a very strange business at first! This page is a thread posted to the opentalk forum
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