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delayed evaluation for tk callbacks? Posted by that_guy (that_guy), 8 August 2003 Hello. I remember seeing a really useful post by Graham describing common mistakes made when dealing with delayed evaluation for Tk callbacks/ widget variables. I can't seem to find this post, so if anyone has a link to it, I'd greatly appreciate it. The question behind all this: is it possible to have the -textvariable of a widget be set to a delayed evaluation of a command? In this case that command would be a database query. In other words something like :label .lbl -textvariable "{mysqlsel db "select ip_addr from hosts where host='$::host'}" I'm not entirely sure how Tk's tracing works- but I'm guessing that my question makes no sense because it would cause the label to make countless database queries... and that instead I need to make sure that all methods modifying the database reflect their actions in a variable exposed to the widget. Posted by admin (Graham Ellis), 10 August 2003 Graham answering briefly - I'm away from my office for a few days so I'll struggle to find it just like you. Couple of tips: 1. You *can* do a -command as well as a -textvariable, so you can change a variable and run a proc when an interactive widget is changed. 2. Note update idletasks if you want you display updated even if you haven't finished handling all events. There's a history of all posts on our web site; if you go to http://www.wellho.net and enter some words that were uses in the search box (half way down left hand side) it will search many places including forum archives. May help you find the article This page is a thread posted to the opentalk forum
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