NAME Tk::JDialog - a translation of `tk_dialog' from Tcl/Tk to TkPerl (based on John Stoffel's idea). VERSION Version 1.01 SYNOPSIS use Tk::JDialog; my $Dialog = $mw->JDialog( -option => value, ... ); ... my $button_label = $Dialog->Show; DESCRIPTION This is an OO implementation of `tk_dialog'. First, create all your Dialog objects during program initialization. When it's time to use a dialog, invoke the `show' method on a dialog object; the method then displays the dialog, waits for a button to be invoked, and returns the text label of the selected button. A Dialog object essentially consists of two subwidgets: a Label widget for the bitmap and a Label wigdet for the text of the dialog. If required, you can invoke the `configure' method to change any characteristic of these subwidgets. Because a Dialog object is a Toplevel widget all the 'composite' base class methods are available to you. EXAMPLE #!/usr/bin/perl use Tk::JDialog; my $mw = MainWindow->new; my $Dialog = $mw->JDialog( -title => 'Choose!', #DISPLAY A WINDOW TITLE -text => 'Press Ok to Continue', #DISPLAY A CAPTION -bitmap => 'info', #DISPLAY BUILT-IN info BITMAP. -default_button => '~Ok', -escape_button => '~Cancel', -buttons => ['~Ok', '~Cancel', '~Quit'], #DISPLAY 3 BUTTONS -images => ['/tmp/ok.xpm', '', ''], #EXAMPLE WITH IMAGE FILE ); my $button_label = $Dialog->Show( ); print "..You pressed [$button_label]!\n"; exit(0); OPTIONS -title (string) - Title to display in the dialog's decorative window frame. Default: ''. -text (string) - Message to display in the dialog widget. Default: ''. -bitmap (string) - Bitmap to display in the dialog. If non-empty, specifies a bitmap to display in the top portion of the Dialog, to the left of the text. If this is an empty string then no bitmap is displayed in the Dialog. There are several built-in Tk bitmaps: 'error', 'hourglass', 'info', 'questhead', 'question', 'warning', 'Tk', and 'transparent'. You can also use a bitmap file name, ie. '@/path/to/my/bitmap' Default: ''. -default_button (string) - Text label of the button that is to display the default border and is to be selected if the user presses [Enter]. (''signifies no default button). Default: ''. -escape_button (string) - Text label of the button that is to be invoked when the user presses the key. Default: ''. -button_labels (Reference) - A reference to a list of one or more strings to display in buttons across the bottom of the dialog. These strings (labels) are also returned by the Show() method corresponding to the button selected. NOTE: A tilde ("~") can be placed before a letter in a label string to indicate the > that the user can also press to select the button, for example: "~Ok" means select this button if the user presses >. The tilde is not displayed for the button text. The text is also not displayed if an image file is specified in the corresponding optional -images array, but is returned if the button is pressed. If this option is not given, a single button labeled "OK" is created. -images (Reference) - Specify the optional path and file id for an image for each button to display an image in lieu of the label text ('' if a corresponding button is to use text). NOTE: button will use text if the image file is not found. Also the "-button_labels" option MUST ALWAYS be specified anyway to provide the required return string. -noballoons (boolean) - if true (1) then no balloon displaying the "button_labels" label text value will be displayed when the mouse hovers over the corresponding buttons which display imiages. If false (0), then text balloons will be displayed when hovering. Default: 0. METHODS Show ( [ -global | -nograb ] ) $answer = $dialog->B( [ -global | -nograb ] ); This method displays the Dialog box, waits for the user's response, and stores the text string of the selected Button in $answer. This allows the programmer to determine which button the user selected. NOTE: Execution goes into a wait-loop here until the the user makes a selection! If -global is specified a global (rather than local) grab is performed (No other window or widget can be minipulated via the keyboard or mouse until a button is selected) making the dialog "modal". Default: "-nograb" (the dialog is "non-modal" while awaiting input). The actual Dialog is shown using the Popup method. Any other options supplied to Show are passed to Popup, and can be used to position the Dialog on the screen. Please read L for details. Populate ( -option => value, ... ) (Constructor) - my $Dialog = $mw->JDialog( -option => value, ... ); ADVERTISED WIDGETS Tk::JDialog inherits all the Tk::Dialog exposed widgets and methods plus the following two subwidgets: message The dialog's Label widget containing the message text. bitmap The dialog's Label widget containing the bitmap image. AUTHOR Jim Turner, "" BUGS Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-tk-jdialog at rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at . I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes. SUPPORT You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command. perldoc Tk::JDialog You can also look for information at: * RT: CPAN's request tracker (report bugs here) * AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation * CPAN Ratings * Search CPAN ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Tk::JDialog derived from the L wiget from Tcl/Tk to TkPerl (based on John Stoffel's idea). It addes the options: -escape_button and -images, LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT Copyright 1997-2023 Jim Turner. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA SEE ALSO L, L, L, L