On Mon, 10 Feb 1997, Alex Carlos Braga Antao wrote:
> I'm new on this list, and I'd like to ask how does the image property
> on the property editor works. I put a new button on my application and
> typed the name of image file name that the button would have, and it said
> that the image doesn't exists. When I saw the source, the code was :
>
> button... -image {image_file_name}.
>
> I tried to put the complete sentence : [image create photo -file
> IMAGE_FILE_NAME] and it put the {}'s. How does it work ??? Modifying
> manually the button image property works :
> button ... -image [image create photo -file FILE_NAME]
> Without the {}'s !! :)
I would recommend that you create the image in the "init" procedure
and assign it a name. Then use that name explicitly in the -image
setting. There will be a preference in 1.09 that allows you to switch
between {} and "" in the generated code.
> Also is there a way to put a button with the grafphic and also with a
> text ? Even outside visualTCL ????
Read the Tcl/Tk FAQ. The pointer was just posted to this list.
-stewart-
