Thanks, Jack. I have the Mastering Perl/Tk book and I've even tried the examples. It's just not working. :-( I sincerely appreciate your input.
I'll look into some other options. Cheers, Carter. Jack wrote: >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Carter A. Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>I'm having some difficultly understanding how to use fileevent. I have >>Perl/TK script as a wrapper for a source control system command >>and I'd like to catch the output of the command in a text window. I've >>read that the way to do this is use fileevent to signal that output is >>available without blocking the application. My problem is simply, >>I don't know how to do that as I'm relatively new to Perl/Tk. >> > >I strongly suggest buying Mastering Perl/Tk by Lidie and Walsh. Luckily - >chapter 15 is available as a sample which covers fileevent. >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mastperltk/chapter/ch15.html > >Note: I don't know of many people (if any) who have gotton fileevent to work >properly on Win32. A suggested alternative can be found in the cplt archives >using polling and pipes.. > >http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&selm=a3fegq%24id6%40fidoii.CC.Lehigh.E >DU&rnum=4 > >Jack > _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
