Maybe the idle loop needs to run so things get done. Try calling
update_idletasks(). Be nice to have some indents...
Lynn
On Oct 21, 2012, at 3:31 PM, Paul Simon <psi...@sonic.net> wrote:
> I' m a novice python programmer and now starting to learn tkinter for a
> front and db back end to replace an application written MS Access/VBA. The
> following program doesn't work as I expected as data is not written to the
> text box until the def is exited. If I include a print statement with the
> increment it is printed.
>
> Any suggestions are welcome.
>
> from Tkinter import *
>
> from time import sleep
>
> def count (event):
>
> #while n < 2:
>
> for n in range(2):
>
> print str(n)
>
> text_button.insert(2.0, str(n))
>
> sleep (2)
>
>
> root = Tk()
>
> root.geometry("300x300+10+10")
>
> frame = Frame(root,bg="red", width=100,height=100)
>
> text_button = Text(frame,fg ="green",bg="blue",height=1,width=7)
>
> text_button.bind("<Button-1>",count)
>
> text_button.pack(side=LEFT)
>
> quit_button = Button(frame, text="QUIT",fg="red", command=root.destroy)
>
> quit_button.pack(side=LEFT)
>
> frame.pack()
>
> root.mainloop()
>
> -------------------------------
>
> Paul Simon
>
>
>
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