Tk::TOTD - Tip Of The Day dialog for Perl/Tk.

  use Tk::TOTD;

  my $top = MainWindow->new();

  my $totd = $top->TOTD (
    -title    => 'Tip Of The Day -- MyPerlApp',
    -messages => \@messages,
  );

  $totd->Show;

Tk::TOTD provides a simple Tip of the Day dialog for Perl/Tk programs.

The options recognized by Show are as follows:

-title

Specify the title of the Tip Of The Day dialog. Defaults to "Tip Of The Day"

-messages

The array of tip messages. If omitted, a default 10 tips about this module will be used instead.

-slogan

Set the slogan at the top of the dialog. Default is "Did you know that..."

-image

A Tk::Photo object. If omitted, the default totd image is used. This default image is appropriate for most TOTD usages, but if you use this as something other than a Tip Of The Day you may want to use your own image. The default image's dimensions are 23x31.

-background

The main window's background color. Defaults to #BFBFBF

-leftbackground

Background color for the left panel (where the image and slide number is). Defaults to #808080

-mainbackground

The background color of the main content area. Defaults to #FFFFFF (white).

-slidecolor

The text color of the slide number (as on the left panel). Defaults to #FFFF99.

-foreground

Main foreground color of text. Defaults to #000000 (black).

-mainfont

The main font family used on most of the labels. Defaults to Arial.

-mainfontsize

Font size of the main font. Defaults to 10.

-titlefont

The font family used on the slogan text. Defaults to Times New Roman.

-titlefontsize

Font size on the slogan text. Defaults to 14.

-checklabel

The label on the checkbutton. Defaults to "Show tips at startup"

-checkvariable

The variable to store the state of the checkbutton. 1 for checked, 0 for not.

-closebutton

The text of the close button. Defaults to "Close"

-nextbutton

The text of the next button. Defaults to "Next Tip"

Show (? options ?)

Displays the Tip Of The Day dialog. The TOTD dialog is based from Tk::DialogBox and therefore will pause your main window.

configure (? options ?)

Reconfigure previously set options.

  Version 0.2
  - The widget now behaves as a DialogBox as it should, blocking the main window
    until closed.

None known yet.

Cerone Kirsle kirsle "@" aichaos.com

This code is distributed under the same terms as Perl.