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From: Nuno Sousa Cerqueira (nscerque_at_fc.up.pt)
Date: Tue Nov 10 2009 - 18:14:12 CST

Thanks for the reply.
I understand what you said. But what if I want to execute a command
each time the user clicks in the plug-in under the extension menu (for
instance to reset the values on the plug-in window?

Cheers,

Nuno Sousa Cerqueira

On Nov 10, 2009, at 10:33 PM, John Stone wrote:

>
> Nuno,
> Have a look at the Tk plugin examples I've provided here:
> http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/plugins/doxygen/tcltkplugins.html#tcltkplugins
>
> You don't actually want to destroy your plugin's window, you only
> want to
> iconify it. There are a few exceptions to this (e.g. multiplot) but
> in most
> cases, you just want the plugin window hidden, and you don't want to
> destroy
> it and all of the callbacks etc that may have been registered.
>
> Let us know if you have more questions.
>
> Cheers,
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 10:55:24AM +0000, Nuno Sousa Cerqueira wrote:
>> Hello,
>> I made a Gui for vmd.
>> The Gui is started with this :
>> if {[winfo exists $VsLab::topGui]} {wm deiconify
>> $VsLab::topGui ;return}
>> toplevel $VsLab::topGui
>> (...)
>> I have a exit button in the Gui that does the following command:
>> grid [ttk::button $VsLab::topGui.f2.exit -text "Exit" -command
>> {destroy
>> $VsLab::topGui}] -in $VsLab::topGui.f2 -padx 20 -pady 5 -sticky e
>> However, when I click the exit button and go again to the menu
>> where the
>> shortcut of the extension is installed I can not longer load the
>> Gui.
>> I can only do it if I go to the tkconsole and write the proc that
>> initializes the Gui.
>> If I close the window with the X button (in the top corner of the
>> window)
>> I can can do it....
>> does anyone had a similar problem....
>> Regards , nuno
>
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