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Pmw tooltips demo
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#Pmw copyright
#Copyright 1997-1999 Telstra Corporation Limited, Australia
#Copyright 2000-2002 Really Good Software Pty Ltd, Australia
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#INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
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from Tkinter import *
import Pmw
root = Tk()
#root.option_readfile('optionDB')
root.title('Balloon Help')
Pmw.initialise()
balloon = Pmw.Balloon(root)
frame = Frame(root)
frame.pack(padx = 10, pady = 5)
field = Pmw.EntryField(frame, labelpos=W, label_text='Name:')
field.setentry('entry field with tooptips')
field.pack(side=LEFT, padx = 10)
balloon.bind(field, 'Your name', 'Enter your name')
check = Button(frame, text='Check')
check.pack(side=LEFT, padx=10)
balloon.bind(check, 'Look up', 'Check if name is in the database')
frame.pack()
messageBar = Pmw.MessageBar(root, entry_width=40,
entry_relief=GROOVE,
labelpos=W, label_text='Status:')
messageBar.pack(fill=X, expand=1, padx=10, pady=5)
balloon.configure(statuscommand = messageBar.helpmessage)
root.mainloop()
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