Re: splash window

[dermot glade perl connectfree co uk]

Sergio Rua wrote:
> Hello,
>
>         I have a problem with a splash window. My program, on startup,
>         make a big list for a 4 or 5 seconds. I'm trying to put at this
>         moment a splash window like "Starting, please wait..." but when
>         the program runs, splash window looks gray, without the pixmap.
>
>         When the "list" finished, the splash window appear for a second.
>         The program make something like this:
>
> ====
>         create_splash_window;

        # Make sure that splash_window gets shown before anything else
        Gtk->main_iteration while Gtk->events_pending;
>         create_big_list;
>
>         main_window;
>
>         hide_splash_window;
>
>         Gtk::main(Gtk);
> ====
>
>         How can I do the splash window visible all the time?
Hi Sergio, I reckon that you need to get Gtk to update the screen with a
call to Gtk->main_iteration() as above.

HTH, Dermot