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# trace1.pl
use Tk::widgets qw/ Trace /;
use vars qw/ $TOP /;
use strict;
sub trace1 {
my( $demo ) = @_;
$TOP = $MW->WidgetDemo(
-name => $demo,
-text => "This demonstration animates an analog display as you move the Scale's slider.",
-title => 'Move a meter tied to a variable',
-iconname => 'trace1',
);
my $mw = $TOP;
my $v; # variable to trace
my $c = $mw->Canvas(qw/-width 200 -height 110 -bd 2 -relief sunken/)->grid;
$c->createLine(qw/ 100 100 10 100 -tag meter -arrow last -width 5/);
my $s = $mw->Scale(qw/-orient h -from 0 -to 100 -variable/ => \$v)->grid;
$mw->Label(-text => 'Slide Me')->grid;
# Trace $v when written. The callback is supplied three explicit arguments:
# the index if an array or hash, else undef, the proposed new value, and the
# trace operation (rwu) for read, write, undef, respectively. Additionally,
# we pass the Canvas and Scale widget references.
$mw->traceVariable(\$v, 'w' => [\&trace1_update_meter, $c, $s]);
} # end trace1
sub trace1_update_meter {
my( $index, $value, $op, $c, $s ) = @_;
return if $op eq 'u';
my($min, $max) = ($s->cget(-from), $s->cget(-to));
my $pos = $value / abs($max - $min);
my $pi = 3.1415926;
my $x = 100.0 - 90.0 * (cos( $pos * $pi ));
my $y = 100.0 - 90.0 * (sin( $pos * $pi ));
$c->coords(qw/meter 100 100/, $x, $y);
return $value;
} # end trace1_update_meter