[Image-SIG] Image in Text

[kevin at cazabon.com]

actually, yes it does display.  However, as soon as you exit the scope of
the function you defined (sub), the photo gets garbage collected.

So, you have to make a permanent reference to the photo to keep it around,
here's a simple hack:

def sub(root):
    text = Text(root)
    text.insert(END, "here's my photo")
    root.photo=PhotoImage(file='lumber.gif')
    text.image_create(END, image=root.photo)
    text.pack()


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William Baxter" <bbaxter at wadsworth.org>
To: "Fredrik Lundh" <fredrik at pythonware.com>; <image-sig at python.org>
Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 8:53 PM
Subject: [Image-SIG] Image in Text


> Hello,
>
> How come my image displays in this Text box,
>
> from Tkinter import *
> root = Tk()
>
> text = Text(root)
> text.insert(END, "here's my photo")
> photo=PhotoImage(file='lumber.gif')
> text.image_create(END, image=photo)
> text.pack()
>
> root.mainloop()
>
> ==========================
>
> but not in this one (inside a function, or a class)?
>
> from Tkinter import *
> root = Tk()
> def sub(root):
>     text = Text(root)
>     text.insert(END, "here's my photo")
>     photo=PhotoImage(file='lumber.gif')
>     text.image_create(END, image=photo)
>     text.pack()
>
> sub(root)
> root.mainloop()
>
> -- 
> Thanks,
> Bill B.
>
> ----
> William T. Baxter, Ph.D.
> Wadsworth Center
> Empire State Plaza, PO Box 509
> Albany, NY 12201-0509


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> from Tkinter import *
>
> root = Tk()
>
> text = Text(root)
> text.insert(END, "here's my photo")
> photo=PhotoImage(file='lumber.gif')
> text.image_create(END, image=photo)
> text.pack()
>
> root.mainloop()
>
>


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> from Tkinter import *
>
> root = Tk()
>
> def sub(root):
>
>     text = Text(root)
>     text.insert(END, "here's my photo")
>     photo=PhotoImage(file='lumber.gif')
>     text.image_create(END, image=photo)
>     text.pack()
>
> sub(root)
>
> root.mainloop()
>
>


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