Need a Progress Bar/Meter for Tkinter

[benjamin schollnick]

> I wrote a simple progress bar widget for Tkinter a while ago I use as
> a replacement for the Tix.Meter . It looks and behaves mostly like a
> Tix.Meter widget. Here's the code:
> 
> ##############################file Meter.py####################
> import Tkinter
> 
> class Meter(Tkinter.Frame):
>     '''A simple progress bar widget.'''
>     def __init__(self, master, fillcolor='orchid1', text='',
> value=0.0, **kw):
>         Tkinter.Frame.__init__(self, master, bg='white', width=350,
> height=20)
>         self.configure(**kw)
>         
>         self._c = Tkinter.Canvas(self, bg=self['bg'],
> width=self['width'], height=self['height'],\
>                                  highlightthickness=0, relief='flat',
> bd=0)
>         self._c.pack(fill='x', expand=1)
>         self._r = self._c.create_rectangle(0, 0, 0,
> int(self['height']), fill=fillcolor, width=0)
>         self._t = self._c.create_text(int(self['width'])/2,
> int(self['height'])/2, text='')
>         
>         self.set(value, text)
> 
>     def set(self, value=0.0, text=None):
>         #make the value failsafe:
>         if value < 0.0:
>             value = 0.0
>         elif value > 1.0:
>             value = 1.0
>         if text == None:
>             #if no text is specified get the default percentage
> string:
>             text = str(int(round(100 * value))) + ' %'
>         self._c.coords(self._r, 0, 0, int(self['width']) * value,
> int(self['height']))
>         self._c.itemconfigure(self._t, text=text)
> 
> ######################################################################

> You can use the set() method to change the "value"; if you don't want
> any text inside the progress bar use the text="" option (default is a
> string like "75 %").

Thanks Michael, Much appreciated!

   - Benjamin