Tkinter question - Canvas widget

[Christian Tanzer]

Tristan Juricek <tjuricek at ucsd.edu> wrote :

> This takes place within a derived frame class (which is the frame that I
> want to add the canvas to).
> 
> pic_dlr1 = PhotoImage( file = "./pics/back1.gif" )
> self.can_dlr1 = Canvas(self)
> self.img_dlr1 = self.can_dlr1.create_image(0, 0,  anchor=W,
> image=pic_dlr1)
> self.can_dlr1.pack()
> 
> Right now, I see an empty space with nothing in it.

You need to keep a reference to the PhotoImage:

    self.pic_dlr1 = pic_dlr1 = PhotoImage( file = "./pics/back1.gif" )

Otherwise the image is lost, when `pic_dlr1' goes out of scope.

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