How to create a Tk bitmap?

[Bob van der Poel]

Grant Edwards wrote:
> 
> In article <394AEFE7.6F3B718C at uniserve.com>, Bob van der Poel wrote:
> 
> >> I can't figure out how to create a Tk bitmap and then use it in
> >> a button.  According to the docs I can find, something like this
> >> ought to work:
> >>
> >>     myBitmap = BitmapImage(name='myBitmap', data='[...]')
> >>
> >>     Button(root,bitmap='myBitmap')
> >>
> >> But, Tk complains that there is no bitmap named 'myBitmap'.  If
> >> I leave out the "name=" when I create the bitmap and then use
> >> the name retrieved with str(myBitmap), I get the same error.
> 
> >The data is an exact copy of the file. For example:
> >
> >       bobpic = BitmapImage (data = """
> >       #define bob_width 107
> >        #define bob_height 154
> >       static char bob_bits[] = {
> >
> >0xff,0xff,0xff,0xff,0xff,0xff,0xff,0xff,0xff,0xff,0xff,0xff,0xff,0xff,0xff,
> >          0xff,0xff,0xff,0xff,0xff,0xff,0xff,0xff,0xff
> >< blessedly snipped >
> >       0xff,0xff,0xff}; """ )
> 
> Yes, I know.  The call to BitmapImage() works fine, the error occurs when I
> try to use the bitmap in a button like:
> 
>    Button(root, bitmap='queen')
> 
> This is where the error occurs -- it doesn't matter if I use the name I
> specified in the call to BitmapImage or let Tk generate one and retrieve it
> with str().  What I can't figure out is how to use bobpic as the bitmap for
> a Button.
>

More from my snippet:

	l = Label(w, image=bobpic, borderwidth=4, relief='sunken')

Hope this helps.

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