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131.IX Title "ERROR 1"
132.TH ERROR 1 "2000-12-30" "perl v5.8.0" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
133.SH "NAME"
134Tk::Error \- Method invoked to process background errors
135.SH "SYNOPSIS"
136.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
137Customization:
138.PP
139.Vb 1
140\& require Tk::ErrorDialog;
141.Ve
142.PP
143or
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146\& sub Tk::Error
147\& {
148\& my ($widget,$error,@locations) = @_;
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155.SH "DESCRIPTION"
156.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
157The \fBTk::Error\fR method is invoked by perl/Tk when a background
158error occurs. Two possible implementations are provided in the
159distribution and individual applications or users can (re)define a \fBTk::Error\fR
160method (e.g. as a perl sub) if they wish to handle background
161errors in some other manner.
162.PP
163A background error is one that occurs in a command that didn't
164originate with the application. For example, if an error occurs
165while executing a callback specified with a
166bind or a after
167command, then it is a background error. For a non-background error,
168the error can simply be returned up through nested subroutines
169until it reaches the top-level code in the application;
170then the application can report the error in whatever way it
171wishes. When a background error occurs, the unwinding ends in
172the Tk library and there is no obvious way for Tk to report
173the error.
174.PP
175When Tk detects a background error, it saves information about the
176error and invokes the \fBTk::Error\fR method later when Tk is idle.
177.PP
178\&\fBTk::Error\fR is invoked by perl/Tk as if by the perl code:
179.PP
180\&\ \fI$mainwindow\fR\->\fBTk::Error\fR(\fI\*(L"error message\*(R"\fR, \fIlocation ...\fR);
181.PP
182\&\fI$mainwindow\fR is the \fBMainWindow\fR associated with widget which
183detected the error, \fI\*(L"error message\*(R"\fR is a string describing the error
184that has been detected, \fIlocation\fR is a list of one or more \*(L"locations\*(R"
185which describe the call sequence at the point the error was detected.
186.PP
187The locations are a typically a mixture of perl location reports giving
188script name and line number, and simple strings describing locations in
189core Tk or perl/Tk C code.
190.PP
191Tk will ignore any result returned by the \fBTk::Error\fR method.
192If another error occurs within the \fBTk::Error\fR method
193(for example if it calls \fBdie\fR) then Tk reports this error
194itself by writing a message to stderr (this is to avoid infinite loops
195due to any bugs in \fBTk::Error\fR).
196.PP
197If several background errors accumulate before \fBTk::Error\fR
198is invoked to process them, \fBTk::Error\fR will be invoked once
199for each error, in the order they occurred.
200However, if \fBTk::Error\fR calls \fBTk\->break\fR, then
201any remaining errors are skipped without calling \fBTk::Error\fR.
202.PP
203The \fBTk\fR module includes a default \fBTk::Error\fR subroutine
204that simply reports the error on stderr.
205.PP
206An alternate definition is provided via :
207.PP
208\&\ \f(CW\*(C`require Tk::ErrorDialog;\*(C'\fR
209.PP
210that posts a dialog box containing the error message and offers
211the user a chance to see a stack trace showing where the
212error occurred.
213.SH "BUGS"
214.IX Header "BUGS"
215If \fBafter\fR or \fBfileevent\fR are not invoked as methods of a widget
216then perl/Tk is unable to provide a \fI$mainwindow\fR argument.
217To support such code from earlier versions of perl/Tk
218perl/Tk therefore calls \fBTk::Error\fR with string 'Tk' instead:
219\&\fBTk\->Tk::Error\e(...\e)\fR.
220In this case the \fBTk::Error\fR in \fBTk::ErrorDialog\fR and similar
221implementations cannot \*(L"popup\*(R" a window as they don't know which display
222to use. A mechanism to supply \fIthe\fR \fBMainWindow\fR in applications
223which only have one (a very common case) should be provided.
224.SH "SEE ALSO"
225.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
226Tk::bind
227Tk::after
228Tk::fileevent
229.SH "KEYWORDS"
230.IX Header "KEYWORDS"
231background error, reporting