Return window related information. http://www.purl.org/tcl/home/man/tcl8.4/TkCmd/winfo.html See [wm] for [Window manager] related information. ---- Notice that the return value of [[winfo id ...]] is the id used by [toplevel] and [wish] in toplevel ... -use $id and wish ... -use $id Here's an example: label .t1 -text Above label .t2 -text Below frame .holder -container 1 pack .t1 .holder .t2 exec wish other_application.tcl -use [winfo id .holder] & [[Include an image here.]] ---- [Tk syntax help] - [Arts and crafts of Tcl-Tk programming]