Hi Ken,

Thanks very much for this idea.

I just tried to run your code, as I've been using wxPerl, I needed to install Tk, but I got: 

C:/msys/mingw/bin/gcc.exe -c  -I.. -I.. -I../pTk/mTk/xlib -I. -Ibitmap
+s -I.. -I.
./pTk/mTk/xlib  -DNDEBUG -DWIN32 -D_CONSOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCR
+YPT -DUSE_
SITECUSTOMIZE -DPRIVLIB_LAST_IN_INC -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMP
+LICIT_SYS
-DUSE_PERLIO -DPERL_MSVCRT_READFIX -DHASATTRIBUTE -fno-strict-aliasing
+ -mms-bitf
ields -DPERLDLL -O2       -DVERSION=\"804.029\"         -DXS_VERSION=\
+"804.029\"
  "-IC:\Perl\lib\CORE"   -Wall -Wno-implicit-int -Wno-comment -Wno-unu
+sed -D__US
E_FIXED_PROTOTYPES__ xutil.c
rc -fo tk.res -r -i . -i mTk\win\rc mTk\win\rc\tk.rc
'rc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
dmake.exe:  Error code 129, while making 'tk.res'
dmake.exe:  Error code 255, while making 'pTk\libpTk.a'
  SREZIC/Tk-804.029.tar.gz
  C:\Perl\site\bin\dmake.exe -- NOT OK
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
Failed during this command:
 SREZIC/Tk-804.029.tar.gz                     : make NO

[download]
I'm going to check it out, but I wanted you to know that I'm on the case.

Regards

Steve

In reply to Re^2: iPad bells and whistles by Steve_BZ
in thread iPad bells and whistles by Steve_BZ

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