in reply to Re^6: Tk:Photo -data with binary data?
in thread Tk:Photo -data with binary data?

Tcl::Tk requires Tcl CPAN module, which in turn wants Tcl/Tk installation, because Tcl is the thin bridge module between Perl and Tcl.

BTW another CPAN module which provides Tcl/Tk GUI is Tkx, it also connects to Tcl/Tk via Tcl. It is extremely thin and do not provide perl/Tk syntax.

BTW this approach has its mailing list tcltk@perl.org , so you'll get all answers there.

Best regards,
Vadim

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Re^8: Tk:Photo -data with binary data?
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Nov 30, 2006 at 00:53 UTC

    Thanks, it's all compiled clean, tested perfectly and installed.

    All that's needed is a couple of hints in the POD about the dependancies. Once you know what's required (& where to get it), the order to build/install them in, the installation is extremely clean and trouble free.

    Of course, now I've got to work out how to use it... :)

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      Of course, now I've got to work out how to use it... :)

      be sure to look at few examples

      As a good technique, you can mix pure-Tcl/Tk to create GUI and use perl/Tk syntax during the program for managing it.

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        I spoke to soon.

        I feel like that little kid at Christmas that just unwrapped a huge present and discovered that he'd got the super wizz-bang, all singing and dancing, latest greatest supertoy. Ripped open the packaging. Labouriously followed the assembly instructions. Assembled all the pieces and stuck on all the decals. Digested the operations manual. Before dicovering that my huge, new, shiny, toy is destined to sit there--inert--because "No batteries supplied"!

        Three days and nearly 100 MB of downloads later. I've read the wiki, the tcl tutorial, an online book and dog knows how many other links and references, and still, despite all the installations going cleanly, and all the tests having been passed, and the demo widgets working, Tcl/Tk does not.

        Having solved myriad previous problems, I've given up on solving 

        Can't find a usable init.tcl in the following directories:
    c:/Perl/site/lib/auto/lib/tcl8.4 
    c:/perl/lib/tcl8.4 c:/lib/tcl8.4 
    c:/perl/library c:/library 
    c:/tcl8.4.14/library

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        Which is unsurprising really given that none (not one. Not a single one!) of these directories actually exist. So why is it looking for in those directories for this file, which does exist in 3 other places that do exist? Where does this list come from? 

        A          C:\tcl\lib\bwidget1.8\init.tcl
A          C:\tcl\lib\tcl8.4\init.tcl
A          C:\tcl\vtcl-1.6.0\lib\bwidget\init.tcl

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        So, try a different route. Maybe a pure tcl script will solve my problem? But this doesn't work either: 

        #!/usr/bin/wish

set fdata [read [open "/test/colorcube.png"]]
label .l1 -image [image create photo -format png -data $fdata]
pack .l1

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        complaining that "Image format png is not supported" despite that demos/Img/demo.tcl clearly shows it is.

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