ZooZ Autoloader error

codeacrobat has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi all,

I am running Perl 5.8.8 and Tk 804.027. I try to get ZooZ - the Perl/Tk GUI builder to work. First of all ZooZ.pl doesn't startup unless I add the -nosplash option.

When running perl ZooZ.pl -nosplash I get a fatal error "Can't locate auto/Tk/Frame/header.al in @INC". It is possible to continue loading the gui, however I can not configure widgets.

The error occurs at ZooZ/Forms.pm Line 891.

  my $hl = $top->Scrolled(HList       =>
              -scrollbars => 'se',
              -bg         => 'white',
              -header     => 1,
              -columns    => 4,
             )->grid(-row     => 1,
                 -column  => 0,
                 -rowspan => 2,
                 -sticky  => 'nsew',
                );
 
  $hl->header(create => 0, -relief => 'raised', -text => 'Label');
  $hl->header(create => 1, -relief => 'raised', -text => 'Type');
  $hl->header(create => 2, -relief => 'raised', -text => 'Accelerator'
+);
  $hl->header(create => 3, -relief => 'raised', -text => 'Command');
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$hl is just a Tk::Form, which does not have a header subroutine. I guess it was intended to use Tk::HList::header.

Does anyone know how to make this work?

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Re: ZooZ Autoloader error by zentara (Cardinal) on Aug 24, 2007 at 13:09 UTC
GUI builders cause more trouble than they are worth, why not just do it from scratch? Otherwise, qumsieh may answer you, as he is probably the only one who knows the answer. I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. Cogito ergo sum a bum	[reply]
Re^2: ZooZ Autoloader error by Anonymous Monk on Aug 24, 2007 at 14:19 UTC
GUI builder cause trouble only if they're abused	[reply]
Re^3: ZooZ Autoloader error by zentara (Cardinal) on Aug 24, 2007 at 14:37 UTC
*GUI builder cause trouble only if they're abused* ....... or if they give weird errors that no one can track down. I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. Cogito ergo sum a bum	[reply]
Re^4: ZooZ Autoloader error by Anonymous Monk on Aug 24, 2007 at 14:53 UTC
Re: ZooZ Autoloader error by wazoox (Prior) on Oct 15, 2007 at 11:47 UTC
Same here on a freshly installed Slackware 12. I guess it's a compatibility problem with the latest Tk, ZooZ always was quite picky about Tk version.	[reply]
Re^2: ZooZ Autoloader error by Anonymous Monk on Nov 15, 2009 at 21:05 UTC
I dont know if it helps, but I had the same eror and reinstalled my Autoloader module and ZooZ works fine now.	[reply]
Re: ZooZ Autoloader error by Anonymous Monk on Aug 24, 2007 at 14:51 UTC
for me it hangs after 'Initializing Modules', if i use -nosplash, it just hangs, perl v5.8.7 ActivePerl Build 813, Tk 804.027	[reply]
Re^2: ZooZ Autoloader error by moked (Beadle) on May 18, 2008 at 14:10 UTC
Hi all Zooz users I did a little research and found that the last perl version working OK with Zooz is v5.8.8 Build 817. from the later versions (v5.8.8 Build 822 and forth) it hangs after 'Initializing Modules'. I did not find the reason and I sent a mail to the writer if anyone has further information... Moked	[reply]
Re^2: ZooZ Autoloader error by frito (Initiate) on Oct 15, 2007 at 00:12 UTC
ye same here running on xp64.	[reply]