Re: installing BLT 2.4z

Bob Techentin <techentin.robert@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> "Wayne Dernoncourt" <wayned@xxxxxxxxx> wrote
> >
> > I built the tree described below and populated it with the
> > files that were unzipped with Winzip and moved into the
> > corresponding directories. Some directories ended up empty,
> > some partially filled... (my notes are at work...)

> My sincere apologies, Wayne. I didn't intend to create so much
> work for you.

> When I ran into this installation problem, I installed a clean
> ActiveTcl, then BLT, on a machine where I had the right privs.
> Then I just copied all the new BLT files out to a separate
> directory tree, zipped them up, and took them back to work.
> Now they live in a directory on a network disk, and I can just
> copy them into any ActiveTcl installation, and it works.
<snip>

I'm back, I went to an airshow, I watched a jet propelled
portajohn and a flying lawnmower. The portajohn was full
size, but I doubt it's usable anymore for it's original
purpose<g>, the flying lawn mower resembles a lawn mower
(largish, 3' wide deck) from 10 or 15 feet away and it
does fly (RC model).
http://obsidianwings.blogs.com/obsidian_wings/2005/01/someone_definit.html


Back to the problem, I had one of the sys admins at work
pop the missing executables and DLL's into the bin
directory. I navigated to the blt demo's directory,
selected barchart1.tcl and used the "Open with" option
and found BLT2.4 (there where a couple of options) and
ended up with a crash. Repeat with the other blt
executable with the same result, something about not
being able to read location 0. Try a couple of others,
hiertable1.tcl works okay. Maybe I'm missing something
at work. Take things home to the WinXP home system,
install Active TCL 8.4 and then BLT 2.4 with the same
sort of results. If I start blt24shell, cd to the
directory and source the files, same exceptions. I
remember seeing the barchart show up ... somewhere.

My plan is to sit down tommorow and map out which
work and which don't work in some more detail. I'll
even get the actual error message down. In case it
matters, at work I have Win2k with Tcl 8.4 from
ActiveState (the downloaded version, not the pay
version), at home it's WinXP Home (again
ActiveState). In case it's important, neither
system has an internet connection. The one at work
is on a separate network, the one at home is pretty
much dedicated to being a flight simulator so I avoid
all virus scanners, etc. since it won't be hooked up
to the internet.

--
Take care | This clown speaks for himself, his job doesn't
Wayne D. | pay for this, etc. (directly anyway)
.

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