Python 2.4 Tix failing on Windows XP

[j vickroy]

Hello,

I've just installed (accepted all installation defaults) Python 2.4 (final)
on my Microsoft Windows XP (home edition - service pack 2) computer, and I
am experiencing the following behavior regarding Tix:

import sys
sys.version '2.4 (#60, Nov 30 2004, 11:49:19) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)]' import Tix
root = Tix.Tk() Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<interactive input>", line 1, in ?
File "C:\Python24\lib\lib-tk\Tix.py", line 210, in __init__
self.tk.eval('package require Tix')
TclError: couldn't load library "tix8184.dll": this library or a dependent
library could not be found in library path import os
os.environ['TIX_LIBRARY'] 'C:\\Python24\\tcl\\tix8.1'

"tix8184.dll" is definitely not in the 'C:\Python24\tcl\tix8.1' folder; its
in the 'C:\Python24\DLLs' folder. I placed a copy of "tix8184.dll" in the
'C:\Python24\tcl\tix8.1' folder, but I still get the same error.

I next tried:
os.environ['TIX_LIBRARY'] = 'C:\\Python24\\DLLs'

but I still get the same error.

Could someone tell me what I am doing incorrectly?

Thanks.

[Michael Auerswald]

j vickroy wrote:

Could someone tell me what I am doing incorrectly?

All I can tell you is that I have the exact same problem (which I did
not have with 2.3).
Not much of a help, I know...

[Michael Auerswald]

Ok, problem solved, more or less. What happens is that Tcl isnt looking
for the Tix DLL along the python path nor is it looking along the
os.environ path, but instead it just checks the normal Windows path. So,
if your add python24\DLLs to your path the error is gone.

Strangely enough the whole problem only turns up inside PythonWin,
whereas if I try it from the command line everything works fine.

Michael

[j vickroy]

Ok, that indeed did work. Thanks for your help.
"Michael Auerswald" <ne**@pointedstick.de> wrote in message
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Ok, problem solved, more or less. What happens is that Tcl isnt looking
for the Tix DLL along the python path nor is it looking along the
os.environ path, but instead it just checks the normal Windows path. So,
if your add python24\DLLs to your path the error is gone.

Strangely enough the whole problem only turns up inside PythonWin, whereas
if I try it from the command line everything works fine.

Michael