From: Bob X <bobx@...>
Date: 2002-06-01T10:27:18+09:00
Subject: Re: Trouble attempting to run tk under windows

I just looked at the zip file for that distro...that DLL is NOT in there.

Victor Manuel Reyes Viloria wrote:
> More Info:
> 
> The tk83.dll is not on my system. I searched the entire drive
> unsuccessfully.
> 
> Victor
> 
> 
> Hello Team,
> I am trying to use tk for the first time by running the following simple
> example found in "The Ruby Way":
> 
> require 'tk'
> root = TkRoot.new { title "Ex1" }
> TkLabel.new(root) {
>       text 'Hello, World!'
>       pack { padx 15 ; pady 15; side 'left' }
> }
> Tk.mainloop
> 
> I get the following errors:
> 
> C:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.6/tk.rb:7:in 'require': 126: The specified module could
> not be found.   - C:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.6/i586-mswin32/tcltklib.so (LoadError)
>               from C:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.6/tk.rb:7
>               from tk01.rb:1:in 'required'
>               from tk01.rb:1
> 
> And:
> 
> 
> "The dynamic link library tk83.dll could not be found in the specified path
> ......."
> 
> My understanding was that for the windows version of ruby, tk was part of
> the main install. But it looks like I am missing a dll.
> Any help will be appreciated.
> 
> ruby version 1.6.7 (2002-03-01) [i586-mswin32]
> MS Windows 2000 Professional
> 
> Thank you
> 
> Victor
> 
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