Re: [Py2exe-users] Can't find tix84.dll in dist/DLLs folder

[Kim H. <sla...@gm...>]

Supplementary information:

The setup.py attached does copy all tk and tix dlls to the root of the dist
folder:
Excerpt of log during setup.py execution:

...

*** copy dlls ***

copying C:\Python25\DLLs\tk84.dll ->
C:\svn-sandbox\radar\research\scipy\src\com\terma\kha\py2exe\dist

...

copying C:\Python25\DLLs\tcl84.dll ->
C:\svn-sandbox\radar\research\scipy\src\com\terma\kha\py2exe\dist

*** copy data files ***

...

copying C:\Python25\DLLs\tix84.dll ->
C:\svn-sandbox\radar\research\scipy\src\com\terma\kha\py2exe\dist\.

...

The only problem is that apparently, the dll is expected to be placed in a
DLLs subfolder to dist as reported in the error log



The tix.py, line 210 is the last line in the Tk constructor

class Tk(Tkinter.Tk, tixCommand):
    """Toplevel widget of Tix which represents mostly the main window
    of an application. It has an associated Tcl interpreter."""
    def __init__(self, screenName=None, baseName=None, className='Tix'):
        Tkinter.Tk.__init__(self, screenName, baseName, className)
        tixlib = os.environ.get('TIX_LIBRARY')
        self.tk.eval('global auto_path; lappend auto_path [file dir [info
nameof]]')
        if tixlib is not None:
            self.tk.eval('global auto_path; lappend auto_path {%s}' %
tixlib)
            self.tk.eval('global tcl_pkgPath; lappend tcl_pkgPath {%s}' %
tixlib)
        # Load Tix - this should work dynamically or statically
        # If it's static, tcl/tix8.1/pkgIndex.tcl should have
        #               'load {} Tix'
        # If it's dynamic under Unix, tcl/tix8.1/pkgIndex.tcl should have
        #               'load libtix8.1.8.3.so Tix'
        self.tk.eval('package require Tix') # <-- Program fails here!

Kim
2010/3/22 Kim Hansen <sla...@gm...>

> Hi py2exe list,
>
> I cannot figure out how to make setup.py generate a dist/DLLs folder with
> tix84.dll placed in it.
>
> When I run the generated exe file, the error log says:
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "alphabeta.py", line 371, in <module>
>   File "alphabeta.py", line 23, in __init__
>   File "alphabeta.py", line 31, in create_widgets
>   File "Tix.pyc", line 210, in __init__
> _tkinter.TclError: couldn't load library "C:/.../dist/DLLs/tix84.dll": this
> library or a dependent library could not be found in library path
> I am making a Tkinter/Tix/Matplotlib Python prototype for product.
>
> Until recently I only used TkInter controls and the TkAgg matplotlib
> backend, and I had success with a setup.py, where this combination works (a
> nice user on the matplotlib users list helped me with the setup.py for that
> one).
>
> Now, I have started also using some Tix widgets, and, not surprisingly the
> setup.py did not work, but I then tried to extend it using the first brute
> force example based on Tix8.1
> http://www.py2exe.org/index.cgi/TixSetup
>
> I am using Tix8.4 and I have Tix84.dll in my C:\Python25\DLLs folder, so I
> simply updated the example to 8.4 by just changing the version number in the
> example to extend my setup.py (attached)
>
> Python:2.5.2
> Py2exe: 0.5.9
> OS: Win XP
>
> So, what is wrong with the setup.py?
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Kim
>
> What am I doing wrong.
>