[Tclplugin-core] FW: TCL Plugin - Policy, Packages, ...

[Jeff H. <je...@Ac...>]

[forwarded from clt because it's pertinent]

Merwin wrote:
> I've discovered the TCL Plugin yesterday and i was impressed, it was =
THE
> solution for me, a very good and easy alternative at Java !
>=20
> I'm creating a French IRC Network and i'd like to make an applet to =
let
> users chat from the web ! My first problem: i can't use socket !
>=20
> I've looked the documentation and i see that if i want to use outside
> sockets, i need tu load the outside policy !
>=20
> Second problem: i can't load it: permission denied !
>=20
> What is the goal of make an outise policy if we can't load it ?

The policy management stuff is pretty well documented at:
	http://www.tcl.tk/software/plugin/

However, with the current v3 plugin, it is actually a bit harder to =
configure
the special files.  In order to make it easy to deploy, I am using =
stardlls,
with everything embedded into the dll.  You can crack these open just =
like any
starkit, but not modify it at runtime.

I may well have to move to a multi-file distribution again, with the =
core in
the stardll, and a tcl/ subdirectory in the plugins/ folder that has the
plugin3.0 package.  That way users can more easily manage plugin =
policies and
config files.

> Second question is that i want to make a pretty applet, for end-users=20
> ! So i want to use BWidget ! How can i do ? How can i load image from=20
> my Tclet ?

Let's take this discussion to the tclplugin-core mailing list. It is =
possible,
but the "best way" is not yet decided.

--=20
   Jeff Hobbs, The Tcl Guy
   http://www.ActiveState.com/, a division of Sophos