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New development by hpheidinger is underway, an updated Visual Tcl version that works with the recent TCL/TK release 8.6 is available here: https://github.com/hpheidinger/vtcl.vtcl-8.6
Change details and more will be posted soon on the news page at http://vtcl.sourceforge.net/

I have just discovered PureTkGUI on SourceForge (https://sourceforge.net/projects/puretkgui/). It seems another guy has had the same idea as me ! This tool pretty much resembles Visual TCL, except it supports the latest Tcl/Tk themed widgets, which allows to create better looking GUIs than what VisualTCL is able to. I hope this tool will continue improving, as Tcl/Tk lacks a serious and up-to-date GUI builder these days...

Hi all happy Visual TCL users ! It is with great sadness that I see that my work on Visual TCL trunk, as a developer, hasn't ever been taken into account by the project admins to make a new release. I have therefore taken the decision to stop working on Visual TCL and move on with something new and better, i.e. my own Tk GUIs design tool. It is still at a beta stage but be prepared to be amazed, it's gonna be good.
I'll post here whenever this new tool reaches a stable enough state for production use.
Regards and "good bye Visual TCL" !

I have commited to the trunk the patch associated to the following request ID :

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1835466&group_id=285&atid=300285

Tag is : STRYKAAS_08_DEC_07_AFTER

New Developers Kenneth Parker and unixabg are now part of the development team. More updates will be coming soon including plans for upcoming releases of vTcl.

Visual Tcl is a freely-available, high-quality application development environment for UNIX, Windows, Macintosh and AS400 platforms. Visual Tcl is written entirely in Tcl/Tk and generates pure Tcl/Tk code. This release fixes problems seen with the img package on tck/Tk 8.4.2, hanging vTcl on startup or with broken image links. More simple tutorials have been added, and support for creating and reusing megawidgets enhanced. Easy implementation of modal dialogs can be done with the toplevel alias command.... read more

Just wanted to give some info on what's happening on vTcl development right now.

I am working on redesigning the compound system:

- the older system used complex multilevel data structures

- the new system uses the same code as for dumping projects, thus avoiding a lot of duplicate code and effort for dumping and creating compounds

o a compound is now contained in its own namespace, it is "human readable"... read more

This patch fixes the problem where vTcl 1.6.0a3 would corrupt saved files and generate errors after saving, closing and reopening a project.

Please see the patches section.

It is recommended that you apply this patch to version 1.6.0a3 of vTcl.

What's new:

- Bug fixes (See Change Log)
- Support has been added for the tablelist widget (www.nemethi.de)
- Support for IWidgets spintime
- More support for megawidget editing
- External packages can now be loaded without additional procs being inserted into your project as a side effect

Feedback, bug reports and feature requests welcome. Whenever possible, please use the trackers on SourceForge for bug reports or feature requests, so that we have a record. Thanks!

This release fixes major bugs found in 1.6.0a1.

Childsites like columns, notebook pages, panes, toolbar buttons, etc. can now have their options saved or not using checkboxes, like in the attributes editor. This allows easier porting to other platforms and reduces the project size as well.

Support has been added for the BLT barchart widget.

Feedback, bug reports and feature requests welcome. Whenever possible, please use the trackers on SourceForge for bug reports or feature requests, so that we have a record. Thanks!

Until I find how to fix it (possibly a Tk bug), there is a simple workaround :
- find your .vtclrc (most likely in ~ or C:\, e.g. in $env(HOME))
- open it in a text editor
- find the line that says
set vTcl(pr,bgcolor) ...
- replace it by
set vTcl(pr,bgcolor) {}
- save the file
- restart vTcl
- do NOT change the color preference for the background in vTcl after this change, otherwise the bug will come back.
CG

Welcome to Visual Tcl 1.6.0a1!

This release focuses on increased megawidget support for IWidgets, BWidgets, Tix, and BLT.

Among new features:
- Support for BWidgets toolkit
- Support for BLT tabset
- Fonts can be changed for menu items
- JPEG/BMP images support included, provided you have the Img extension installed.
- Resizable toolbar

ActiveTcl 8.3.4 recommended.

When editing pages for notebooks or panes for
panedwindows, press Enter to validate an option.... read more

Visual Tcl 2.0 development has started on the main branch.

For those who want to stay current with the CVS, you should now use cvs update -r HEAD -d. All fixes done to the 1.5 branch will be applied to the 2.0 branch as well.

New:
- propagate support for pack and grid managers (thanks Simon)

The vtcl-1-5 branch is only for bug fixes and minor improvements:
- transparent icons
- background color setting
- fix for labeled frame... read more

Announcing Visual Tcl 1.5.1 beta 4
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We recommend that you upgrade to this version.

1.5.2 fixes some minor bugs found in 1.5.1 as well as adds a few new features.

Thanks to all of you who reported problems and helped
reproduce them! Bugs continue to be fixed; make sure you
periodically get the latest source code from the CVS
(see instructions in CVS page). ... read more

Announcing Visual Tcl 1.5.1 beta 4
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We recommend that you upgrade to this version.

1.5.1b4 fixes many critical bugs found in 1.5.1b3. Among them:
- editing a button command then beeing unable to save the project
- BLT not working
- error when generating a Tclet
- copy/paste problems with Toplevels and aliases
- copy/paste toplevel with menu, copy/paste menubutton... read more

Announcing Visual Tcl 1.5.1 Beta 3

Visual Tcl is moving into the final stages of beta as we close in on
all the bug fixes and enhancements for version 1.5.1. Beta 3 will be our
Release Candidate 1 and most likely the last beta release before final
release.

This release focuses mainly on bug fixes and a few cosmetic enhancements
along with added Itcl, BLT and Tix support.

This release provides support for Macintosh as well, allowing
rapid cross-platform application development with minimal turnaround
time. Furthermore, we are excited to announce the integration of
Jeffrey Hobbs' TkCon into Visual Tcl. TkCon offers a consistent,
powerful alternative to the standard Tk console. TkCon provides command
and window names expansion, electric brace highlighting, support for
several interpreters, and command history.... read more

Announcing Visual Tcl 1.5.1 beta 1

Visual Tcl is a freely-available, cross-platform application development environment for the Tcl/Tk language. It is available for XWindows as well as for Windows 9x/Windows 2000.

Highlights:
- improved support for megawidgets (Itcl, Tix, BLT)
- new bindings editor
- new menu editor
- new system inspector
- stack trace for easier debugging
- command console with MRU commands... read more

Announcing Visual Tcl 1.5.1 alpha 1

Visual Tcl is a freely-available, cross-platform application development environment for the Tcl/Tk language. It is available for XWindows as well as for Windows 9x/Windows 2000.

The 1.5.1a1 version offers several significant improvements over the 1.2.2 version:

- the UI has been revamped. A menu editor is in the works to complete the UI remodeling. The bindings editor has been rewritten.... read more

Welcome to Visual Tcl 1.2.2!

Visual Tcl is a freely-available, cross-platform application development environment for the Tcl/Tk language. It is available for XWindows as well as for Windows 9x/Windows 2000.

This release fixes the "root window placer bug". Menu editing is now possible from the attributes bar, and images can be shipped in the same directory as the project files.

See changelog for details.

Visual Tcl 1.2.2 beta 1 is there!

Visual Tcl is a freely-available, cross-platform application development environment for the Tcl/Tk language.

1.2.2b1:
- Support for multicolumn listbox and combobox
- Support for more IWidgets
- Selection of libraries to load in vTcl on startup
- More bug fixes
- For a list of changes, see the ChangeLog

I'm excited to be moving Visual Tcl off of my personal box and onto SourceForge. The built-in functions of this facility far outstrip all the home-grown stuff I never finished for my site (like news :). At the same time it should make it a lot easier to bring more developers and energy to the process. And most importanty, it guarantees that Visual Tcl will have a safe, open home and can continue to be developed even in my absence.