Hi ²¦ -

Perhaps you didn't see that I compiled my own Ruby (not using one-click
installer).  According to "Programming Ruby" the Tk extension is
bundled with the main distribution, so it should run - and in fact, I
do have a c:\ruby\tk directory, leading me to believe that it's there,
I'm just not soing something right to enable its use.

I'll have a look at the Fox GUI, too.

James


²¦ wrote:
> The tcltklib.so is not included in the latest oneclick installer.
> Try this :http://www.fxruby.org/doc/examples.html
> Example:
>
> #!/usr/bin/env ruby
>
> require 'fox16'
>
> include Fox
>
> application = FXApp.new("Hello", "FoxTest")
> main = FXMainWindow.new(application, "Hello", nil, nil, DECOR_ALL)
> FXButton.new(main, "&Hello, World!", nil, application, FXApp::ID_QUIT)
> application.create()
> main.show(PLACEMENT_SCREEN)
> application.run()
>
>
> James Calivar wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm trying to run a very simple Ruby script that employs Tk:
> >
> > ## BEGIN FILE ##
> >
> > require 'tk'
> >
> > root = TkRoot.new {title "File to Open"}
> >
> > TkLabel.new(root) do
> >   text 'Please enter the name of a file to open: '
> >   pack('padx' => 15, 'pady' => 15, 'side' => 'left')
> > end
> >
> > Tk.mainloop
> >
> > ## END FILE ##
> >
> >
> > Unfortunately I get the following error when it atempts to execute:
> >
> > "C:\ruby\sample\james>ruby tk_test.rb
> > tk_test.rb:1:in `require': no such file to load -- tk (LoadError)
> >         from tk_test.rb:1"
> >
> > Can anyone help?  I am using Ruby 1.8.4 which I compiled myself using
> > cygwin32.  I am running on XP.  I've edited the Setup file in
> > C:\ruby\ext\Setup to enable the tcltklib and tk lines, rebuilt, and
> > still no go.
> >
> > Interestingly, I had the same problem with the extension "WIN32OLE"
> > earlier yesterday, but after I copied over some lines from some sample
> > files, it started to work (which bugs me because my file was verbatim,
> > unless there was some hidden chars that I was missing or something
> > weird like that).  I had previously rebuilt after altering the
> > C:\ruby\ext\Setup file to enable Win32API and win32ole, but that didn't
> > work until I copied over the sample file.
> > 
> > Thanks in advance,
> > 
> > James