Version 9 of TclApp

Updated 2011-06-09 12:17:04 by oehhar

A tool for wrapping, i.e. rapid and easy deployment of an application and its supporting packages and files.

It is part of ActiveState's Tcl Dev Kit (doc [L1 ]) and the sucessor of the older prowrap.

In contrast to that tool, which uses a limited ad-hoc variant of a virtual filesystem specifically written for it, TclApp is based on the complete and generic virtual filesystem of Tcl 8.4. It generates metakit-based starkits and starpacks.

Beyond that TclApp is capable of directly wrapping packages without the user being forced to specify all files in the package during wrapping. This is handled through package definition files which contain all the necessary information.

A companion tool, the TclApp Package Editor can be used to create and edit such files.


See http://www.ActiveState.com/Webcasts/Tcl_Dev_Kit/recordings for information from a webcast relating to the application.


  Comparison to sdx

HaO 2011-06-09 tclapp standard behaviour is different to sdx. For most differences, there are options to gain compatibility. This is for migration purpose, the different behaviour is senseful.

Whattclappsdxtclapp option to have sdx behaviour
get MP (mount point)starkit::topdirstarkit::topdir
Wrap pathMP/MP/lib/application/-anchor /
Start fileMP/main.tclOption -startfile with autogenerated main.tcl-nospecials
Custom Icon-iconMP/tclkit.ico
Custom windows text resources-stringinfoMP/tclkit.inf