Version 33 of Windows/CE

Updated 2003-05-21 15:07:45

Rainer Keuchel has completed a port of Tcl/Tk 8.4a2 for WinCE using his celib.dll [L1 ] porting library. Please check out his page out for the latest and greatest information at http://www.rainer-keuchel.de/wince/tcltk-ce.html .

 Current Build date is March 19, 2002, with celib v3.12

Per the release notes, "Tcl/Tk is still a bit buggy on WINCE211. It works better on WINCE300."

Jeffrey Hobbs just uploaded Tcl/Tk 8.4.3 final binaries for WinCE 3.0 ARM devices to:

        ftp://ftp.tcl.tk/pub/incoming/tcltk843ce-arm.zip

It includes the full Tcl/Tk + celib binaries needed for operation. There is a README on how to install it (you will need to set a few registry settings on your PocketPC device). In addition to Tcl/Tk, you will find tcllib1.4 and bwidget1.6, which both work out of the box (pure Tcl), and tktable2.8 as a proof-positive TEA ported library (works like a charm).

Screenshot

 Example of a simple Editor

http://www.rainer-keuchel.de/wince/tcltk1.jpg

 Tkcon on a pocketpc

http://www.eteamz.com/hcym/images/Tkcon1.jpg http://www.eteamz.com/hcym/images/Tkcon2.jpg [L2 ]

 TkNotePad (with or without a menu bar)

http://www.eteamz.com/hcym/images/tknotepadb.jpg http://www.eteamz.com/hcym/images/tknotpadm.jpg [L3 ]

 Tabbed Notebook and Tree Widget from D. Richard Hipp

http://www.eteamz.com/hcym/images/notebook.jpg [L4 ] http://www.eteamz.com/hcym/images/tree.jpg [L5 ]

 Simple Calculator Script from the Wiki

http://www.eteamz.com/hcym/images/calculator.jpg [L6 ]

 TclWorld by Richard Suchenwirth
 "Tcl lets you put the world in your pocket..."

http://www.eteamz.com/hcym/images/tclworld.jpg [L7 ] http://www.eteamz.com/hcym/images/tclworld2.jpg

Download

http://www.rainer-keuchel.de/wince/dirlist.html

  1. Get the tcl generic tcltk package [L8 ].
  2. Then get your specific processor's binary package: SH3 [L9 ], ARM [L10 ], MIPS-palm [L11 ], MIPS-hpc [L12 ]
  3. Next get the celib package [L13 ] currently version 3.12.
  4. Finally get the WinCE desktop tools [L14 ]. This will allow you to update the registry from your desktop.

Installation

  1. Install the celib.dll for your processor specific platform in the '\Windows' directory on your WinCE device.
  2. Unpack and install tcltk. See directions on Yakumo Alpha page.
  3. Unpack the cereg.exe file from the WinCE desktop tools and place it in a directory with the batch file at the end of this note (on your desktop PC). Configure the batch file per your installation and then run it from the command line to update your WinCE device's registry.

RUNNING

  1. Wish84d and Tclsh84d can be run by chooing them in the Explorer Window.
  2. A Tcl or Tk file extension can be associated with Wish84d in the Windows Registry (see file wince_tcktk.bat).

[Add notes on how to run a file here] MPJ

NOTES

Currently contains the registry binary package (1.0). I have also checked this out with the tcltk only packages: Bwidget (1.3.0) and tcllib (1.1). I have also tested this out with tkcon.

Also to talk to the serial ports the valid names are "com1:", "com2:" and "com4:".

Please report bugs you find to Rainer Keuchel [L15 ] or to wince-devel [L16 ]

FILE: wince_tcktk.bat

   ::- Basic System Configuration
   REM Make changes here for your system
   set basepath=\Program Files
   set wish=%basepath%\Tcl\bin\wish84d.exe
   set tclsh=%basepath%\Tcl\bin\tclsh84d.exe
   set libdir=%basepath%\Tcl\lib
   set bindir=%basepath%\Tcl\bin
   set tcllibdir=%libdir%\tcl8.4
   set tklibdir=%libdir%\tk8.4

   ::- TclTk file associations
   cereg -k "HKCR\.tk" -n "" -v "tclfile"
   cereg -k "HKCR\.tcl" -n "" -v "tclfile"
   cereg -k "HKCR\tclfile" -n "" -v "TclTk Script"
   cereg -k "HKCR\tclfile\DefaultIcon" -n "" -v "%wish%,0"
   cereg -k "HKCR\tclfile\Shell\Open\Command" -n "" -v """"%wish%""" ""%%1"""

   ::- Tcl file associations
   cereg -k "HKCR\.tsh" -n "" -v "tshfile"
   cereg -k "HKCR\tshfile" -n "" -v "Tcl Script"
   cereg -k "HKCR\tshfile\DefaultIcon" -n "" -v "%tclsh%,0"
   cereg -k "HKCR\tshfile\Shell\Open\Command" -n "" -v """"%   tclsh%""" ""%%1"""

   ::- Environment Info
   cereg -k "HKLM\Environment" -n "TCL_LIBRARY" -v "%tcllibdir%"
   cereg -k "HKLM\Environment" -n "TK_LIBRARY" -v "%tklibdir%"
    REM Height of 10 is ok, 14 does almost full screen
   cereg -k "HKLM\Environment" -n "ROWS" -v "14"
    REM MAX Width for PPC is 29 Chars
   cereg -k "HKLM\Environment" -n "COLS" -v "29"
    REM Home
   cereg -k "HKLM\Environment" -n "HOME" -v "\\"
    REM Temp
   cereg -k "HKLM\Environment" -n "TEMP" -v "\Temp"
   cereg -k "HKLM\Environment" -n "TMP" -v "\Temp"
   cereg -k "HKLM\Environment" -n "TMPDIR" -v "\Temp"
   cereg -k "HKLM\Environment" -n "TEMPDIR" -v "\Temp"
    REM Path
   cereg -k "HKLM\Environment" -n "PATH" -v "%bindir%;"
    REM Username
   cereg -k "HKLM\Environment" -n "USER" -v "nobody"
    REM Debugging trace level (0 to 255)
   cereg -k "HKLM\Environment" -n "XCE_TRACE" -v "0"
    REM Debugging trace file output
   cereg -k "HKLM\Environment" -n "XCE_TRACE_FILE" -v "\xce_trace.txt"

See also Yakumo Alpha for detailed installation instructions on that PocketPC 2002 system, and iPAQ - iPAQ goes Japanese for RS's experiences. Symbolic links in Windows/CE

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