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I have a variable containing the full path of an executable. This variable is used in a procedure as ecec $filea $fileb This works fine with paths that do not have a space character in it. However, a path that has a a space character also has braces around the whole path and the ecec function...

I use vtcl V1.6.0.a3 to create some TK windows. I notice that when moving objects they move behind some other objects but move above some other objects. Is there a way to specify for an object to move above or below some other object?

I have a local access point accessible via wifi. It has an accessible Ip Address at 192.168.91.1. When this address is placed in the address bar of a browser as https://192.168.91.1/api/meters/aggregates a number of text lines appear in the browser. What I would like to do is to obtain this...

I have a number of TCL/TK programs I have developed on the Windows platform. I am wondering about the problem I might have in migrating those programs onto the Mac platform. I have noticed that there is no "exec" procedure. Are there any other built in procedures not available on the Mac...

I would like to modify the following code to make it work: set i 0 set arg$i {C:/Program File/hell0} regsub -all -- {/} $arg$i "\x5c" arg$i I get an error when running this code for the regsub line saying "can't read arg, no such variable". This is true but arg0 does exist and $i is a 0. Could...

Hello, I know there is a [dde services TclEval {}] function to find running TCL applications but, is there a way to find a non-TCL running application? Thanks

I need to run a program that outputs to a file: exec c:/windows/system32/powercfg.exe -l >$pwrfile This works fine. However, I would like to send the output to a tcl variable instead of a file. Is this possible? If so, how? Thank you

Hello I would like to launch an associated application using the exec procedure to open documents. The problem is that sometimes exec doesn't find the associated application path and fails. How do I find the path of an associated application for a document? Thanks Frank

Hello, I have been able to obtain the user name in my computer with: set use $tcl_platform(user) But, I don't see a similar way to obtain the name of the running computer. Is there some method to get the name of the computer? Thanks

Hello I have continuing problem removing braces. Here is simple example. I have a variable 'var1' with contents {one two} What is the easiest way to extract 'two' from the variable. I tried set new [lindex $var1 1] but of course it is a blank since {one two} is a single element. How do I extract...

How do I determine the location of a text file pointed to by a .lnk file? Thanks Frank

Hello I often write simple programs but end up with numerous procedures. When debugging my programs I often encounter the problem of a failing procedure using bad or wrong arguments. To track this down I would like to be able to determine the calling procedure. Is there a mechanism in TCL/Tk to...

Hello I am trying to call a procedure, whose name is in a variable and having some arguments in a separate variable. set result [$proc1 $com_line] where $proc1 contains the name of the procedure, doesn't work. The arguments don't get supplied to the procedure. A tried numerous variants and the...

Hello I have been looking at the clock procedure for my purpose. I have used the 'file mtime $filename' to obtain an integer of the file modification date and time. I need to convert this to a more readable format and I think that the 'clock' procedure can do this. Also, if I have a date and...

Hello I have been using the following code for years to create a message box to make simple entries. It works great except I need the window to close after a certain time if no keys are pressed. The way I think this works is that it waits for a variable (towards the end of the listing): tkwait...

Hello, I have a windows registry problem. I am using Windows XP SP2 and would like to to insert into the registry the following: registry set "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\jpegfile\\shell\\Resample\\command" (Default) "$argv0 \"%1\"" Unfortunately, I end up with 2 (Default) valuenames. The first is...

Does anyone know where I could find the script for a simple ProgressBar that I could add onto my existing script. I know that there is the BWindget set of widgets that includes a ProgressBar. But this is too complicated since I only need the ProgressBar and I don't know how to extract just that...

I have some images for placing onto button images such as: image create bitmap imgdn -data { #define down_width 16 #define down_height 16 static unsigned char down_bits[] = { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xfc, 0x7f, 0xf8, 0x3f, 0xf0, 0x1f, 0xe0, 0x0f...

I am trying to create a listbox that has the exact height of a determined number of lines using specified fonts. I tried to multiply the font size by 1.33 and then devide by 0.72 to get the number of pixels for each line. Unfortunately, this doesn't work correctly. I tried to tweek the numbers...

I am running Windows XP and would like to use TCL/TK to find out the screen size in pixels - eg 1024x768. Is there an easy way to do this? fhutt