Newbie Question

[komyg]

Ok, I don't know anything about tcl/tk and I'm having trouble with executing even the simplest code.
As I know C, I was expecting some kind of compiler to make the code into an executable, but I can't find one in tcl/tk. Does this means that if I just write:

puts "Hello World!"
exit 0

in the notepad and save it as test.tcl, it is supposed to work if I click it twice (so far it hasn't)? If not, how do I make it work?

Thanks,
Komyg

 

[Bong]

The first question is: have you installed TclTk?

It is true that Tcl is not a compiled language but it is interpreted (think GWBasic) and you need the interpreter to do this.

If you get the installation from ActiveState (

http://www.activestate.com/)

and run it, your PC should automatically associate .tcl files with the interpreter.

Now, let's say you did all that. In your example:

puts "Hello World!"
exit 0

you don't have anywhere to puts. Try this instead:
From your Start button, under Progams, go to the ActiveState group and choose the Tclsh[red]xx[/red] program. That will bring up a Tcl Shell.
At the prompt, type source <path if needed>test.tcl

Does that work?

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Bob Rashkin

 

[komyg]

Yes, it's working perfectly. Thank you very much.

Komyg