Re: tkinter for dell axim x30

Ron Harris <[email protected]> Sun, 9 May 2010 10:15:41 -0700 (PDT)
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Antonio and Adam,=0A=0AWell I got it tkinter going on my Dell Axim X30 with=
 Windows Mobile 3.0 SE.=A0 These are the stops I took:=0A=0A1)=A0 Installed=
 latest version of PythonCE from sourceforge.=A0 I used the latest PythonCE=
Setup.exe, which when executed on a Vista PC enables you to install the pro=
gram through the Windows Mobile Device Center.=A0 (Programs and Services, A=
dd/Remove Programs).=0A=0AI installed PythonCE with the "Install program fi=
les into the default installation folder" option unchecked.=A0 I installed =
it to Built-In Storage.=0A=0A2)=A0 I downloaded Tkinter-files.zip from the =
same sourceforge page.=A0 I found it in the sourceforge PythonCE folder Pyt=
hon_CE_2.3.4-1.=A0 I unzipped in on my PC and put the files from its Window=
s folder into the Windows folder on my Axim X30 and put the other files int=
o Built-In Storage.=0A=0A3)=A0 I ran the 3 step tkinter test found here:=0A=
=0Ahttp://wiki.python.org/moin/TkInter=0A=0A4)=A0 At some point, in the tes=
t it told me that it couldn't find init.py,=A0 and it gave me a list of fol=
ders that it searched.=A0 Based on this, I moved the subfolders out of thei=
r folder (was it lib?)=A0and into the root directory of built-in storage an=
d retested.=A0 Et voila.=A0 Ca marche.=0A=0ALet me repeat more briefly and =
perhaps more sensibly in imperative mood:=0A=0A1)=A0 Download lastest Pytho=
nCE=A0from sourceforge and install to Axim's Built-In Storage.=0A=0A2) Down=
load Tkinter-files.zip from same sourceforge=A0location and unzip on a PC.=
=A0 Copy the files from the Windows folder (celib.dll, etc)=A0into the Wind=
ows folder on Axim.=A0 Copy the subfolder named=A0library to Built-In Stora=
ge.=A0 Copy the folder named tk8.4 to Built-In Storage.=0A=0ATkinter should=
 now be working.=A0 Can I be more specific?=A0=A0Built-In Storage now has t=
he following folders:=A0 PythonCE Python25, tk8.4, and library.=A0 Three dl=
l's added to My Device\Windows folder=0A=0AIt's pretty simple actually but =
nevertheless it wasn't that easy to figure it out.=A0 I don't see why Tkint=
er has to be manually installed when the rest of pythonce is installed=A0by=
 the setup program.=A0 It seems like it took a month just to get tkinter wo=
rking and it seemed touch and go the whole time when it should've been a no=
 brainer.=A0=A0 Now that it's going, I'm a happy camper.=0A=0ABTW, I was al=
so able to get ppygui running but will make my first pass and hopefully fin=
al on my program with tkinter.=A0=0A=0AThanks for your invaluable help and =
encouragement.=A0 Without it I would have held this task to be impossible.=
=0A=0ABye.=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A________________________________=0AFrom: Antoni=
o Tovar <[email protected]>=0ATo: [email protected]=0ASent: Mon, May 3, 2=
010 1:54:28 AM=0ASubject: Re: [PythonCE] tkinter for dell axim x30=0A=0ARon=
,=0A=0A>I looked into this option before posting to this list.? I couldn't =
determine what to do with the zip file.? Windows did not recognize the exte=
nsion >.patch that is on the two files in the zip file patch-for-tctlk846.z=
ip nor could I find installation instructions on the download page.? Any >s=
uggestions on how to install?=0A=0AAbout the patches, I guess they are for =
patching source files so forget them.=0A=0AAnyway, I downloaded the pack fr=
om here:=0A=0Ahttp://pythonce.sourceforge.net/Wikka/Tkinter=0A=0AIt's not t=
he last version, but it comes with installation instructions.=0A=0AMay be y=
ou can figure out how to install the last release based on the=0Ainstructio=
ns for installing this.=0A=0AIf you get it, please tell us how.=0A=0AAntoni=
o=0A_______________________________________________=0APythonCE mailing list=
[email protected]=0Ahttp://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonce=
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<html><head><style type=3D"text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></he=
ad><body><div style=3D"font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;=
font-size:12pt"><DIV>Antonio and Adam,</DIV>=0A<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>=0A<DIV>Wel=
l I got it tkinter going on my Dell Axim X30 with Windows Mobile 3.0 SE.&nb=
sp; These are the stops I took:</DIV>=0A<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>=0A<DIV>1)&nbsp; I=
nstalled latest version of PythonCE from sourceforge.&nbsp; I used the late=
st PythonCESetup.exe, which when executed on a Vista PC enables you to inst=
all the program through the Windows Mobile Device Center.&nbsp; (Programs a=
nd Services, Add/Remove Programs).</DIV>=0A<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>=0A<DIV>I insta=
lled PythonCE with the "Install program files into the default installation=
 folder" option unchecked.&nbsp; I installed it to Built-In Storage.</DIV>=
=0A<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>=0A<DIV>2)&nbsp; I downloaded Tkinter-files.zip from th=
e same sourceforge page.&nbsp; I found it in the sourceforge PythonCE folde=
r Python_CE_2.3.4-1.&nbsp; I unzipped in on my PC and put the files from it=
s Windows folder into the Windows folder on my Axim X30 and put the other f=
iles into Built-In Storage.</DIV>=0A<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>=0A<DIV>3)&nbsp; I ran=
 the 3 step tkinter test found here:</DIV>=0A<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>=0A<DIV><A hr=
ef=3D"http://wiki.python.org/moin/TkInter">http://wiki.python.org/moin/TkIn=
ter</A></DIV>=0A<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>=0A<DIV>4)&nbsp; At some point, in the tes=
t it told me that it couldn't find init.py,&nbsp; and it gave me a list of =
folders that it searched.&nbsp; Based on this, I moved the subfolders out o=
f their folder (was it lib?)&nbsp;and into the root directory of built-in s=
torage and retested.&nbsp; Et voila.&nbsp; Ca marche.</DIV>=0A<DIV>&nbsp;</=
DIV>=0A<DIV>Let me repeat more briefly and perhaps more sensibly in imperat=
ive mood:</DIV>=0A<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>=0A<DIV>1)&nbsp; Download lastest Python=
CE&nbsp;from sourceforge and install to Axim's Built-In Storage.<BR></DIV>=
=0A<DIV>2) Download Tkinter-files.zip from same sourceforge&nbsp;location a=
nd unzip on a PC.&nbsp; Copy the files from the Windows folder (celib.dll, =
etc)&nbsp;into the Windows folder on Axim.&nbsp; Copy the subfolder named&n=
bsp;library to Built-In Storage.&nbsp; Copy the folder named tk8.4 to Built=
-In Storage.</DIV>=0A<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>=0A<DIV>Tkinter should now be working=
.&nbsp; Can I be more specific?&nbsp;&nbsp;Built-In Storage now has the fol=
lowing folders:&nbsp; PythonCE Python25, tk8.4, and library.&nbsp; Three dl=
l's added to My Device\Windows folder</DIV>=0A<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>=0A<DIV>It's=
 pretty simple actually but nevertheless it wasn't that easy to figure it o=
ut.&nbsp; I don't see why Tkinter has to be manually installed when the res=
t of pythonce is installed&nbsp;by the setup program.&nbsp; It seems like i=
t took a month just to get tkinter working and it seemed touch and go the w=
hole time when it should've been a no brainer.&nbsp;&nbsp; Now that it's go=
ing, I'm a happy camper.<IMG src=3D"http://mail.yimg.com/a/i/mesg/tsmileys2=
/01.gif"></DIV>=0A<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>=0A<DIV>BTW, I was also able to get ppyg=
ui running but will make my first pass and hopefully final on my program wi=
th tkinter.&nbsp;</DIV>=0A<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>=0A<DIV>=0A<DIV>Thanks for your =
invaluable help and encouragement.&nbsp; Without it I would have held this =
task to be impossible.</DIV>=0A<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>=0A<DIV>Bye.</DIV></DIV>=0A=
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>=0A<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>=0A<DIV style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: times ne=
w roman, new york, times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR>=0A<DIV style=3D"FONT=
-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 13px"><FONT size=3D2 face=
=3DTahoma>=0A<HR SIZE=3D1>=0A<B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SP=
AN></B> Antonio Tovar &lt;[email protected]&gt;<BR><B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-W=
EIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> [email protected]<BR><B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-W=
EIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Mon, May 3, 2010 1:54:28 AM<BR><B><SPAN style=
=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [PythonCE] tkinter for dell =
axim x30<BR></FONT><BR>Ron,<BR><BR>&gt;I looked into this option before pos=
ting to this list.? I couldn't determine what to do with the zip file.? Win=
dows did not recognize the extension &gt;.patch that is on the two files in=
 the zip file patch-for-tctlk846.zip nor could I find installation instruct=
ions on the download page.? Any &gt;suggestions on how to install?<BR><BR>A=
bout the patches, I guess they are for patching source files so forget them=
.<BR><BR>Anyway, I downloaded the pack from here:<BR><BR>http://pythonce.so=
urceforge.net/Wikka/Tkinter<BR><BR>It's not the last version, but it comes =
with installation
 instructions.<BR><BR>May be you can figure out how to install the last rel=
ease based on the<BR>instructions for installing this.<BR><BR>If you get it=
, please tell us how.<BR><BR>Antonio<BR>___________________________________=
____________<BR>PythonCE mailing list<BR><A href=3D"mailto:PythonCE@python.=
org" ymailto=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A><BR>http=
://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonce<BR></DIV></DIV></div><br>=0A=
=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A      </body></html>
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