Re: Bit by the Tcl/Tk socket bug

Have you tried Ranier Keuchel's port:

http://www.rainer-keuchel.de/wince/tcltk-ce.html

It seems to be quite a bit older, but maybe it has what you need working.

Byron

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From: "dlh2612000" <dharper-NwVi8A7/[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 7:56 AM
Subject: [wince-devel] Bit by the Tcl/Tk socket bug


> Recently I bought a Dell Axim wireless with the intention of turning
> it into a custom remote control for my home automation system.  I
> already had written a server (in Tcl/Tk) which controls the system and
> a client (also in Tcl/Tk) which runs on various PC's around the house.
> Using the Tcl/Tk 8.4.4 binaries for WinCE ARM that Jeff Hobbs created
> a couple of years ago, I was able to port a version of the client to
> the Axim and had it up and running in a couple of days.  The client
> works by opening a socket, sending a command to the server, receiving
> the reply and then closing the socket whenever there is a request from
> user input.  Works great - once.  Unfortunately, after the socket
> transaction, the program aborts after displaying a messagebox of "tcl:
> select: 10022".  After some Googling, I learned that others have also
> seen this problem (even described in the Wiki), but I haven't found
> where anyone has a solution.  Obviously, sockets are an integral part
> of the program - without reliable socket communication the program is
> useless.  I have spent the last few days looking at alternative
> approches to writing the client and the best I have found so far is
> eMbedded Visual C++.  Since I've never used that before, it will
> probably take me at least a couple of months to get up to speed and
> duplicate what I did in a couple days with Tcl/Tk.  Does anyone have
> any thoughts on a solution that either fixes the Tcl/Tk socket problem
> or offers an easier programming solution than wading into the Visual
> C++ approach?
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> Thanks,
> Dave
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