Re: tkgnats/120: Strange error after open thw querry window (can'tread tkPriv).

[Rick Macdonald]

On Tue, 31 Oct 2000, Nemeti D. Csaba wrote:

> > > After I open the querry window, a message was show with this message:
> > > << can't read "tkPriv(x)": no such element in array >>
> > > The stack Trace:
> > > can't read "tkPriv(x)": no such element in array
> >
> > This error is coming from the internals of Tk, not TkGnats code. TkGnats
> > does not contain the tkPriv variable!
> >
> > What platform are you running TkGnats on?
> Windows 2000 Professional on AMD K6
> 
> >
> > What version of Tcl/Tk?
> First version of Tcl/Tk was 8.3.1 and, after I discover the error, I
> downloaded the 8.3.2 versions.
> 
> >
> > Have you just started using TkGnats or has it been running successfully on
> > your platform and Tck/Tk version for some time? (in other words, what has
> > changed recently to start causing this error?).
> Yes it was a change. I use fist the TkGnats on Win NT (4.0) and Win 98. Now,
> I switch to Win 2000. On Win 2000 the program doesn not work.
> 
> Q: If the Win2000 is the problem can you tell me where can I find a Win
> 2000's tcl/tk platform?

You can get old versions of Tcl/Tk from here:

http://dev.scriptics.com/software/tcltk/choose.html

I don't have access to Win2000. I don't know if the problem is with
Win2000 or the nerwer version of Tcl/Tk. As a test, you could try v8.0.5.

...RickM...