Tk with Vizard

[farshizzo]

This thread explains how to use Tk with Vizard

Step 1:

Download the following file to your computer:

tkinter.zip (http://www.worldviz.com/download/files/tkinter.zip)

Step 2:

Open the file with Winzip or a similar program. Extract the contents of the zip file to [VIZARD_PATH]\bin\ where [VIZARD_PATH] is the location of your Vizard installation (usually C:\Program Files\Vizard).

That's it, Tk should now work with Vizard. If you have any problems please post them here.

-- Farshid

[sled]

Thank you for your help , but it still can not work,the message as following.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 1, in ?
File "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\gv10.weigang\weigan gGUI.
py", line 2, in ?
from tkFileDialog import *
File "C:\Program Files\Vizard\bin\lib\tkFileDialog.py", line 39, in ?
from tkCommonDialog import Dialog
File "C:\Program Files\Vizard\bin\lib\tkCommonDialog.py", line 15, in ?
from Tkinter import *
File "C:\Program Files\Vizard\bin\lib\Tkinter.py", line 35, in ?
import _tkinter # If this fails your Python may not be configured for Tk
ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.

[sled]

my file is attached, it works properly in pythonwin, but when I invoke some viz method , it 's dead.

[farshizzo]

Hi,

I tested out your script and it worked fine on my machine. Did you try restarting Vizard after you copied the tkinter files to your computer?

-- Farshid

[farshizzo]

Hi again,

I just realized that I made a mistake. There are two files that are copied to the [VIZARD_PATH]\bin\lib directory that should go to the [VIZARD_PATH]\bin\DLLs directory instead. The two files are:

tk83.dll
tcl83.dll


Just take those files out of the lib directory and put them in the DLLs directory, then restart Vizard. Sorry about that.

-- Farshid

[sled]

thanks a lot and sorry to bother you again, the tk gui works well in vizard now , but when I begin to invoke the viz.add(...) by click the start button,it shows err message:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 1, in ?
File "weigangGUI.py", line 58, in ?
root = Tk()
File "C:\Program Files\Vizard\bin\lib\Tkinter.py", line 1483, in __init__
baseName = os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'argv'

[farshizzo]

Hi,

This is a problem we've encountered before and has already been resolved in the latest version. At the top of your script you need to issue the following commands:

import sys
sys.argv = [''] (Note: those are two single quotes)

That should do it, but please let me know if it doesn't work.

-- Farshid

[sled]

oh, it works well, thanks a lot.

[softscan]

I have just installed ActiveStates PythonWin IDE whic goes into C:/Python2.3 by deault.Will this work OK with VIzard or do I need to set paths. If so what?
HOpe this is OK in thi thread.
Thanks
Johnny K

[farshizzo]

Hi,

You will need to add the following directories to your python path in order to get Vizard working:

[Vizard20]/
[Vizard20]/python/

That should be it. Are you planning on using Tk?

[jrodman]

I had tk working with Vizard, and at some point in the last few months it stopped working. I tried everything suggested in this thread.

It gives the following error message:
File "C:\Program Files\Vizard20\bin\lib\Tkinter.py", line 35, in ?
import _tkinter # If this fails your Python may not be configured for Tk
ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.

[farshizzo]

Hi,

Try downloading and reinstalling the tkinter.zip file. Vizard recently switched from python 2.2 to 2.3, and the tkinter files were not updated. Let me know if this fixes it.

[jrodman]

I tried the new tkinter.zip file. It still gives the same error.

Any other ideas?

[farshizzo]

Hi,

You need to uninstall the previous version of Tk first. Delete the following files from the C:\Program Files\Vizard20\bin\lib directory:

Canvas.py
Dialog.py
FileDialog.py
FixTk.py
ScrolledText.py
SimpleDialog.py
Tix.py
tkColorChooser.py
tkCommonDialog.py
Tkconstants.py
Tkdnd.py
tkFileDialog.py
tkFont.py
Tkinter.py
tkMessageBox.py
tkSimpleDialog.py
turtle.py

Also, delete the following directories:

C:\Program Files\Vizard20\bin\lib\tcl8.3
C:\Program Files\Vizard20\bin\lib\tk8.3

[jrodman]

tkinter is not working for me with Vizard 3.0.

I'm getting the same error message as before:
from Tkinter import *
File "C:\Program Files\WorldViz\Vizard30\bin\lib\lib-tk\Tkinter.py", line 38, in ?
import _tkinter # If this fails your Python may not be configured for Tk
ImportError: No module named _tkinter

It looks like Vizard upgraded from Python 2.3 to 2.4. Does that mean we need new tkinter files?

[farshizzo]

Hi,

Have a look at the Vizard downloads page. Under the "Vizard 3.0 Addons" section there is an installer that adds the necessary Tkinter files to your Vizard 3.0 installation.