Rexx/Tk

The Rexx/Tk Library (version 1.2.0) An extension library for use with most versions of Rexx and providing access to the Tk Graphic User Interface Toolkit. Copyright (C) 1999 Roger O'Connor Copyright (C) 2000-2001 Mark Hessling <M.Hessling@qut.edu.au> This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Library General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Installation: See INSTALL file Changes: See HISTORY file Requirements: * A version of Rexx that supports use of extension libraries. * Version 8.0 (or later) of the freely available Tcl/Tk distribution. The following functions are provided in the library: REXX FUNCTION TK COMMAND ------------- ---------- TkTcl(args, [arg, ...]) any tcl command TkButton(pathName, [options...]) <button> TkWait() new command - returns the "command" from widgets when pressed/used TkPack(option, [arg, ...]) <pack> TkMenu(pathName, [options...]) <menu> TkAdd(pathName, type, [options...]) <menu - add command> TkLabel(pathName, [options...]) <label> TkConfig(pathName, [options...]) "configure" command in most all widgets TkFrame(pathName, [options...]) <frame> TkWm(option, window, [args, ...]) <wm> TkDestroy(pathName) <destroy> TkGrab(pathName, type, [args, ...]) <grab> TkEntry(pathName, [options...]) <entry> TkGet(pathName) "get" command in some widget like TkEntry, TkScale and TkListbox TkDelete(pathName, start, end) "delete" command in TkEntry and TkText TkTopLevel(pathName) <toplevel> TkScale(pathName, [options...]) <scale> TkFocus(pathName, [args, ...]) <focus> TkSet(pathName, value) "set" command in some widgets like TkScale TkVar(varName, [value]) <set> set and retrieve Tk variables TkAfter(time|'cancel', 'command'|id) <after> TkGetOpenFile(initDir,initFile,title,defaultExtension,parentWin) TkGetSaveFile(initDir,initFile,title,defaultExtension,parentWin) <tk_getOpenFile|tk_getSaveFile> TkSetFileType(type, extension[s...]) sets the rtFiletypes TK variable for use in both TkGetSaveFile and TkGetOpenFile as the -filetypes option TkMessageBox(message,title,type,icon,default,parent) <tk_messageBox> TkScrollBar(pasthName, [options...]) <scrollbar> TkListbox(pasthName, [options...]) <listbox> TkInsert(pathName, [args, ...]) "insert" command in TkListbox. TkCurSelection(pathName) "curselection" command in TkListbox TkCanvas(pathName, [options...]) <canvas> ... tbd... TkCanvasArc(canvas, TkCanvasBitmap TkCanvasDelete TkCanvasImage TkCanvasLine TkCanvasOval TkCanvasPolygon TkCanvasPostscript TkCanvasRectangle TkCanvasText TkCanvasWindow ...many more... See the HTML help: functions.html for all the functions available. For the latest detailed information on use of the Rexx/Tk functions, reference the Tk Library documentation included with the Tcl/Tk distribution. DEVELOPMENT CHANGES/BUG FIXES TO Rexx/Tk 1.2.0 25 May 2001 - Add TkEvent, TkGetConfig, TkTextImageCreate function - Correctly terminate and delete the Tcl interpreter on unload - Added RexxTkNotebook extension - a tabbed notebook - Changed the parameter format for TkGetOpenFile(), TkGetSaveFile(), TkChooseDirectory() and TkChooseColor() from a positional parameter format to the common switch/value pair format. - Changed the method of specifying the Rexx interpreter to the configure script. --with-rexx=regina instead of --with-regina - The directory search path for the Rexx interpreter for the configure script can now be specified as environment variables. See INSTALL for further details.