[Tkinter-discuss] Re: Tix failures:: _tkinter.TclError: invalid command name "tixNoteBook"

[Martin Franklin]

Steven Reddie wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm having trouble getting Tix to work (appologies if the Tkinter list isn't
> the correct place for Tix issues).  I'm guessing that it's a configuration
> problem, however I get the exact same failures with Cygwin's Python and the
> python.org Windows Python, on multiple machines.
> 
> Here is a session using the python.org Windows Python 2.4:
> 
> 	Python 2.4 (#60, Nov 30 2004, 11:49:19) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)]
> on win32
> 	Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more
> information.
> 	>>> import Tkinter
> 	>>> import Tix
> 	>>> Tix.Grid()
> 	<Tix.Grid instance at 0x009D5DF0>
> 	>>> Tix.NoteBook()
> 	Traceback (most recent call last):
> 	  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> 	  File "C:\Program Files\Python24\lib\lib-tk\Tix.py", line 1138, in
> __init__
> 	    TixWidget.__init__(self,master,'tixNoteBook', ['options'], cnf,
> kw)
> 	  File "C:\Program Files\Python24\lib\lib-tk\Tix.py", line 307, in
> __init__
> 	    self.tk.call(widgetName, self._w, *extra)
> 	_tkinter.TclError: invalid command name "tixNoteBook"

Steven,

I know nothing about Tix but the above error suggests that there is
no tixNoteBook in the Tix dll C:\Python23\DLLs\tix8184.dll

Perhaps someone with more Tix knowledge will be able to provide more
help...

Martin