[vtkusers] vtkTcl under WinNT/2000, MS VS C++

[Nigel Nunn]

Hi Wolfram,
 
>  Error in startup script 
>  ! invalid command name "vtkRenderer" 
>  while executing 
>  "vtkRenderer ren1" 
>  (file "C:\VTK31CD\vtk\graphics\examplesTcl\hello.tcl" line 11) 
 
 
I got this problem using TCL 8.3.2. 
 
Fixed by: 
 
1.  building the nightly source as usual, including vtkTcl.dll 
 
2.  downloading vtk312Tcl.EXE (to get the included tcl/tk 8.2!) 
 
3.  run vtk312Tcl.EXE. 
 
    This puts a pre-built vtkTcl.dll in, e.g. WinNT/system32 
    then copies: 
 
    <TclDir>/lib/tcl8.2/*.* 
    <TclDir>/lib/tk8.2/wish82.exe 
    <TclDir>/lib/tk8.2/*.*  
 
    then associates TCL scripts with this "wish82.exe" 
 
4.  Delete the pre-built WinNT/system32/vtkTcl.dll 
 
5.  Use your set of DLLs built from source. 
 
Good luck! 
Nigel