Re: [pygame] Coding Problem -- Tcl Doesn't Work

[Rene Dudfield <renesd@xxxxxxxxx>]

maybe he has another version of tcl installed.  Check what version you
are giving him, and then you'll know.

On 8/14/05, kschnee@xxxxxxxxxx <kschnee@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I've entered the Loebner Prize AI contest, using a program that has gone
> through several incarnations; the current one (though not the contest
> version) uses Pygame and OpenGL.
> 
> I got called today with a serious problem: my program doesn't run on the
> contest organizer's machine, despite running on both of my test machines.
> This version uses Tkinter and Python. The program is compiled using Py2exe
> into EXE format. Apparently it opens a DOS window as it's supposed to, but
> instead of opening a second, Tkinter window, it closes and quits. I walked
> him through running it in a DOS prompt, and he saw a message saying
> something about Tcl: "Version conflict -- have 8.4, need 8.3." Tcl is
> Tkinter, right?
> 
> I believe he doesn't have Python installed, and that he's running it from
> the appropriate directory on the hard drive, having copied the files
> provided on the CD I sent. Does anyone have any ideas as to why it's not
> running?
> 
> My main test machine, my laptop, has Python of course. The other test
> machine does not, yet the program worked. The contest organizer has been
> running other contest-entry programs, but I don't see why they'd affect
> mine. Doesn't Py2exe compile everything the program needs, including
> Tkinter if it's used?
> 
> Kris
> 
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