Forwarded from the TEA mailing list... -----Original Message----- From: David Gravereaux [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 2:38 PM To: TEA mailing list Subject: RFC: Standardized method for bootstraping a Stubs application (draft) [I refer to windows filenames for simplicity, but the scope is for all platforms] -- What is a Stubs application? An .exe (or a .dll) that was compiled with USE_TCL_STUBS #defined and linked with tclstubXX.lib instead of the import library tclXX.lib. At run-time, it will necessary to: #1) Discover where and which tclXX(d).dll to use. #2) LoadLibrary() it. #3) Grab the location of Tcl_CreateInterp from the export table with GetProcAddress(). #4) Create an interp using that function pointer. #5) Tcl_InitStubs() the interp* to set the local tclStubsPtr value. This draft concerns step #1. Pseudo logic proposed is the following: A) Check for the existence of a TCL_SHLIB environment variable. If it exists, it will contain either: [1] a fully qualified path to a tclXX(d).dll to try (versioning rules will NOT apply until Tcl_StubsInit) or [2] a path to where a suitable tclXX(d).dll can be found (versioning rules for sorting apply). Jump to version testing of the filenames available there that match the mask "tcl*.dll". B) Check in the same directory as the .exe. Jump to version testing of the filenames available there that match the mask "tcl*.dll". C) On windows, read the registry key HKLM\Software\BSD\Tcl for sub keys. This a new departure from HKLM\Software\Scriptics\Tcl that currently is what our installer is doing. Versioning rules apply to both the sub-keys (ie 8.2, 8.6, etc..). Jump to version testing of the filenames available there. Please add your comments to complete step #1 :) -- David Gravereaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Yet Another Tcl Guy Sustaining Engineer (Tech Support) Ajuba Solutions (650) 230-4079 [S.R introducing me to Eva]: "Dave is our tech in tech support." [me]: "So, i'm kinda of like the DOT in .com, huh?" ---------------------------------------------------------------- The TclJava mailing list is sponsored by Scriptics Corporation. To subscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word SUBSCRIBE as the subject. To unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject. To send to the list, send email to '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'. An archive is available at http://www.mail-archive.com/tcljava@scriptics.com
