[PythonCE] import Tkinter breaks PythonCE

[Edward Fewell]

It sounds to me like you're not using the PPC version of the Workabout Pro.
The Workabout Pro comes in either CE .NET or Mobile 2003 (another name for
PPC, added just this year to the Workabout PRO).  If it's saying you've got
Windows CE .NET 4.20, then I believe you don't have the Mobile 2003 version,
and it's likely an OS incompatibility with the version of Python and Tkinter
you're trying to use.  (Some of the biggest differences between PPC and CE
NET are in the shell and graphics handling.)

Confirm which version of the Workabout Pro you actually have.  If you have
Mobile 2003, then you might push back on Psion's customer service because
they may have a problem with their implementation. Because it's 3rd party
software, they may not be helpful though.  

If you have the CE .NET version, try using the HPC2000 version of Python CE.
That might actually be more compatible than the version you're using.  You
also might have to see if upgrading to Mobile 2003 from Psion is possible
(or practical).

Good luck.  Let me know how it goes. 

Edward Fewell


-----Original Message-----
Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2005 00:28:05 +0000 (UTC)
From: Sasa Dimitrijevic <sasa.dimitrijevic at gmail.com>
Subject: [PythonCE] import Tkinter breaks PythonCE
To: pythonce at python.org
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Hi!
I would like to use PythonCE, but on my handheld (Psion Teklogix Workabout
PRO,
ARM-PXA255 processor, Windows CE .NET 4.20) import Tkinter breaks the
application, with "Fatal Application Error: Application python.exe has
performed
an ilegal operation and will be shut down... I can do pretty much everything
except - data input, which is, well, esential. I have
Python-2.3.4-arm-PPC2003.zip installed in \Program Files\Python\Lib, with
tcl8.4.3 folder in my root folder (and tk84.dll, tcl84.dll and celib.dll in
Windows folder). I have registred .py files, and if I click on them,
everything
works OK as long as I don't import something...
I am basicly looking for a scripting language that can be used on CE device,
the
same way I use Python on my Sharp Zaurus. What am I doing wrong?
Thanks!
Sasa