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Title: Tix.Balloon causes TCLError: unknown color name "{#ffff60}" in Python 2.6.1
Type: crash Stage:
Components: Tkinter Versions: Python 3.1, Python 2.7, Python 2.6
process
Status: closed Resolution:
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: Nosy List: andrewp22, gpolo, jahakala
Priority: normal Keywords:

Created on 2009-03-10 12:17 by andrewp22, last changed 2022-04-11 14:56 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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File name Uploaded Description Edit
Balloon.py andrewp22, 2009-03-10 12:17 Balloon.py
Messages (4)
msg83430 - (view) Author: Andrew Gregory (andrewp22) Date: 2009-03-10 12:17
All programs using Tix.Balloon in Python 2.6.1 (Windows XP) crash when 
a Tix.Balloon object is created. The Balloon.py Tix demo is supplied as 
an example.

Andrew.
msg83443 - (view) Author: Guilherme Polo (gpolo) * (Python committer) Date: 2009-03-10 18:00
Unfortunately this is a tix issue, so we can't fix it from python. See
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1864027&group_id=5649&atid=105649

Leaving this open as a reminder to incldue a newer tix in the next releases.
msg83625 - (view) Author: Jani Hakala (jahakala) Date: 2009-03-15 10:16
I too had trouble with the tix that is shipped with python 2.6(.1)
The version seems the bad one that causes those 'unknown color name'
errors. I was able to see the error message only after following the
useful advice of G. Polo in issue 639266.

I downloaded and installed Tcl 8.5.x, Tk 8.5.x and Tix 8.4.3 from
sources, and after this I copied the Tix843.dll (mingw32 made) and
Tix8.4.3-folder with the tcl-code to my python installation directory.

My program started to work after this. The Balloon.py script also seems
to work.

The fix (Tix 8.4.3) was supposed to be in 2.6 as issue 3872 with
resolution 'fixed' seems to indicate?
msg85769 - (view) Author: Andrew Gregory (andrewp22) Date: 2009-04-08 13:59
This has been fixed in the 2.6.2c1 release candidate. Thank you for 
updating Tix.

Andrew.
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:56:46adminsetgithub: 49716
2009-04-08 13:59:39andrewp22setstatus: open -> closed

messages: + msg85769
2009-03-15 10:16:15jahakalasetnosy: + jahakala

messages: + msg83625
versions: + Python 2.6
2009-03-10 18:00:04gpolosetnosy: + gpolo

messages: + msg83443
versions: + Python 3.1, Python 2.7, - Python 2.6
2009-03-10 12:17:39andrewp22create