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Tk_InitStubs(3)		     Tk	Library	Procedures	       Tk_InitStubs(3)

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NAME
       Tk_InitStubs - initialize the Tk	stubs mechanism

SYNOPSIS
       #include	<tk.h>

       const char *
       Tk_InitStubs(interp, version, exact)

ARGUMENTS
       Tcl_Interp *interp (in)		Tcl interpreter	handle.

       char *version (in)		A  version string consisting of	one or
					more  decimal  numbers	separated   by
					dots.

       int exact (in)			Non-zero  means	that only the particu-
					lar Tk version specified by version is
					acceptable.  Zero means	that  versions
					newer than version are also acceptable
					as  long  as  they have	the same major
					version	number as version.
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INTRODUCTION
       The Tcl stubs mechanism defines a way to	dynamically bind extensions to
       a particular Tcl	implementation at run time.  the stubs	mechanism  re-
       quires  no  changes  to applications incorporating Tcl/Tk interpreters.
       Only developers creating	C-based	Tcl/Tk extensions need to  take	 steps
       to  use	the  stubs mechanism with their	extensions.  See the Tcl_Init-
       Stubs page for more information.

       Enabling	the stubs mechanism for	a Tcl/Tk extension requires  the  fol-
       lowing steps:

       1)   Call  Tcl_InitStubs	 in the	extension before calling any other Tcl
	    functions.

       2)   Call Tk_InitStubs if the extension before  calling	any  other  Tk
	    functions.

       2)   Define  the	USE_TCL_STUBS and the USE_TK_STUBS symbols. Typically,
	    you	would include the -DUSE_TCL_STUBS and the -DUSE_TK_STUBS flags
	    when compiling the extension.

       3)   Link the extension with the	Tcl and	Tk stubs libraries instead  of
	    the	standard Tcl and Tk libraries.	On Unix	platforms, the library
	    names  are	libtclstub8.4.a	 and  libtkstub8.4.a; on Windows plat-
	    forms, the library names are tclstub84.lib and  tkstub84.lib.  Ad-
	    just  the  library	names with appropriate version number but note
	    that the extension may only	be used	with versions of  Tcl/Tk  that
	    have that version number or	higher.

DESCRIPTION
       Tk_InitStubs  attempts to initialize the	Tk stub	table pointers and en-
       sure that the correct version of	Tk is loaded.  In addition to  an  in-
       terpreter  handle,  it  accepts	as  arguments  a  version number and a
       Boolean flag indicating whether the extension requires an exact version
       match or	not.  If exact is 0, then the  extension  is  indicating  that
       newer versions of Tk are	acceptable as long as they have	the same major
       version	number as version; non-zero means that only the	specified ver-
       sion is acceptable.  Tcl_InitStubs returns a string containing the  ac-
       tual version of Tk satisfying the request, or NULL if the Tk version is
       not  acceptable,	does not support the stubs mechanism, or any other er-
       ror condition occurred.

SEE ALSO
       Tcl_InitStubs

KEYWORDS
       stubs

Tk				      8.4		       Tk_InitStubs(3)

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