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16.2.1 Using Tix</A>
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<dl><dt><b><span class="typelabel">class</span> <a name="l2h-3673"><tt class="class">Tix</tt></a></b>(<var>screenName</var><big>[</big><var>, baseName</var><big>[</big><var>, className</var><big>]</big><big>]</big>)
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Toplevel widget of Tix which represents mostly the main window
of an application. It has an associated Tcl interpreter.
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Classes in the <tt class="module"><a href="module-Tix.html">Tix</a></tt> module subclasses the classes in the
<tt class="module"><a href="module-Tkinter.html">Tkinter</a></tt> module. The former imports the latter, so to use
<tt class="module"><a href="module-Tix.html">Tix</a></tt> with Tkinter, all you need to do is to import one
module. In general, you can just import <tt class="module"><a href="module-Tix.html">Tix</a></tt>, and replace
the toplevel call to <tt class="class">Tkinter.Tk</tt> with <tt class="class">Tix.Tk</tt>:
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import Tix
from Tkconstants import *
root = Tix.Tk()
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To use <tt class="module"><a href="module-Tix.html">Tix</a></tt>, you must have the <tt class="module"><a href="module-Tix.html">Tix</a></tt> widgets installed,
usually alongside your installation of the Tk widgets.
To test your installation, try the following:
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import Tix
root = Tix.Tk()
root.tk.eval('package require Tix')
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If this fails, you have a Tk installation problem which must be
resolved before proceeding. Use the environment variable <a class="envvar" name="l2h-3674">TIX_LIBRARY</a>
to point to the installed <tt class="module"><a href="module-Tix.html">Tix</a></tt> library directory, and
make sure you have the dynamic object library (<span class="file">tix8183.dll</span> or
<span class="file">libtix8183.so</span>) in the same directory that contains your Tk
dynamic object library (<span class="file">tk8183.dll</span> or <span class="file">libtk8183.so</span>). The
directory with the dynamic object library should also have a file
called <span class="file">pkgIndex.tcl</span> (case sensitive), which contains the line:
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package ifneeded Tix 8.1 [list load "[file join $dir tix8183.dll]" Tix]
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