Tcl/Tk - Using Tcl from C

Tcl/Tk module T243

Using Tcl from C

Exercises, examples and other material relating to training module T243. This topic is presented on public courses Learning to program in Tcl, Tcl Programming, Tcl Programming

The majority of Tcl users will use the Tcl shell itself, or wish or expect or another application in which the language is already embedded. If you want to embed Tcl in an application yourself, this module gives you a brief introduction.

Articles and tips on this subject		updated
3416	Storing Tcl source code encoded, and running via your own C program Tcl is a language. And Tcl is also a C library. How's that? Tcl originates from a requirement to provide a taioring capability within C programs that could be accessed in a program-like style. And the program-like style that was implemented actually had the full capabilities of a programming language. ...	2011-09-02
208	Examples - Gadfly, NI Number, and Tcl to C interface Although the languages that we train on are much more stable (and unchanging) than you might think, people are always coming up with new uses and asking for further examples; many of the examples out there aren't quite right, are too complex, or aren't relevant in the UK. So I find myself writing and ...	2006-06-05

Examples from our training material

extend.c	Extending Tcl with C - an extra command written in C
fred	Demo Tcl for mytcl example
fred_extended	Tcl used to demo extension with same command
fullapp.c	C program that invokes a Tcl Interpreter
makefile	Makefile for C applications in this module
mytcl.c	Simplest call from C to Tcl - just a wrapper
secret.c	Run a Tcl script from an encoded file

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Background information

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Topics covered in this module

Embedding a Tcl interpreter in C Program.
Hello Integrated World.
Hiding Tcl source code from the user.
Extending Tcl - adding a command written in C.

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