Re: [Swarm-Support] error: TkExtra (instance) when attempting to run the Jheatbugs demo on Windows XP with jdk 1.5

[Marcus G. Daniels]

Jason Nichols wrote:
> I have followed the instructions and when I attempt
> to run the demo app I receive the following error: "error: TkExtra
> (instance)   This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in
> an unusual way.  Please contact the application's support team for more
> information."  This is after scaffolding output of "This is
> StartHeatbugs.main()".  I'm guessing this has something to do with the
> tcl84.dll and/or the tk84.dll in the bin folder of the swarm package.  Any
> advice on how I can resolve this issue would be greatly appreciated.  I'm
> running on windows xp with jdk 1.5.0_09.  The compilation returns no errors.
>   
You'll get that error if SWARMHOME is not set.  Btw, take care to use a 
forward slash in the path.