Dear Jeff, More steps forward and a few steps back.
I reinstalled the latest ActiveTcl and the tclsh85 script worked as you described. tkkit went from 3081KB to 3135KB. However, one line that seems critical is the following: package require vfs::mk4 #this is necessary for the vfs::mk4::Mount command Here is the complete script (that seemed to work): package require vfs #installed in latest versions of ActivePerl package require vfs::mk4 #this is necessary for the vfs::mk4::Mount command set tkkit C:/Perl/lib/auto/Tcl/tkkit.dll ; # set to correct path file attributes $tkkit -readonly 0 ; # needs to be writable vfs::mk4::Mount $tkkit tkkit ; # mounts file as dir 'tkkit' set tcllib C:/Tcl/lib # where you installed Tcl and most lib files set tkkitlib tkkit/lib # this is one of the built-in $::auto_path search areas set tkdnd $tcllib/tkdnd2.0 # path to tkdnd lib files, complete with pkgIndex.tcl file copy -force $tkdnd $tkkitlib vfs::unmount tkkit exit I next rewrote my Perl script removing the "lappend" hack and things worked on my computer. But, when I tried to compile with PerlApp everything went smoothly (with one warning) until I tried to test the executable, which produced an error: Can't create 'C:\DOCUME~1\Anthony\LOCALS~1\Temp\pdk-Anthony/auto/Tcl/Tcl.dll': Permission denied at perlapp line 894. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /<Z:\all_files_20090303\software_development\dnd_testing\dnd_test_ver3_embedding_dnd_in_tkkit.exe>Tkx.pm line 206. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at dnd_test_ver3_embedding_dnd_in_tkkit.plline 2. Below is the script (with comments for everyone) and below that the verbose report from PerlApp. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Laurence. SCRIPT ######################################################################################## use strict; use Tkx; Tkx::package_require('tkdnd'); my $e; my $mw = Tkx::widget->new("."); my $w_edit = $mw->new_entry(-name=>".current_dir",-textvariable=>\$e); $w_edit->g_pack(qw '-fill both -expand true'); Tkx::tkdnd__drop___target_register($w_edit,'*'); Tkx::bind ($w_edit, '<<Drop:DND_Files>>', [ sub { $e = shift; print "I have '$e'\n"; }, Tkx::Ev("%D")]); Tkx::MainLoop; #COMMENTS #Get tkdnd from http://sourceforge.net/projects/tkdnd/files/ (I used the Windows binary) #Put tkdnd2.0 into C:\Tcl\lib (or equivalent area) #Note 1 on where to put tkdnd: http://www.mail-archive.com/tkinter-disc...@python.org/msg00448.html ######################################################################################## PerlAPP output ######################################################################################## PerlApp 8.0.1 build 289861 (perl 5.10.0) Copyright (C) 1998-2009 ActiveState Software Inc. All rights reserved. Standard license SCACD62284 for Laurence Anthony < ant_...@antlab.sci.waseda.ac.jp> Using Perl 5.10.0 located at: *** C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe Including modules: +++ C:\Perl\lib\AutoLoader.pm +++ C:\Perl\lib\Carp.pm +++ C:\Perl\lib\Carp\Heavy.pm +++ C:\Perl\lib\Config.pm +++ C:\Perl\lib\Config_heavy.pl +++ DynaLoader.pm (internal) +++ C:\Perl\lib\Errno.pm +++ C:\Perl\lib\Exporter.pm +++ C:\Perl\lib\Exporter\Heavy.pm +++ C:\Perl\lib\File\Glob.pm +++ C:\Perl\lib\List\Util.pm +++ C:\Perl\lib\PerlIO.pm +++ C:\Perl\lib\PerlIO\scalar.pm +++ C:\Perl\lib\Scalar\Util.pm +++ C:\Perl\lib\Tcl.pm Tclaux.pm: warn: Can't locate Tclaux.pm refby: C:\Perl\lib\Tcl.pm line 409 +++ C:\Perl\lib\Text\ParseWords.pm +++ C:\Perl\lib\Tie\Hash\NamedCapture.pm +++ C:\Perl\lib\Time\HiRes.pm +++ C:\Perl\lib\Tkx.pm +++ XSLoader.pm (internal) +++ C:\Perl\lib\attributes.pm +++ C:\Perl\lib\auto\File\Glob\Glob.dll +++ C:\Perl\lib\auto\List\Util\Util.dll +++ C:\Perl\lib\auto\PerlIO\scalar\scalar.dll +++ C:\Perl\lib\auto\Tcl\Tcl.dll +++ C:\Perl\lib\auto\Tcl\tkkit.dll +++ C:\Perl\lib\auto\Tcl\copy_of_tkkit.dll +++ C:\Perl\lib\auto\Time\HiRes\HiRes.dll +++ C:\Perl\lib\overload.pm +++ C:\Perl\lib\strict.pm +++ C:\Perl\lib\vars.pm +++ C:\Perl\lib\warnings.pm +++ C:\Perl\lib\warnings\register.pm +++ perl510.dll (C:\Perl\bin\perl510.dll) Summary: 0 errors and 1 warning Note that all dependencies marked with a "warn" message are usually optional; they are only needed at runtime if the application makes use of this optional functionality. Please run `perlapp --help DIAGNOSTICS` for more information about the generated error and warning messages. Created 'dnd_test_ver3_embedding_dnd_in_tkkit.exe' [Test it] Executable size: 6.69 MB same as last time [DONE] {.\dnd_test_ver3_embedding_dnd_in_tkkit.exe} Can't create 'C:\DOCUME~1\Anthony\LOCALS~1\Temp\pdk-Anthony/auto/Tcl/Tcl.dll': Permission denied at perlapp line 894. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /<Z:\all_files_20090303\software_development\dnd_testing\dnd_test_ver3_embedding_dnd_in_tkkit.exe>Tkx.pm line 206. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at dnd_test_ver3_embedding_dnd_in_tkkit.plline 2. [DONE] ########################################################################################