Re: [R] Problem with RGtk2 & Rattle

2009-08-03 Thread Wayne Murray
Hi I am pleased to report that I used a windows solution (deleted everything & then re-installed it all again) & this time there are no problems - thanks once again Regards Wayne Graham Williams wrote: > > 2009/8/1 Felix Andrews > >> Um, it sounds as if you are trying to install glade-3.4.3

Re: [R] Problem with RGtk2 & Rattle

2009-08-02 Thread Graham Williams
The tooltip error is a known issue - old versions of GTK (or perhaps RGtk2) did not have the function I am now using to install tooltips. You need to follow Felix's advice and install a new version of GTK (nothing to do with R), then install R - the order used to be important. I would suggest star

Re: [R] Problem with RGtk2 & Rattle

2009-08-02 Thread Wayne Murray
hI aLL I feel with the great advice I am getting from Felix & Graham, that I am finally making progress & I feel that finally I have identified the REAL PROBLEM. Of cause I am unsure how I will solve it but that is another story. The "trace" follows after following Grahams latest advice Error in

Re: [R] Problem with RGtk2 & Rattle

2009-08-01 Thread Graham Williams
2009/8/1 Felix Andrews > Um, it sounds as if you are trying to install glade-3.4.3-win32.zip > into R as a package... but it is not an R package!! > > GTK+/Glade is a system library to be installed into Windows. > You should download the .exe (not the .zip) > http://downloads.sourceforge.net/glad

Re: [R] Problem with RGtk2 & Rattle

2009-08-01 Thread Felix Andrews
Um, it sounds as if you are trying to install glade-3.4.3-win32.zip into R as a package... but it is not an R package!! GTK+/Glade is a system library to be installed into Windows. You should download the .exe (not the .zip) http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gladewin32/gtk-dev-2.12.9-win32-2.exe an

Re: [R] Problem with RGtk2 & Rattle

2009-08-01 Thread Wayne Murray
HI Thanks for all the advice, unfortunately I am unable to install the suggested fix - error message as follows: Error in gzfile(file, "r") : cannot open the connection In addition: Warning message: In gzfile(file, "r") : cannot open compressed file 'glade-3.4.3-win32-1/DESCRIPTION', probable

Re: [R] Problem with RGtk2 & Rattle

2009-07-31 Thread Wayne Murray
Hi Graham I used the "update packages" option to get the latest version of all the packages I use in R - so whatever the latest versions is what I have. I am not sure if I can ascertain the versions of the various component packages. Regards, Wayne Graham Williams wrote: > > Hi Wayne - but w

Re: [R] Problem with RGtk2 & Rattle

2009-07-31 Thread Felix Andrews
This error comes from using an old version of the GTK+ libraries. Download the latest version for Windows from http://gladewin32.sourceforge.net/ -Felix 2009/7/31 Graham Williams : > Hi Wayne - but what version of the other tools have you installed? > > Regards, > Graham > > > 2009/7/30 Wayne Mu

Re: [R] Problem with RGtk2 & Rattle

2009-07-30 Thread Graham Williams
Hi Wayne - but what version of the other tools have you installed? Regards, Graham 2009/7/30 Wayne Murray > > HI Graham > > Thanks for responding so promptly - unfortunately downloading and running > this new version of Rattle did not alter the outcome - I am however running > on Windows XP >

Re: [R] Problem with RGtk2 & Rattle

2009-07-30 Thread Wayne Murray
HI Graham Thanks for responding so promptly - unfortunately downloading and running this new version of Rattle did not alter the outcome - I am however running on Windows XP Regards Wayne Wayne Murray wrote: > > HI > > Apologies for previously trying to post this question onto the Dev foru

Re: [R] Problem with RGtk2 & Rattle

2009-07-30 Thread Graham Williams
Hi Wayne, I have seen reports of that error at times on MS/Windows. This beta version should have fixed it: > install.packages("rattle", repos="http://rattle.togaware.com";) Let me know how you go and I'll upload the new version to CRAN. It would also be useful to know what version or Rattle an

[R] Problem with RGtk2 & Rattle

2009-07-30 Thread Wayne Murray
HI Apologies for previously trying to post this question onto the Dev forum. I have recently update my versions of R and related packages. When I try to use rattle the following message appears "Error in .RGtkCall("R_setGObjectProps", obj, value, PACKAGE = "RGtk2") : Invalid property tooltip