Issue #15968: Incorporated Tcl, Tk, and Tix builds into the Windows build

solution.

Currently, Tix is not built in Debug configuration.

This change also:
- simplifies some Tcl/Tk-related msbuild properties for _tkinter
- copies the Tcl and Tk DLLs into the build output directory, meaning
  they will always be available after a build without having to copy
  them manually or change PATH
- removes PCbuild/build_tkinter.py: the solution does the build without
  needing to invoke Python (so Tcl/Tk/Tix can be built in parallel with
  the rest of the build using the `/m` msbuild command line switch)
- removes an outdated README concerning building Tcl/Tk on AMD64

Misc/NEWS

@@ -103,6 +103,12 @@ Tools/Demos
 - Issue #20535: PYTHONWARNING no longer affects the run_tests.py script.
   Patch by Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis.
 
+Build
+-----
+
+- Issue #15968: Incorporated Tcl, Tk, and Tix builds into the Windows build
+  solution.
+
 
 What's New in Python 3.4.0?
 ===========================

PCbuild/_tkinter.vcxproj

@@ -85,41 +85,49 @@
     <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
     <Import Project="pyd.props" />
     <Import Project="pgupdate.props" />
+    <Import Project="tcltk.props" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <ImportGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='PGInstrument|Win32'" Label="PropertySheets">
     <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
     <Import Project="pyd.props" />
     <Import Project="pginstrument.props" />
+    <Import Project="tcltk.props" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <ImportGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'" Label="PropertySheets">
     <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
     <Import Project="pyd.props" />
+    <Import Project="tcltk.props" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <ImportGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'" Label="PropertySheets">
     <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
     <Import Project="pyd_d.props" />
+    <Import Project="tcltk.props" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <ImportGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='PGUpdate|x64'" Label="PropertySheets">
     <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
     <Import Project="pyd.props" />
     <Import Project="x64.props" />
     <Import Project="pgupdate.props" />
+    <Import Project="tcltk.props" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <ImportGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='PGInstrument|x64'" Label="PropertySheets">
     <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
     <Import Project="pyd.props" />
     <Import Project="x64.props" />
     <Import Project="pginstrument.props" />
+    <Import Project="tcltk.props" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <ImportGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'" Label="PropertySheets">
     <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
     <Import Project="pyd.props" />
     <Import Project="x64.props" />
+    <Import Project="tcltk.props" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <ImportGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'" Label="PropertySheets">
     <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
     <Import Project="pyd_d.props" />
     <Import Project="x64.props" />
+    <Import Project="tcltk.props" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <PropertyGroup>
@@ -155,7 +163,7 @@
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>WITH_APPINIT;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>$(tcltkLibDebug);%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>$(tcltkLib);%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">
@@ -163,11 +171,11 @@
       <TargetEnvironment>X64</TargetEnvironment>
     </Midl>
     <ClCompile>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(tcltk64Dir)\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(tcltkDir)\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>WITH_APPINIT;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>$(tcltk64LibDebug);%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>$(tcltkLib);%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">
@@ -184,11 +192,11 @@
       <TargetEnvironment>X64</TargetEnvironment>
     </Midl>
     <ClCompile>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(tcltk64Dir)\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(tcltkDir)\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>WITH_APPINIT;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>$(tcltk64Lib);%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>$(tcltkLib);%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='PGInstrument|Win32'">
@@ -205,11 +213,11 @@
       <TargetEnvironment>X64</TargetEnvironment>
     </Midl>
     <ClCompile>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(tcltk64Dir)\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(tcltkDir)\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>WITH_APPINIT;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>$(tcltk64Lib);%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>$(tcltkLib);%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       <TargetMachine>MachineX64</TargetMachine>
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
@@ -227,11 +235,11 @@
       <TargetEnvironment>X64</TargetEnvironment>
     </Midl>
     <ClCompile>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(tcltk64Dir)\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(tcltkDir)\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>WITH_APPINIT;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>$(tcltk64Lib);%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>$(tcltkLib);%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       <TargetMachine>MachineX64</TargetMachine>
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
@@ -244,6 +252,12 @@
       <Project>{cf7ac3d1-e2df-41d2-bea6-1e2556cdea26}</Project>
       <ReferenceOutputAssembly>false</ReferenceOutputAssembly>
     </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="tcl.vcxproj">
+      <Project>{b5fd6f1d-129e-4bff-9340-03606fac7283}</Project>
+    </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="tk.vcxproj">
+      <Project>{7e85eccf-a72c-4da4-9e52-884508e80ba1}</Project>
+    </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">

PCbuild/build_tkinter.py

-"""Script to compile the dependencies of _tkinter
-
-Copyright (c) 2007 by Christian Heimes <christian@cheimes.de>
-
-Licensed to PSF under a Contributor Agreement.
-"""
-
-import os
-import sys
-
-here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
-par = os.path.pardir
-
-TCL = "tcl8.6.1"
-TK = "tk8.6.1"
-TIX = "tix-8.4.3.3"
-
-ROOT = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(here, par, par))
-NMAKE = ('nmake /nologo /f %s %s %s')
-
-def nmake(makefile, command="", **kw):
-    defines = ' '.join(k+'='+str(v) for k, v in kw.items())
-    cmd = NMAKE % (makefile, defines, command)
-    print("\n\n"+cmd+"\n")
-    if os.system(cmd) != 0:
-        raise RuntimeError(cmd)
-
-def build(platform, clean):
-    if platform == "Win32":
-        dest = os.path.join(ROOT, "tcltk")
-        machine = "IX86"
-    elif platform == "AMD64":
-        dest = os.path.join(ROOT, "tcltk64")
-        machine = "AMD64"
-    else:
-        raise ValueError(platform)
-
-    # TCL
-    tcldir = os.path.join(ROOT, TCL)
-    if 1:
-        os.chdir(os.path.join(tcldir, "win"))
-        if clean:
-            nmake("makefile.vc", "clean")
-        nmake("makefile.vc", MACHINE=machine)
-        nmake("makefile.vc", "install", INSTALLDIR=dest, MACHINE=machine)
-
-    # TK
-    if 1:
-        os.chdir(os.path.join(ROOT, TK, "win"))
-        if clean:
-            nmake("makefile.vc", "clean", DEBUG=0, TCLDIR=tcldir)
-        nmake("makefile.vc", DEBUG=0, MACHINE=machine, TCLDIR=tcldir)
-        nmake("makefile.vc", "install", DEBUG=0, INSTALLDIR=dest, MACHINE=machine, TCLDIR=tcldir)
-
-    # TIX
-    if 1:
-        # python9.mak is available at http://svn.python.org
-        os.chdir(os.path.join(ROOT, TIX, "win"))
-        if clean:
-            nmake("python.mak", "clean")
-        nmake("python.mak", MACHINE=machine, INSTALL_DIR=dest)
-        nmake("python.mak", "install", MACHINE=machine, INSTALL_DIR=dest)
-
-def main():
-    if len(sys.argv) < 2 or sys.argv[1] not in ("Win32", "AMD64"):
-        print("%s Win32|AMD64" % sys.argv[0])
-        sys.exit(1)
-
-    if "-c" in sys.argv:
-        clean = True
-    else:
-        clean = False
-
-    build(sys.argv[1], clean)
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    main()

PCbuild/debug.props

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros">
     <PyDebugExt>_d</PyDebugExt>
     <KillPythonExe>$(OutDir)kill_python_d.exe</KillPythonExe>
+    <TclDebugExt>g</TclDebugExt>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <_ProjectFileVersion>10.0.30319.1</_ProjectFileVersion>
@@ -23,5 +24,8 @@
     <BuildMacro Include="KillPythonExe">
       <Value>$(KillPythonExe)</Value>
     </BuildMacro>
+    <BuildMacro Include="TclDebugExt">
+      <Value>$(TclDebugExt)</Value>
+    </BuildMacro>
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file

PCbuild/pcbuild.sln

@@ -78,6 +78,12 @@ Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "_overlapped", "_overlapped.
 EndProject
 Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "_testembed", "_testembed.vcxproj", "{6DAC66D9-E703-4624-BE03-49112AB5AA62}"
 EndProject
+Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "tcl", "tcl.vcxproj", "{B5FD6F1D-129E-4BFF-9340-03606FAC7283}"
+EndProject
+Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "tk", "tk.vcxproj", "{7E85ECCF-A72C-4DA4-9E52-884508E80BA1}"
+EndProject
+Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "tix", "tix.vcxproj", "{C5A3E7FB-9695-4B2E-960B-1D9F43F1E555}"
+EndProject
 Global
 	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
 		Debug|Win32 = Debug|Win32
@@ -645,6 +651,52 @@ Global
 		{6DAC66D9-E703-4624-BE03-49112AB5AA62}.Release|Win32.Build.0 = Release|Win32
 		{6DAC66D9-E703-4624-BE03-49112AB5AA62}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
 		{6DAC66D9-E703-4624-BE03-49112AB5AA62}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
+		{B5FD6F1D-129E-4BFF-9340-03606FAC7283}.Debug|Win32.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
+		{B5FD6F1D-129E-4BFF-9340-03606FAC7283}.Debug|Win32.Build.0 = Debug|Win32
+		{B5FD6F1D-129E-4BFF-9340-03606FAC7283}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
+		{B5FD6F1D-129E-4BFF-9340-03606FAC7283}.Debug|x64.Build.0 = Debug|x64
+		{B5FD6F1D-129E-4BFF-9340-03606FAC7283}.PGInstrument|Win32.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
+		{B5FD6F1D-129E-4BFF-9340-03606FAC7283}.PGInstrument|Win32.Build.0 = Release|Win32
+		{B5FD6F1D-129E-4BFF-9340-03606FAC7283}.PGInstrument|x64.ActiveCfg = PGInstrument|x64
+		{B5FD6F1D-129E-4BFF-9340-03606FAC7283}.PGInstrument|x64.Build.0 = PGInstrument|x64
+		{B5FD6F1D-129E-4BFF-9340-03606FAC7283}.PGUpdate|Win32.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
+		{B5FD6F1D-129E-4BFF-9340-03606FAC7283}.PGUpdate|Win32.Build.0 = Release|Win32
+		{B5FD6F1D-129E-4BFF-9340-03606FAC7283}.PGUpdate|x64.ActiveCfg = PGUpdate|x64
+		{B5FD6F1D-129E-4BFF-9340-03606FAC7283}.PGUpdate|x64.Build.0 = PGUpdate|x64
+		{B5FD6F1D-129E-4BFF-9340-03606FAC7283}.Release|Win32.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
+		{B5FD6F1D-129E-4BFF-9340-03606FAC7283}.Release|Win32.Build.0 = Release|Win32
+		{B5FD6F1D-129E-4BFF-9340-03606FAC7283}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
+		{B5FD6F1D-129E-4BFF-9340-03606FAC7283}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
+		{7E85ECCF-A72C-4DA4-9E52-884508E80BA1}.Debug|Win32.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
+		{7E85ECCF-A72C-4DA4-9E52-884508E80BA1}.Debug|Win32.Build.0 = Debug|Win32
+		{7E85ECCF-A72C-4DA4-9E52-884508E80BA1}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
+		{7E85ECCF-A72C-4DA4-9E52-884508E80BA1}.Debug|x64.Build.0 = Debug|x64
+		{7E85ECCF-A72C-4DA4-9E52-884508E80BA1}.PGInstrument|Win32.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
+		{7E85ECCF-A72C-4DA4-9E52-884508E80BA1}.PGInstrument|Win32.Build.0 = Release|Win32
+		{7E85ECCF-A72C-4DA4-9E52-884508E80BA1}.PGInstrument|x64.ActiveCfg = PGInstrument|x64
+		{7E85ECCF-A72C-4DA4-9E52-884508E80BA1}.PGInstrument|x64.Build.0 = PGInstrument|x64
+		{7E85ECCF-A72C-4DA4-9E52-884508E80BA1}.PGUpdate|Win32.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
+		{7E85ECCF-A72C-4DA4-9E52-884508E80BA1}.PGUpdate|Win32.Build.0 = Release|Win32
+		{7E85ECCF-A72C-4DA4-9E52-884508E80BA1}.PGUpdate|x64.ActiveCfg = PGUpdate|x64
+		{7E85ECCF-A72C-4DA4-9E52-884508E80BA1}.PGUpdate|x64.Build.0 = PGUpdate|x64
+		{7E85ECCF-A72C-4DA4-9E52-884508E80BA1}.Release|Win32.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
+		{7E85ECCF-A72C-4DA4-9E52-884508E80BA1}.Release|Win32.Build.0 = Release|Win32
+		{7E85ECCF-A72C-4DA4-9E52-884508E80BA1}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
+		{7E85ECCF-A72C-4DA4-9E52-884508E80BA1}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
+		{C5A3E7FB-9695-4B2E-960B-1D9F43F1E555}.Debug|Win32.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
+		{C5A3E7FB-9695-4B2E-960B-1D9F43F1E555}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
+		{C5A3E7FB-9695-4B2E-960B-1D9F43F1E555}.PGInstrument|Win32.ActiveCfg = PGInstrument|Win32
+		{C5A3E7FB-9695-4B2E-960B-1D9F43F1E555}.PGInstrument|Win32.Build.0 = PGInstrument|Win32
+		{C5A3E7FB-9695-4B2E-960B-1D9F43F1E555}.PGInstrument|x64.ActiveCfg = PGInstrument|x64
+		{C5A3E7FB-9695-4B2E-960B-1D9F43F1E555}.PGInstrument|x64.Build.0 = PGInstrument|x64
+		{C5A3E7FB-9695-4B2E-960B-1D9F43F1E555}.PGUpdate|Win32.ActiveCfg = PGUpdate|Win32
+		{C5A3E7FB-9695-4B2E-960B-1D9F43F1E555}.PGUpdate|Win32.Build.0 = PGUpdate|Win32
+		{C5A3E7FB-9695-4B2E-960B-1D9F43F1E555}.PGUpdate|x64.ActiveCfg = PGUpdate|x64
+		{C5A3E7FB-9695-4B2E-960B-1D9F43F1E555}.PGUpdate|x64.Build.0 = PGUpdate|x64
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+		{C5A3E7FB-9695-4B2E-960B-1D9F43F1E555}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
+		{C5A3E7FB-9695-4B2E-960B-1D9F43F1E555}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
 		HideSolutionNode = FALSE

PCbuild/pyproject.props

@@ -21,12 +21,10 @@
     <bz2Dir>$(externalsDir)\bzip2-1.0.6</bz2Dir>
     <lzmaDir>$(externalsDir)\xz-5.0.5</lzmaDir>
     <opensslDir>$(externalsDir)\openssl-1.0.1e</opensslDir>
+    <tclDir>$(externalsDir)\tcl-8.6.1.0</tclDir>
+    <tkDir>$(externalsDir)\tk-8.6.1.0</tkDir>
+    <tixDir>$(externalsDir)\tix-8.4.3.3</tixDir>
     <tcltkDir>$(externalsDir)\tcltk</tcltkDir>
-    <tcltk64Dir>$(externalsDir)\tcltk64</tcltk64Dir>
-    <tcltkLib>$(tcltkDir)\lib\tcl86t.lib;$(tcltkDir)\lib\tk86t.lib</tcltkLib>
-    <tcltkLibDebug>$(tcltkDir)\lib\tcl86tg.lib;$(tcltkDir)\lib\tk86tg.lib</tcltkLibDebug>
-    <tcltk64Lib>$(tcltk64Dir)\lib\tcl86t.lib;$(tcltk64Dir)\lib\tk86t.lib</tcltk64Lib>
-    <tcltk64LibDebug>$(tcltk64Dir)\lib\tcl86tg.lib;$(tcltk64Dir)\lib\tk86tg.lib</tcltk64LibDebug>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
@@ -82,23 +80,17 @@
     <BuildMacro Include="opensslDir">
       <Value>$(opensslDir)</Value>
     </BuildMacro>
-    <BuildMacro Include="tcltkDir">
-      <Value>$(tcltkDir)</Value>
-    </BuildMacro>
-    <BuildMacro Include="tcltk64Dir">
-      <Value>$(tcltk64Dir)</Value>
+    <BuildMacro Include="tclDir">
+      <Value>$(tclDir)</Value>
     </BuildMacro>
-    <BuildMacro Include="tcltkLib">
-      <Value>$(tcltkLib)</Value>
+    <BuildMacro Include="tkDir">
+      <Value>$(tkDir)</Value>
     </BuildMacro>
-    <BuildMacro Include="tcltkLibDebug">
-      <Value>$(tcltkLibDebug)</Value>
+    <BuildMacro Include="tixDir">
+      <Value>$(tixDir)</Value>
     </BuildMacro>
-    <BuildMacro Include="tcltk64Lib">
-      <Value>$(tcltk64Lib)</Value>
-    </BuildMacro>
-    <BuildMacro Include="tcltk64LibDebug">
-      <Value>$(tcltk64LibDebug)</Value>
+    <BuildMacro Include="tcltkDir">
+      <Value>$(tcltkDir)</Value>
     </BuildMacro>
   </ItemGroup>
-</Project>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file

PCbuild/readme.txt

@@ -217,11 +217,19 @@ _tkinter
     Homepage:
         http://www.tcl.tk/
 
-    Unlike the other external libraries listed above, Tk must be built
-    separately before the _tkinter module can be built. This means that
-    a pre-built Tcl/Tk installation is expected in ..\..\tcltk (tcltk64
-    for 64-bit) relative to this directory.  See "Getting External
-    Sources" below for the easiest method to ensure Tcl/Tk is built.
+    Tkinter's dependencies are built by the tcl.vcxproj and tk.vcxproj
+    projects.  The tix.vcxproj project also builds the Tix extended
+    widget set for use with Tkinter.
+
+    Those three projects install their respective components in a
+    directory alongside the source directories called "tcltk" on
+    Win32 and "tcltk64" on x64.  They also copy the Tcl and Tk DLLs
+    into the current output directory, which should ensure that Tkinter
+    is able to load Tcl/Tk without having to change your PATH.
+
+    The tcl, tk, and tix sub-projects do not have the ability to clean
+    their builds; if you need to rebuild, you'll have to clean them by
+    hand.
 
 
 Getting External Sources
@@ -250,26 +258,6 @@ XZ Utils, you would need to extract the archive into ..\..\xz-5.0.5
 anyway, since that is where the solution is set to look for xz.  The
 same is true for all other external projects.
 
-The external(-amd64).bat scripts will also build a debug build of
-Tcl/Tk, but there aren't any equivalent batch files for building release
-versions of Tcl/Tk currently available.  If you need to build a release
-version of Tcl/Tk, just take a look at the relevant external(-amd64).bat
-file and find the two nmake lines, then call each one without the
-'DEBUG=1' parameter, i.e.:
-
-The external-amd64.bat file contains this for tcl:
-    nmake -f makefile.vc DEBUG=1 MACHINE=AMD64 INSTALLDIR=..\..\tcltk64 clean all install
-
-So for a release build, you'd call it as:
-    nmake -f makefile.vc MACHINE=AMD64 INSTALLDIR=..\..\tcltk64 clean all install
-
-Note that the above command is called from within ..\..\tcl-8.6.1.0\win
-(relative to this directory); don't forget to build Tk as well as Tcl!
-
-This will be cleaned up in the future; http://bugs.python.org/issue15968
-tracks adding a new tcltk.vcxproj file that will build Tcl/Tk and Tix
-the same way the other external projects listed above are built.
-
 
 Building for AMD64
 ------------------

PCbuild/release.props

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros">
     <PyDebugExt />
+    <TclDebugExt />
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <_ProjectFileVersion>10.0.30319.1</_ProjectFileVersion>
@@ -15,5 +16,8 @@
     <BuildMacro Include="PyDebugExt">
       <Value>$(PyDebugExt)</Value>
     </BuildMacro>
+    <BuildMacro Include="TclDebugExt">
+      <Value>$(TclDebugExt)</Value>
+    </BuildMacro>
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file

PCbuild/rt.bat

@@ -30,15 +30,13 @@ set prefix=.\
 set suffix=
 set qmode=
 set dashO=
-set tcltk=tcltk
 
 :CheckOpts
 if "%1"=="-O" (set dashO=-O)     & shift & goto CheckOpts
 if "%1"=="-q" (set qmode=yes)    & shift & goto CheckOpts
 if "%1"=="-d" (set suffix=_d)    & shift & goto CheckOpts
-if "%1"=="-x64" (set prefix=amd64) & (set tcltk=tcltk64) & shift & goto CheckOpts
+if "%1"=="-x64" (set prefix=amd64) & shift & goto CheckOpts
 
-PATH %PATH%;%~dp0..\..\%tcltk%\bin
 set exe=%prefix%\python%suffix%
 set cmd=%exe% %dashO% -Wd -E -bb ../lib/test/regrtest.py %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
 if defined qmode goto Qmode

PCbuild/tcl.vcxproj

+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|Win32">
+      <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
+      <Platform>Win32</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|x64">
+      <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
+      <Platform>x64</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="PGInstrument|Win32">
+      <Configuration>PGInstrument</Configuration>
+      <Platform>Win32</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="PGInstrument|x64">
+      <Configuration>PGInstrument</Configuration>
+      <Platform>x64</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="PGUpdate|Win32">
+      <Configuration>PGUpdate</Configuration>
+      <Platform>Win32</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="PGUpdate|x64">
+      <Configuration>PGUpdate</Configuration>
+      <Platform>x64</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Release|Win32">
+      <Configuration>Release</Configuration>
+      <Platform>Win32</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Release|x64">
+      <Configuration>Release</Configuration>
+      <Platform>x64</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
+    <ProjectGuid>{B5FD6F1D-129E-4BFF-9340-03606FAC7283}</ProjectGuid>
+    <RootNamespace>tcl</RootNamespace>
+    <Keyword>MakeFileProj</Keyword>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='PGUpdate|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
+    <ConfigurationType>Makefile</ConfigurationType>
+    <CharacterSet>NotSet</CharacterSet>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='PGInstrument|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
+    <ConfigurationType>Makefile</ConfigurationType>
+    <CharacterSet>NotSet</CharacterSet>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
+    <ConfigurationType>Makefile</ConfigurationType>
+    <CharacterSet>NotSet</CharacterSet>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
+    <ConfigurationType>Makefile</ConfigurationType>
+    <CharacterSet>NotSet</CharacterSet>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='PGUpdate|x64'" Label="Configuration">
+    <ConfigurationType>Makefile</ConfigurationType>
+    <CharacterSet>NotSet</CharacterSet>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='PGInstrument|x64'" Label="Configuration">
+    <ConfigurationType>Makefile</ConfigurationType>
+    <CharacterSet>NotSet</CharacterSet>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'" Label="Configuration">
+    <ConfigurationType>Makefile</ConfigurationType>
+    <CharacterSet>NotSet</CharacterSet>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'" Label="Configuration">
+    <ConfigurationType>Makefile</ConfigurationType>
+    <CharacterSet>NotSet</CharacterSet>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
+  <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
+  </ImportGroup>
+  <ImportGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='PGUpdate|Win32'" Label="PropertySheets">
+    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
+    <Import Project="pyproject.props" />
+    <Import Project="pgupdate.props" />
+    <Import Project="tcltk.props" />
+  </ImportGroup>
+  <ImportGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='PGInstrument|Win32'" Label="PropertySheets">
+    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
+    <Import Project="pyproject.props" />
+    <Import Project="pginstrument.props" />
+    <Import Project="tcltk.props" />
+  </ImportGroup>
+  <ImportGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'" Label="PropertySheets">
+    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
+    <Import Project="pyproject.props" />
+    <Import Project="release.props" />
+    <Import Project="tcltk.props" />
+  </ImportGroup>
+  <ImportGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'" Label="PropertySheets">
+    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
+    <Import Project="pyproject.props" />
+    <Import Project="debug.props" />
+    <Import Project="tcltk.props" />
+  </ImportGroup>
+  <ImportGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='PGUpdate|x64'" Label="PropertySheets">
+    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
+    <Import Project="pyproject.props" />
+    <Import Project="x64.props" />
+    <Import Project="pgupdate.props" />
+    <Import Project="tcltk.props" />
+  </ImportGroup>
+  <ImportGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='PGInstrument|x64'" Label="PropertySheets">
+    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
+    <Import Project="pyproject.props" />
+    <Import Project="x64.props" />
+    <Import Project="pginstrument.props" />
+    <Import Project="tcltk.props" />
+  </ImportGroup>
+  <ImportGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'" Label="PropertySheets">
+    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
+    <Import Project="pyproject.props" />
+    <Import Project="x64.props" />
+    <Import Project="release.props" />
+    <Import Project="tcltk.props" />
+  </ImportGroup>
+  <ImportGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'" Label="PropertySheets">
+    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
+    <Import Project="pyproject.props" />
+    <Import Project="x64.props" />
+    <Import Project="debug.props" />
+    <Import Project="tcltk.props" />
+  </ImportGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <_ProjectFileVersion>10.0.30319.1</_ProjectFileVersion>
+    <NMakeBuildCommandLine>
+IF EXIST $(tcltkDir)\include\tcl.h (
+    IF EXIST $(tcltkDir)\bin\$(tclDLLName) (
+        IF EXIST $(OutDir)$(tclDLLName) (
+            echo Tcl is already built and available.
+            exit /b 0
+        ) ELSE (
+            echo Copying tcl dll to $(OutDir)
+            xcopy $(tcltkDir)\bin\$(tclDLLName) $(OutDir)
+            exit /b 0
+        )
+    )
+)
+
+IF NOT EXIST $(tclDir) (
+    echo error: $(tclDir) doesn't exist.
+    exit 1
+)
+
+IF "$(Platform)" EQU "Win32" set TclMachine=IX86
+IF "$(Platform)" EQU "x64" set TclMachine=AMD64
+
+IF "$(Configuration)" EQU "Debug" (
+    set TclOpts=symbols
+) ELSE (
+    set TclOpts=
+)
+
+cd $(tclDir)\win
+
+nmake -f makefile.vc MACHINE=%TclMachine% OPTS=%TclOpts% core shell dlls &amp;&amp; nmake -f makefile.vc MACHINE=%TclMachine% OPTS=%TclOpts% INSTALLDIR=$(SolutionDir)$(tcltkDir) install-binaries install-libraries &amp;&amp; xcopy /y $(SolutionDir)$(tcltkDir)\bin\$(tclDLLName) $(OutDir)
+    </NMakeBuildCommandLine>
+    <NMakeCleanCommandLine>del $(OutDir)$(tclDLLName)
+echo Tcl must be cleaned manually if you want to rebuild it.</NMakeCleanCommandLine>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup>
+  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
+  <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
+  </ImportGroup>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file

PCbuild/tcltk.props

+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets" />
+  <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros">
+    <MSDEVDIR>Dummy value to avoid patching Tcl/Tk's makefile.vc</MSDEVDIR>
+    <tclDLLName>tcl86t$(TclDebugExt).dll</tclDLLName>
+    <tkDLLName>tk86t$(TclDebugExt).dll</tkDLLName>
+    <tixDLLName>tix84$(TclDebugExt).dll</tixDLLName>
+    <tcltkLib>$(tcltkDir)\lib\tcl86t$(TclDebugExt).lib;$(tcltkDir)\lib\tk86t$(TclDebugExt).lib</tcltkLib>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup />
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <BuildMacro Include="MSDEVDIR">
+      <Value>$(MSDEVDIR)</Value>
+      <EnvironmentVariable>true</EnvironmentVariable>
+    </BuildMacro>
+    <BuildMacro Include="tclDLLName">
+      <Value>$(tclDLLName)</Value>
+    </BuildMacro>
+    <BuildMacro Include="tkDLLName">
+      <Value>$(tkDLLName)</Value>
+    </BuildMacro>
+    <BuildMacro Include="tixDLLName">
+      <Value>$(tixDLLName)</Value>
+    </BuildMacro>
+    <BuildMacro Include="tcltkLib">
+      <Value>$(tcltkLib)</Value>
+    </BuildMacro>
+  </ItemGroup>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file

PCbuild/tix.vcxproj

+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|Win32">
+      <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
+      <Platform>Win32</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|x64">
+      <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
+      <Platform>x64</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="PGInstrument|Win32">
+      <Configuration>PGInstrument</Configuration>
+      <Platform>Win32</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="PGInstrument|x64">
+      <Configuration>PGInstrument</Configuration>
+      <Platform>x64</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="PGUpdate|Win32">
+      <Configuration>PGUpdate</Configuration>
+      <Platform>Win32</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="PGUpdate|x64">
+      <Configuration>PGUpdate</Configuration>
+      <Platform>x64</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Release|Win32">
+      <Configuration>Release</Configuration>
+      <Platform>Win32</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Release|x64">
+      <Configuration>Release</Configuration>
+      <Platform>x64</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
+    <ProjectGuid>{C5A3E7FB-9695-4B2E-960B-1D9F43F1E555}</ProjectGuid>
+    <RootNamespace>tix</RootNamespace>
+    <Keyword>MakeFileProj</Keyword>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='PGUpdate|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
+    <ConfigurationType>Makefile</ConfigurationType>
+    <CharacterSet>NotSet</CharacterSet>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='PGInstrument|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
+    <ConfigurationType>Makefile</ConfigurationType>
+    <CharacterSet>NotSet</CharacterSet>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
+    <ConfigurationType>Makefile</ConfigurationType>
+    <CharacterSet>NotSet</CharacterSet>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
+    <ConfigurationType>Makefile</ConfigurationType>
+    <CharacterSet>NotSet</CharacterSet>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='PGUpdate|x64'" Label="Configuration">
+    <ConfigurationType>Makefile</ConfigurationType>
+    <CharacterSet>NotSet</CharacterSet>
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+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='PGInstrument|x64'" Label="Configuration">
+    <ConfigurationType>Makefile</ConfigurationType>
+    <CharacterSet>NotSet</CharacterSet>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'" Label="Configuration">
+    <ConfigurationType>Makefile</ConfigurationType>
+    <CharacterSet>NotSet</CharacterSet>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'" Label="Configuration">
+    <ConfigurationType>Makefile</ConfigurationType>
+    <CharacterSet>NotSet</CharacterSet>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
+  <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
+  </ImportGroup>
+  <ImportGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='PGUpdate|Win32'" Label="PropertySheets">
+    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
+    <Import Project="pyproject.props" />
+    <Import Project="pgupdate.props" />
+    <Import Project="tcltk.props" />
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+    <Import Project="tcltk.props" />
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+    <Import Project="release.props" />
+    <Import Project="tcltk.props" />
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+    <Import Project="debug.props" />
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+    <Import Project="pyproject.props" />
+    <Import Project="x64.props" />
+    <Import Project="release.props" />
+    <Import Project="tcltk.props" />
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+  <ImportGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'" Label="PropertySheets">
+    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
+    <Import Project="pyproject.props" />
+    <Import Project="x64.props" />
+    <Import Project="debug.props" />
+    <Import Project="tcltk.props" />
+  </ImportGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <_ProjectFileVersion>10.0.30319.1</_ProjectFileVersion>
+    <NMakeBuildCommandLine>
+IF EXIST $(tcltkDir)\lib\tix8.4.3\$(tixDLLName) (
+    echo Tix is already built and available.
+    exit /b 0
+)
+
+IF NOT EXIST $(tixDir) (
+    echo error: $(tixDir) doesn't exist.
+    exit 1
+)
+
+IF "$(Platform)" EQU "Win32" set TclMachine=IX86
+IF "$(Platform)" EQU "x64" set TclMachine=AMD64
+
+IF "$(Configuration)" EQU "Debug" (
+    set TixDebug=1
+) ELSE (
+    set TixDebug=0
+)
+
+cd $(tixDir)\win
+nmake -f python.mak MACHINE=%TclMachine% DEBUG=%TixDebug% TCL_DIR=$(SolutionDir)$(tclDir) TK_DIR=$(SolutionDir)$(tkDir) all &amp;&amp; nmake -f python.mak MACHINE=%TclMachine% DEBUG=%TixDebug% TCL_DIR=$(SolutionDir)$(tclDir) TK_DIR=$(SolutionDir)$(tkDir) INSTALL_DIR=$(SolutionDir)$(tcltkDir) install
+    </NMakeBuildCommandLine>
+    <NMakeCleanCommandLine>echo Tix must be cleaned manually if you want to rebuild it.</NMakeCleanCommandLine>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup>
+  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="tcl.vcxproj">
+      <Project>{b5fd6f1d-129e-4bff-9340-03606fac7283}</Project>
+    </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="tk.vcxproj">
+      <Project>{7e85eccf-a72c-4da4-9e52-884508e80ba1}</Project>
+    </ProjectReference>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
+  <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
+  </ImportGroup>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file

PCbuild/tk.vcxproj

+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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+  <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|Win32">
+      <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
+      <Platform>Win32</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|x64">
+      <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
+      <Platform>x64</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="PGInstrument|Win32">
+      <Configuration>PGInstrument</Configuration>
+      <Platform>Win32</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="PGInstrument|x64">
+      <Configuration>PGInstrument</Configuration>
+      <Platform>x64</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="PGUpdate|Win32">
+      <Configuration>PGUpdate</Configuration>
+      <Platform>Win32</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="PGUpdate|x64">
+      <Configuration>PGUpdate</Configuration>
+      <Platform>x64</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Release|Win32">
+      <Configuration>Release</Configuration>
+      <Platform>Win32</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Release|x64">
+      <Configuration>Release</Configuration>
+      <Platform>x64</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
+    <ProjectGuid>{7E85ECCF-A72C-4DA4-9E52-884508E80BA1}</ProjectGuid>
+    <RootNamespace>tk</RootNamespace>
+    <Keyword>MakeFileProj</Keyword>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='PGUpdate|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
+    <ConfigurationType>Makefile</ConfigurationType>
+    <CharacterSet>NotSet</CharacterSet>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='PGInstrument|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
+    <ConfigurationType>Makefile</ConfigurationType>
+    <CharacterSet>NotSet</CharacterSet>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
+    <ConfigurationType>Makefile</ConfigurationType>
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+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
+    <ConfigurationType>Makefile</ConfigurationType>
+    <CharacterSet>NotSet</CharacterSet>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='PGUpdate|x64'" Label="Configuration">
+    <ConfigurationType>Makefile</ConfigurationType>
+    <CharacterSet>NotSet</CharacterSet>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='PGInstrument|x64'" Label="Configuration">
+    <ConfigurationType>Makefile</ConfigurationType>
+    <CharacterSet>NotSet</CharacterSet>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'" Label="Configuration">
+    <ConfigurationType>Makefile</ConfigurationType>
+    <CharacterSet>NotSet</CharacterSet>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'" Label="Configuration">
+    <ConfigurationType>Makefile</ConfigurationType>
+    <CharacterSet>NotSet</CharacterSet>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
+  <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
+  </ImportGroup>
+  <ImportGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='PGUpdate|Win32'" Label="PropertySheets">
+    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
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+    <Import Project="pgupdate.props" />
+    <Import Project="tcltk.props" />
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+    <Import Project="pginstrument.props" />
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+    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
+    <Import Project="pyproject.props" />
+    <Import Project="x64.props" />
+    <Import Project="pgupdate.props" />
+    <Import Project="tcltk.props" />
+  </ImportGroup>
+  <ImportGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='PGInstrument|x64'" Label="PropertySheets">
+    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
+    <Import Project="pyproject.props" />
+    <Import Project="x64.props" />
+    <Import Project="pginstrument.props" />
+    <Import Project="tcltk.props" />
+  </ImportGroup>
+  <ImportGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'" Label="PropertySheets">
+    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
+    <Import Project="pyproject.props" />
+    <Import Project="x64.props" />
+    <Import Project="release.props" />
+    <Import Project="tcltk.props" />
+  </ImportGroup>
+  <ImportGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'" Label="PropertySheets">
+    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
+    <Import Project="pyproject.props" />
+    <Import Project="x64.props" />
+    <Import Project="debug.props" />
+    <Import Project="tcltk.props" />
+  </ImportGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <_ProjectFileVersion>10.0.30319.1</_ProjectFileVersion>
+    <NMakeBuildCommandLine>
+IF EXIST $(tcltkDir)\include\tk.h (
+    IF EXIST $(tcltkDir)\bin\$(tkDLLName) (
+        IF EXIST $(OutDir)$(tkDLLName) (
+            echo Tk is already built and available.
+            exit /b 0
+        ) ELSE (
+            echo Copying tk dll to $(OutDir)
+            xcopy $(tcltkDir)\bin\$(tkDLLName) $(OutDir)
+            exit /b 0
+        )
+    )
+)
+
+IF NOT EXIST $(tkDir) (
+    echo error: $(tkDir) doesn't exist.
+    exit 1
+)
+
+IF "$(Platform)" EQU "Win32" set TclMachine=IX86
+IF "$(Platform)" EQU "x64" set TclMachine=AMD64
+
+IF "$(Configuration)" EQU "Debug" (
+    set TclOpts=symbols,noxp
+) ELSE (
+    set TclOpts=noxp
+)
+
+cd $(tkDir)\win
+
+nmake -f makefile.vc MACHINE=%TclMachine% OPTS=%TclOpts% TCLDIR=$(SolutionDir)$(tclDir) all &amp;&amp; nmake -f makefile.vc MACHINE=%TclMachine% OPTS=%TclOpts% TCLDIR=$(SolutionDir)$(tclDir) INSTALLDIR=$(SolutionDir)$(tcltkDir) install-binaries install-libraries &amp;&amp; xcopy /y $(SolutionDir)$(tcltkDir)\bin\$(tkDLLName) $(OutDir)
+    </NMakeBuildCommandLine>
+    <NMakeCleanCommandLine>del $(OutDir)$(tkDLLName)
+echo Tk must be cleaned manually if you want to rebuild it.</NMakeCleanCommandLine>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup>
+  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="tcl.vcxproj">
+      <Project>{b5fd6f1d-129e-4bff-9340-03606fac7283}</Project>
+    </ProjectReference>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
+  <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
+  </ImportGroup>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file

PCbuild/x64.props

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" Condition="'$(HOST_PYTHON)'!=''">
     <PythonExe>$(HOST_PYTHON)</PythonExe>
   </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros">
+    <tcltkDir>$(externalsDir)\tcltk64</tcltkDir>
+  </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
       <BufferSecurityCheck>false</BufferSecurityCheck>
@@ -16,5 +19,8 @@
     <BuildMacro Include="PythonExe">
       <Value>$(PythonExe)</Value>
     </BuildMacro>
+    <BuildMacro Include="tcltkDir">
+      <Value>$(tcltkDir)</Value>
+    </BuildMacro>
   </ItemGroup>
-</Project>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file

Tools/buildbot/README.tcltk-AMD64

-Comments on building tcl/tk for AMD64 with the MS SDK compiler
-==============================================================
-
-I did have to build tcl/tk manually.
-
-First, I had to build the nmakehlp.exe helper utility manually by executing
-   cl nmakehlp.c /link bufferoverflowU.lib
-in both the tcl8.4.12\win and tk8.4.12\win directories.
-
-Second, the AMD64 compiler refuses to compile the file
-tcl8.4.12\generic\tclExecute.c because it insists on using intrinsics
-for the 'ceil' and 'floor' functions:
-
-  ..\generic\tclExecute.c(394) : error C2099: initializer is not a constant
-  ..\generic\tclExecute.c(398) : error C2099: initializer is not a constant
-
-I did comment out these lines; an alternative would have been to use
-the /Oi- compiler flag to disable the intrinsic functions.
-The commands then used were these:
-
-   svn export http://svn.python.org/projects/external/tcl8.4.12
-   cd tcl8.4.12\win
-   REM
-   echo patch the tcl8.4.12\generic\tclExecute.c file
-   pause 
-   REM
-   cl nmakehlp.c /link bufferoverflowU.lib
-   nmake -f makefile.vc MACHINE=AMD64
-   nmake -f makefile.vc INSTALLDIR=..\..\tcltk install
-   cd ..\..
-   svn export http://svn.python.org/projects/external/tk8.4.12
-   cd tk8.4.12\win
-   cl nmakehlp.c /link bufferoverflowU.lib
-   nmake -f makefile.vc TCLDIR=..\..\tcl8.4.12 MACHINE=AMD64
-   nmake -f makefile.vc TCLDIR=..\..\tcl8.4.12 INSTALLDIR=..\..\tcltk install
-   cd ..\..

Tools/buildbot/external-amd64.bat

@@ -2,20 +2,5 @@
 
 @rem Assume we start inside the Python source directory
 call "Tools\buildbot\external-common.bat"
-call "%VS100COMNTOOLS%\..\..\VC\vcvarsall.bat" x86_amd64
 
-if not exist tcltk64\bin\tcl86tg.dll (
-    cd tcl-8.6.1.0\win
-    nmake -f makefile.vc DEBUG=1 MACHINE=AMD64 INSTALLDIR=..\..\tcltk64 clean all
-    nmake -f makefile.vc DEBUG=1 MACHINE=AMD64 INSTALLDIR=..\..\tcltk64 install
-    cd ..\..
-)
-
-if not exist tcltk64\bin\tk86tg.dll (
-    cd tk-8.6.1.0\win    
-    nmake -f makefile.vc OPTS=noxp DEBUG=1 MACHINE=AMD64 INSTALLDIR=..\..\tcltk64 TCLDIR=..\..\tcl-8.6.1.0 clean
-    nmake -f makefile.vc OPTS=noxp DEBUG=1 MACHINE=AMD64 INSTALLDIR=..\..\tcltk64 TCLDIR=..\..\tcl-8.6.1.0 all
-    nmake -f makefile.vc OPTS=noxp DEBUG=1 MACHINE=AMD64 INSTALLDIR=..\..\tcltk64 TCLDIR=..\..\tcl-8.6.1.0 install
-    cd ..\..
-)
 

Tools/buildbot/external-common.bat

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ cd ..
 @rem if exist tk-8.4.18.1 rd /s/q tk-8.4.18.1
 @rem if exist db-4.4.20 rd /s/q db-4.4.20
 @rem if exist openssl-1.0.1e rd /s/q openssl-1.0.1e
-@rem if exist sqlite-3.7.12 rd /s/q sqlite-3.7.12    
+@rem if exist sqlite-3.7.12 rd /s/q sqlite-3.7.12
 
 @rem bzip
 if not exist bzip2-1.0.6 (
@@ -29,12 +29,13 @@ if not exist openssl-1.0.1e (
     svn export http://svn.python.org/projects/external/openssl-1.0.1e
 )
 
-@rem tcl/tk
+@rem tcl/tk/tix
 if not exist tcl-8.6.1.0 (
-   rd /s/q tcltk tcltk64 tcl-8.5.11.0 tk-8.5.11.0
+   rd /s/q tcltk tcltk64 tcl-8.5.11.0 tk-8.5.11.0 tix-8.4.3.3
    svn export http://svn.python.org/projects/external/tcl-8.6.1.0
 )
 if not exist tk-8.6.1.0 svn export http://svn.python.org/projects/external/tk-8.6.1.0
+if not exist tix-8.4.3.3 svn export http://svn.python.org/projects/external/tix-8.4.3.3
 
 @rem sqlite3
 if not exist sqlite-3.8.3.1 (

Tools/buildbot/external.bat

@@ -2,20 +2,4 @@
 
 @rem Assume we start inside the Python source directory
 call "Tools\buildbot\external-common.bat"
-call "%VS100COMNTOOLS%\vsvars32.bat"
 
-if not exist tcltk\bin\tcl86tg.dll (
-    @rem all and install need to be separate invocations, otherwise nmakehlp is not found on install
-    cd tcl-8.6.1.0\win
-    nmake -f makefile.vc DEBUG=1 INSTALLDIR=..\..\tcltk clean all 
-    nmake -f makefile.vc DEBUG=1 INSTALLDIR=..\..\tcltk install
-    cd ..\..
-)
-
-if not exist tcltk\bin\tk86tg.dll (
-    cd tk-8.6.1.0\win
-    nmake -f makefile.vc OPTS=noxp DEBUG=1 INSTALLDIR=..\..\tcltk TCLDIR=..\..\tcl-8.6.1.0 clean
-    nmake -f makefile.vc OPTS=noxp DEBUG=1 INSTALLDIR=..\..\tcltk TCLDIR=..\..\tcl-8.6.1.0 all
-    nmake -f makefile.vc OPTS=noxp DEBUG=1 INSTALLDIR=..\..\tcltk TCLDIR=..\..\tcl-8.6.1.0 install
-    cd ..\..
-)