BSB4 plugin chs windows 8.1

[alavarre]

Dave hi.

Yes, pretty baffling. When we crack it I'm sure there will be a lot of forehead smacking... :-)

But not there yet. I've ensured the registry looks like yours (screen shots attached). The 00003058 entry is identical to both yours and the entry created by the Maptech registration routine, except theirs is under CURRENT_USER, not LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\VirtualStore\MA CHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Maptech

In the meantime, the log file does not change:

12:09:57 PM: Loading chart data for C:\ChartKit\BSBCHART\BA3750_3.CAP
12:09:57 PM: BSB4_PI: Could not find registry key for decryption tool location at node HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Maptech\ChartKit\3.00\ Directories
12:09:57 PM: BSB4_PI: Failed to load decryptor dll specified by certificate : 00003058.CET
12:09:57 PM: BSB4_PI: Closing chart C:\ChartKit\BSBCHART\BA3750_3.CAP
12:09:57 PM: ...initialization failed for C:\ChartKit\BSBCHART\BA3750_3.CAP
12:09:57 PM: CreateChartTableEntry() failed for file: C:\ChartKit\BSBCHART\BA3750_3.CAP

Is it possible that the cryp0201.CET just won't run on a 64-bit machine?

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Off to the gym to clear my head.

Cheers, Andy

[bdbcat]

Andy...

Microsoft strikes again.....

This time it is something called "6432 Registry Redirection"
Registry Redirector (Windows)

I quote:
Redirected keys are mapped to physical locations under Wow6432Node. For example, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software is redirected to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node.



Anyway, what we need to do is this:
Replicate the entire contents of your current registration:

 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\VirtualStore\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Maptech

into

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node

Maybe?
Dave

[alavarre]

Dave hi.

WOW indeed...

Dirty little secrets...

Great, thanks for the detective work, too late tonight, but shall attack again tomorrow and report back.

Thanks again.

Kind regards, Andy

[alavarre]

That definitely makes my head hurt: so the physical location of the key tree is in ...\Wow6432Node

But still no joy, same error message:

BSB4_PI: Could not find registry entry for decryption dll specified by certificate at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Maptech\ChartKit\3.00\ Encryption\00003058

I have the tree under ...Wow6432Node.

I first tried deleting it from HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE but got the same error. Of course, since it is being redirected.

So then I rebuilt it under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE. No change.
Next I change this Maptech key name to Hidden: No change.
Next I change the Wow6432Node\Maptech key name to HIDDEN: No change
Next I delete both trees: No change!

It is getting the address from somewhere else:

Search the registry: The Maptech key exists in several places, but several are empty. The following contain the full tree:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\VirtualStore\MA CHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Maptech

HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-34645374-1695674902-328014968-1000\Software\Classes\VirtualStore\MACHINE\SOFTWAR E\Wow6432Node\Maptech

HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-34645374-1695674902-328014968-1000_Classes\VirtualStore\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432 Node\Maptech

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Maptech does not exist but it is still rendering the error:

12:01:55 PM: BSB4_PI: Could not find registry key for decryption tool location at node HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Maptech\ChartKit\3.00\ Directories


I delete the last instance, all the other full tree instances disappear. Run the program and force update:

The same error message!
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do do do do Twighlight Zone... :-(

Thanks, Andy

[alavarre]

Now there is no full Maptech registry tree anywhere in the registry. So I reload the charts and run the install utility. It restores the Maptech registry tree in

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\VirtualStore\MA CHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Maptech

and

HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-34645374-1695674902-328014968-1000_Classes\VirtualStore\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432 Node\Maptech

So we're back to square one.

But still the same error.

Thanks, Andy

[bdbcat]

Andy...
Please try the attached PlugIn. A bit more debug output, and we try your explicit HKCU key directly.

Maybe it works, and we learn something.

Thanks
Dave

[alavarre]

Woohoo!! It works!

I've replicated the Maptech tree in

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Maptech

And it now works.

Well done! What was the issue?

Cheers, Andy
alavarre@gmail.com

[bdbcat]

Andy...

Good news indeed.

I have no idea yet what the exact problem was.
Could you post a few lines from your logfile as relates to BSB4? There should be some useful string here.

Thanks
Dave

[alavarre]

Dave attached is the log as success.pdf

I had renamed the V12 bsb4_pi to xbsb4_pi

I then renamed your new V13 dll.pdf to remove the ".pdf". I then put it in the plugin subdirectory

I then rebuilt the Maptech tree in: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Maptech

I then started openCPN and the chart came up.

I thought that by renaming the V12 PI it would not load, but reading the log I see:

It failed to load the V13 PI that you had sent as a PDF
10:03:26 AM: Error: Failed to load shared library 'C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenCPN\plugins/bsb4_win32_pi15_v13_pi.dll' (error 127: the specified procedure could not be found.)
10:03:26 AM: PlugInManager: Cannot load library: C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenCPN\plugins/bsb4_win32_pi15_v13_pi.dll

It succeeded in loading the V12 (renamed) PI
10:03:26 AM: PlugInManager: Loading PlugIn: C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenCPN\plugins/xbsb4_win32_pi15_v12_pi.dll
10:03:26 AM: C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenCPN\plugins/xbsb4_win32_pi15_v12_pi.dll Version detected: 105

I then did a Force Rebuild. And it flew.

So the new dll had nothing to do with the success. Rather something changed between yesterday when I purged the registry of all Maptech entries, reinstalled the charts (resulting in a new set of Maptech entries) and then rebuilt the Wow6432Node Maptech tree.

... I agree!

Now only, if only we could build a plugin for the Linux version... :-)

Let me know what else needs doing.

Thanks again, Andy

[alavarre]

Oh, and I just removed the V13 dll entirely from the plugin directory and restarted openCPN. The charts still work.

Now to find charts for Chichester and the Solent...

Thanks again, Andy