OpenCPN Version 1.3.5 Beta Technical

[TerjeRogne]

Hi Dave.

You are asking the following:

"I wonder if it would be offensive to some if we simply declare that opencpn uses '.' for decimal everywhere?"

If this means I'd have to change from , to . as the decimal separator in all my programs (changing the Windows setup), it would mean I cannot use OpenCPN as a normal program - and I'd have to work with ways around like VMware running OpenCPN in a virtual machine. For sure not a solution I'd like

But if this only influences OpenCPN it is no problem to me.


I have also had the black screen and are using Norwegian setup of my PC, that is, using , as the decimal separator.

Good luck!

Terje

[idpnd]

+1 on forcing the decimal to ".", if that really helps on GPX interoperability.

[sailorF54]

Originally Posted by TerjeRogne

Hi Dave.

You are asking the following:

"I wonder if it would be offensive to some if we simply declare that opencpn uses '.' for decimal everywhere?"

If this means I'd have to change from , to . as the decimal separator in all my programs (changing the Windows setup), it would mean I cannot use OpenCPN as a normal program - and I'd have to work with ways around like VMware running OpenCPN in a virtual machine. For sure not a solution I'd like

But if this only influences OpenCPN it is no problem to me.


I have also had the black screen and are using Norwegian setup of my PC, that is, using , as the decimal separator.

Good luck!

Terje

+1
Chaos with former Excel, OpenOffice,... files

[bdbcat]

All....

Anyone using Win7 and cm93 together? It is reported that depth soundings do not display properly on some systems. I am unable to duplicate any problem locally.

Thanks
Dave

[bdbcat]

International folks...

My suggestion for using "." for decimal exclusively would apply to opencpn only. All other apps on your system would not be affected.

Dave

[champ8242]

Originally Posted by bdbcat

All....

Anyone using Win7 and cm93 together? It is reported that depth soundings do not display properly on some systems. I am unable to duplicate any problem locally.

Thanks
Dave

I'm using W7 + CM93 without problems

Bart

[sailorF54]

Originally Posted by bdbcat

International folks...

My suggestion for using "." for decimal exclusively would apply to opencpn only. All other apps on your system would not be affected.

Dave

As long as you don't turn OpenCpn into a spreadsheet or a word processor

[Ptizef]

Hi
I just loaded beta 1216 but I get only a black screen although the chats directory was build with BSB and CM93 .
The same directory worked well with former versions .
Here is the end of the init file :

PresentationLibraryData=
InitChartDir=C:\\Users\\Jean Pierre\\Documents\\Bateau\\Cartes\\CM93ed2_2009
GPXIODir=C:\\Users\\Jean Pierre\\Documents\\Bateau\\Itineraires
CM93DictionaryLocation=C:\\Users\\Jean Pierre\\Documents\\Bateau\\Cartes\\CM93ed2_2009\\
GRIBDirectory=C:\\Users\\Jean Pierre\\Documents\\Bateau\\Meteo\\GRIB-files
[Marks]
[ChartDirectories]
ChartDir1=C:\\Users\\Jean Pierre\\Documents\\Bateau\\Cartes\\BSB3^5102804902 56
ChartDir2=C:\\Users\\Jean Pierre\\Documents\\Bateau\\Cartes\\CM93ed2_2009^

... and yje result :
What can I do ?
Many thanks

[oem]

Originally Posted by Ptizef

What can I do ?
Many thanks

There is no doubt, - your screen looks exactly like mine, look here (this thread):

http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/...tml#post376140

Set the decimal point to '.' and the thousands_separator to ',' and it will run perfect until next beta is released.

Compris?

[Ptizef]

Furthermore , if I select only bsb , the directory is build ,apparently normally , but on the black screen no chart available
Jean Pierre

[Ptizef]

Ok , I was far from wifi for a few days and I didn't read all the threat before ..
Many thanks , I understand the numeric format problem ..
But for the moment I do not know how to change on my device and what is the impact on other programs ?
Jean Pierre

[TerjeRogne]

Originally Posted by bdbcat

All....

Anyone using Win7 and cm93 together? It is reported that depth soundings do not display properly on some systems. I am unable to duplicate any problem locally.

Thanks
Dave

Win7 and cm93 works fine on one of my computers - all soundings are OK - equal to XP and cm93 on another PC.

Terje

[Ptizef]

Ok , I was far from wifi for a few days and I didn't read all the threat before ..
Many thanks , I understand the numeric format problem .. and it works !
If there is no impact on others programs , no problem for me
Jean Pierre

[Sarkis]

Hello,
How can I change my config to set the decimal point to '.' and the thousands_separator to ',' on XP?

Thanks

[oem]

Originally Posted by bdbcat

Anybody see any flaw in this logic?
Dave

A possible (minor) flaw might be the importing and exporting of GPX-data (and other data?) with GPS-positions containing decimal points. Like data from external programs (gpsbabel, Google Earth, GPS Trackmaker, Oziexplorer ..) running with decimal_point = ',' (european).