map2kap - OziExplorer to OpenCPN

[sinbad7]

Thomas..

I've re-checked my PATH settings in the System Variables panel and can not find anything wrong. Have a look.

D:\PROGRAM FILES\MC2BSBH;\D:\PROGRAM FILES\IMAGEMAGIC\ImageMagick-6.6.3-Q16;%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot %\System32\Wbem;C:\Programfiler\Common Files\Ulead Systems\MPEG;C:\kap;C:\%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\Windo wsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Windows\QTSystem\;D:\PROGRAM FILES\RUBY\ruby-1.9.2-p136\;D:\PROGRAM FILES\LIBBSB;D:\PROGRAM FILES\MAP2KAP

Trying to start Chartconverter from it's own directory aborts Windows operation. The second message in Norwegian says "Stopped functioning" and "Windows is looking for a solution" then I aborted..

Tore

[cagney]

Originally Posted by cagney

Tore, if you have downloaded ruby you probably have to associate the ".rb" ending with ruby manually. Again Google is your friend.

Rightclick map2kap, press properties. What does "Type of file" say?
I should read: "Ruby Program".
Please read CarCode's post again!

Thomas

[sinbad7]

Thomas.. Done that... have a look....

I even downloaded a fresh Chartconvert.exe and installed,but still not accepted as Windows 32 program and aborts Windows. I even ran it from within the Chartconverts own directory.

Same with your program,will not run in the Ruby directory.
Error messages says "Not a valid Win 32bit program"

HappySeagull's suggestions does not work here either.

Tore

[cagney]

Originally Posted by sinbad7

Thomas.. Done that... have a look....

I even downloaded a fresh Chartconvert.exe and installed,but still not accepted as Windows 32 program and aborts Windows. I even ran it from within the Chartconverts own directory.

Same with your program,will not run in the Ruby directory.
Error messages says "Not a valid Win 32bit program"

HappySeagull's suggestions does not work here either.

Tore

No you have not!
Right-click on the ruby-file icon in explorer, not in the dos window. Actually, your output shows that ruby is not correctly installed and associated with the "rb" extension. I get the same response on a XP if I try a non existing extension.

Another simple test. In any dos terminal write: ruby -v , and hit enter. It should tell you the version of ruby you have installed, if indeed installed correctly.
Do not mess around in the directories where ruby is installed or in "Program Files"! Leave them alone.
If your path is set up correctly things will work from your normal home folder, "My Documents" or whatever you normally use.
Change back your path to the original settings. You don't even know if it was wrong to start with, as ruby never worked.


Thomas

[sinbad7]

Thomas..

Actually,I DID list the setup and it shows ok I think.
Perhaps my mistake was moving some programs to drive D: to have them in the same area and then editing the PATH section in the control box.

I have since tried to re-install these progs from scratch to drive D: but still having problems. I think the PATH alterations are causing all the problems but unfortunately I did not take a backup of the original settings and a re-set to a few days ago does not work. Sorry to bother you with all these problems.

The only area I edited was PATH as seen in the attachment,and the present contents is as follows:

D:\PROGRAM FILES\IMAGEMAGIC\ImageMagick-6.6.3-Q16;D:\PROGRAM FILES\MC2BSBH;\D:\PROGRAM FILES\IMAGEMAGIC\ImageMagick-6.6.3-Q16;%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot %\System32\Wbem;C:\Programfiler\Common Files\Ulead Systems\MPEG;C:\kap;C:\%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\Windo wsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Windows\QTSystem\;D:\PROGRAM FILES\RUBY\ruby-1.9.2-p136\;D:\PROGRAM FILES\LIBBSB;D:\PROGRAM FILES\Chartconvert;D:\PROGRAM FILES\MAP2KAP;D:\PROGRAM FILES\ooRexx

Tore

[dacust]

Originally Posted by sinbad7

Thomas..

Actually,I DID list the setup and it shows ok I think.
Perhaps my mistake was moving some programs to drive D: to have them in the same area and then editing the PATH section in the control box.

I have since tried to re-install these progs from scratch to drive D: but still having problems. I think the PATH alterations are causing all the problems but unfortunately I did not take a backup of the original settings and a re-set to a few days ago does not work. Sorry to bother you with all these problems.

The only area I edited was PATH as seen in the attachment,and the present contents is as follows:



Tore

Here is what I see wrong in your path:

D:\PROGRAM FILES\IMAGEMAGIC\ImageMagick-6.6.3-Q16;
D:\PROGRAM FILES\MC2BSBH;
\D:\PROGRAM FILES\IMAGEMAGIC\ImageMagick-6.6.3-Q16;   Should not have first \.  
                                                      No matter though, it is a duplicate.
                                                      So just remove it.
%SystemRoot%\system32;
%SystemRoot%;
%SystemRoot %\System32\Wbem;                          Remove space after %SystemRoot
C:\Programfiler\Common Files\Ulead Systems\MPEG;
C:\kap;
C:\%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\Windo wsPowerShell\v1.0\;
C:\Windows\QTSystem\;
D:\PROGRAM FILES\RUBY\ruby-1.9.2-p136\;
D:\PROGRAM FILES\LIBBSB;
D:\PROGRAM FILES\Chartconvert;
D:\PROGRAM FILES\MAP2KAP;
D:\PROGRAM FILES\ooRexx

Here it is edited.

D:\PROGRAM FILES\IMAGEMAGIC\ImageMagick-6.6.3-Q16;D:\PROGRAM FILES\MC2BSBH;%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;C:\Programfiler\Common Files\Ulead Systems\MPEG;C:\kap;C:\%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\Windo wsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Windows\QTSystem\;D:\PROGRAM FILES\RUBY\ruby-1.9.2-p136\;D:\PROGRAM FILES\LIBBSB;D:\PROGRAM FILES\Chartconvert;D:\PROGRAM FILES\MAP2KAP;D:\PROGRAM FILES\ooRexx

This does NOT ensure you have everything in there you need, or that there are no typos in there. It only corrects 2 syntax errors.

WARNING!!! Before changing your path to what I posted, make sure at least two other people in here proofread what I posted and say they don't find any errors I may have introduced.

-dan

[sinbad7]

Dan..

I have now made these last two corrections and re-booted the system.

D:\PROGRAM FILES\MC2BSBH;\D:\PROGRAM FILES\IMAGEMAGIC\ImageMagick-6.6.3-Q16;%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot %\System32\Wbem;C:\Programfiler\Common Files\Ulead Systems\MPEG;C:\kap;C:\%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\Windo wsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\Windows\QTSystem\;D:\PROGRAM FILES\RUBY\ruby-1.9.2-p136;D:\PROGRAM FILES\LIBBSB\libbsb-0.0.7;D:\PROGRAM FILES\Chartconvert;D:\PROGRAM FILES\MAP2KAP;D:\PROGRAM FILES\ooRexx

Is there anything else to be corrected in this area?

Thanks

Tore

[GPS-Marco]

Tore,

what is this?

C:\%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\Windo wsPowerShell\v1.0\;

I guess it should be

%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;

ciao, Marco

[sinbad7]

Marco..

Strange but the space does not exist in the real Path,only when printed out here in the box.

Thanks for checking.

Tore

P.S. I'm in real trouble since this morning as none of my 'special' map conversion programs are working. Ruby based prog. does not work and others like Imagemagic and tif2bsb.exe in libbsb-0.0.7 can not be found..

[sinbad7]

For example... I am trying to start GE2KAP but have to show the program where 'ooRexx' is located and then get the message that both 'ImageMagic convert' as well as 'tif2bsb' is not installed and can not be found respectively.

Must be something very wrong with the system path setup as none of the programs can find the required directories and components.

Tore

[GPS-Marco]

Originally Posted by GPS-Marco

Tore,

what is this?

C:\%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\Windo wsPowerShell\v1.0\;

I guess it should be

%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;

ciao, Marco

Tore, even if spaces are not there, please try to remove C:\ in front of %SYSTEMROOT%

Ciao, Marco.

[sinbad7]

Hi Marco..

There are two instances of '%SYSTEMROOT%' ,the first one does not show the drive and the second one shows C:\ Which one is right? Trying your suggestion.

Regds
Tore

[GPS-Marco]

Originally Posted by sinbad7

Hi Marco..

There are two instances of '%SYSTEMROOT%' ,the first one does not show the drive and the second one shows C:\ Which one is right? Trying your suggestion.

Regds
Tore

Tore, on a cmd shell try to type:

echo %systemroot%

you will see that %systemroot% variable already contains the drive letter. So you shoud not put the drive letter again in front of %systemroot%

Ciao, Marco.

[sinbad7]

Thanks Marco..

Now at least my Chartconvert is working again.

The other two programs based on 'rex' and 'rb' (Ruby) are still not working.
The programs when executed finds no operating language.

Should the Windows system not be adviced of the various languages used so it will be recognised when executed? Is there a listing in the kontrol panel (Path etc) where the rex and rb suffixes should be entered?

These type of programs are not using the Windows installer but instead enter the building "via the back stairs without the janitor knowing about it". When unzipped,they are just placed in a new directory and "who tells the janitor?"

We live and learn!

Tore

[cagney]

Originally Posted by sinbad7

.........
These type of programs are not using the Windows installer but instead enter the building "via the back stairs without the janitor knowing about it". When unzipped,they are just placed in a new directory and "who tells the janitor?"

.....

Tore

Good that you have managed to sort out the worst issues!

The quote above is not correct. Both the link I gave to Ruby in #8 and "phiggins" link to ooRex leads to full installers, that register properly with win, and takes care of "path" etc. I suggest that you try to download this Ruby package and reinstall. Also .. reinstall ooRex and you ought to be OK .

Thomas