Hello,
Appologies to good beta testers John and Adam with problems they encountered
with the first beta of the ECW ArcGIS 8.1 plug-in and Arc/Info 8.0.2. As the
developer of the plug-in I would like to add my comments\information to this
issue.
It was unfortunate that problems were encountered with Arc/Info 8.0.2 and
the ECW ArcGIS 8.1 plug-in but the initial email sent with the plug-in did
state the warning:
>> Note that this plug-in is intended for ArcGIS 8.1, previous versions of
ArcGIS are not supported.
However, since I never had Arc/Info 8.0.2 during testing and development I
was unable to predict the results. In hindsight I should have stated:
"Note that this plug-in is intended for ArcGIS 8.1, previous versions of
ArcGIS are not supported or might cause a reinstallation of Arc/Info 8.0.2
if plug-in is installed."
However, the installation was clever enough to create a "install_info.txt"
(but not clever enough to detect Arc/Info 8.0.2 and bomb out) in the user
chosen directory to indicate steps taken by the installation (left behind on
uninstall).
>>The readme.txt and Install_Info.txt file in this directory also contain
additional information.
This file might have helped to restore Arc/Info 8.0.2 to previous state. It
might be as simple as restoring the deleted file "RasterFormats.cfg" from
".\ecw_backup" to D:\arcgis\arcexe81\Raster\devices\ntx86\win32_nt, eg:
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3) Copy and Backup raster scripts "Filefilters.cfg" and "RasterFormats.cfg"
to "Filefilters.cfg.bak" and "RasterFormats.cfg.bak" in ".\ecw_backup"
directory.
Append the following lines to Filefilters.cfg:
D:\arcgis\arcexe81\Raster\devices\ntx86\win32_nt
"ECW Image Format" : "RasterFormatsUI" ;
"ECW Image Format".order : 26 ;
"ECW Image Format".user_title : "ECW Format DLL, version 1.0" ;
4) Delete "RasterFormats.cfg" which will be automatically regenerated
on next execution of ArcGIS 8.1
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Regards,
Michael Goodwin | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Analyst Programmer | http://www.ermapper.com
Product and Plugins Group | http://www.earthetc.com
Earth Resource Mapping |
Level 2, 87 Colin Street, |
West Perth, Western Australia,|
Australia 6005
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From: "Adam Inglis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Arc/Info 8.0.2 ECW Plugin?
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 06:45:24 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks for the warning John, but it's too late. I tiried the plugin
last week and was forced to re-install Arc/Info 8.0.2. Oh well, no one
said experimentation was safe :-)
Adam
----- Original Message -----
From: Dehls John
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 1:32 AM
Subject: RE: Arc/Info 8.0.2 ECW Plugin?
Just a warning. Do not try to install the beta with 8.0.2. I did it on
a test machine just to see what would happen. It didn't work and
required a reinstallation of ArcInfo.
John
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-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Goodwin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, 15 May 2001 6:06 PM
To: **********
Subject: BETA Testing: ECW plug-in for ArcGIS 8.1, v1.0 BETA 1
Hello **********,
Thankyou for your interest in beta testing the ECW plug-in for ArcGIS 8.1.
Note that this plug-in is intended for ArcGIS 8.1, previous versions of
ArcGIS are not supported.
The installation of the plug-in is in the form of a single executable with
filesize under 2MB and is attached to this email:
NAME: ECWArcGISPlugin_v1.0_BETA1_11May2001.exe
VERSION: v1.0 BETA 1
The install directory chosen during installation (eg, C:\Program Files\Earth
Resource Mapping) will contain two example ECW images, Greyscale.ecw and
RGBImage.ecw. These images can be used to test the plug-in. The readme.txt
and Install_Info.txt file in this directory also contain additional
information.
If you have any questions or problems about the plug-in then please email. I
am also interested in any comments or suggestions that you have regarding
the plug-in.
Thanks,
Michael Goodwin | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Analyst Programmer | http://www.ermapper.com
Product and Plugins Group | http://www.earthetc.com
Earth Resource Mapping |
Level 2, 87 Colin Street, |
West Perth, Western Australia,|
Australia 6005
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