--- In [email protected], Robert <birmingham_spi...@...> wrote: > > Thanks for your reply, Dick. It occurred to me I should also be able > to double-click on the freeroute.jnlp, but whether I try to run it the > way you suggest, by double-clicking on it, or by going to the website, > it still doesn't run. > > Looking at the Freerouter forum there appears to be a problem with > V1.2.22 onward. I've added my two Eurocent's worth at > http://www.freerouting.net/fen/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=9&p=54#p54. > > Regards, > > Robert.
FWIW, I'd make sure your Java runtime engine is up to date. To run the .jnlp you also need the Java WebStart feature installed. Then the command to run freertoue is: javaws freeroute.jnlp (assuming javaws.exe is in your path) Yes, the lack of support for spaces in the path is annoying. I ended up installing KiCad in it's own folder: D:\KiCad and it's all good after that. HTH Chris. > Dick H. wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Robert <birmingham_spider@> wrote: > >> If I try to launch Freerouter from PCBNew 20080825c I get a message > >> "Unable to launch the application". Clicking on the Details button > >> reports: > >> > >> Error: Invalid arguments supplied {Files/KiCad/bin/freeroute.jnlp, > >> C:/Program } > >> > >> On the Exception tab it says: > >> > >> InvalidArgumentException[ Invalid arguments supplied: > >> {Files/KiCad/bin/freeroute.jnlp, C:/Program }] > >> at com.sun.javaws.Main.launchApp(Unknown Source) > >> at com.sun.javaws.Main.continueInSecureThread(Unknown Source) > >> at com.sun.javaws.Main$1.run(Unknown Source) > >> at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) > >> > >> It sounds like there should be double-quotes around C:/Program > >> Files/KiCad/bin/freeroute.jnlp in the code that launches Freerouter. > > I > >> already have 'C:\apps' hard linked to 'C:\Program Files' to deal with > >> problems like this (I would love to bend the ear of the person at > >> Microsoft who came up with 'Program Files' et al). Do I have to > >> reinstall kicad in C:\apps or is there something I can tweak > >> retrospectively? > >> > >> I did search for this one, BTW, and was surprised to get no useful hits. > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Robert. > > > > > > Robert, > > > > I added a double quote around the path that we think is the home of > > the freeroute.jnlp file. This should fix the problem pcbnew has with > > Program <space> Files. But like you, it will never fix the problem I > > have with Program <space> Files. > > > > Until the new release comes out with this fix, please just start free > > router as shown below. There is a Feb-2009 release candidate out now > > that does not contain this fix. I am assuming that that RC will not > > be the final release, and that my fix today will probably make it into > > the final release. This is perhaps slightly presumptuous, but not > > inordinately so since as bugs are found in the RC they tend to get > > fixed, like this one. > > > > > > C:> cd C:\Program <space> Files\kicad > > > > (i.e. cd to the directory containing the freeroute.jnlp file) > > > > C:> javaws freeroute.jnlp > > > > > > Dick > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Please read the Kicad FAQ in the group files section before posting your question. > > Please post your bug reports here. They will be picked up by the creator of Kicad. > > Please visit http://www.kicadlib.org for details of how to contribute your symbols/modules to the kicad library. > > For building Kicad from source and other development questions visit the kicad-devel group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-develYahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.10.25/1958 - Release Date: 02/18/09 08:57:00 > > >
