Java's up to date and Java Web Start is installed and working. I have a second PC here (a new Vista machine on which I installed Java yesterday) on which the latest version Freerouter wont start either. Both PCs run V1.2.21 quite happily.
Regards, Robert. c_harf wrote: > --- 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 > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > 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: 270.11.1/1960 - Release Date: 02/19/09 > 10:48:00 >
