Dear MapX Developers As a MapX developer I have encountered a number of problems with MapX, MapXtreme/NT, MapMarker Australia 1.0 and MapXMobile that are driving me nuts. My software development network is * a single (web server/ app development) PC with Windows NT 4.0 Workstation OS with PWS 4.0 upgraded through SP6 and * a single (web browse/ app testing) PC with Windows 98.
Prior to contacting MapInfo Tech Support I wish to make a final sanity check. If anybody has experienced any of the following difficulties (P1, P2, P3) then please let me know. Here's one of the sequence of events that's been causing me grief. 1. install MapX 4.5 SDK (MapX 4.50.78) 2. develop and distribute to clients various VB/MapX and Access 97/MapX apps along with MapX runtime installers. 3. install MapXtreme NT 2.5 (MapX 4.50.88) ******************** P1. If I now update and re-distribute a VB/MapX or Access/MapX app then it fails at the client site with errors reporting incompatible versions of MapX. ******************** 4. develop various MapXtreme/NT ASP/MapX web servers apps. 5. install MapMarker for Australia 1.0 (MapX 3!) ******************** P2. MapX4 Geoset Manager fails with the error message "Error accessing the insertion tools from the map" followed by a Dr Watson crash. VB/MapX 4 and Access/MapX 4 won't run. MapXtreme/NT 2.5 server-side code hangs up. ******************** 6. uninstall MapMarker for Australia , clean up remnant directories and registry entries, uninstall MapXtreme, clean up remnant directories and registry entries, reinstall MapXtreme, re-validate VB/MapX, Access/MapX and ASP/MapX apps. 7. install MapX Mobile Beta JAN 2002 (MapX 5) ******************** P3. MapX4 Geoset Manager fails. VB/MapX 4 and Access/MapX 4 apps won't run. MapXtreme/NT 2.5 server-side code hangs up. ******************** 8. uninstall MapX Mobile , clean up remnant directories and registry entries, uninstall MapXtreme, clean up remnant directories and registry entries, reinstall MapXtreme, re-validate VB/MapX, Access/MapX and ASP/MapX apps. 9. normal service is restored but forget MapMarker for Australia or MapXMobile development :o( The main problem seems to be a flaw in the MapX installer design, namely that installers for each version indiscriminately place key EXE and DLL files in C:\Program Files\ Common Files\MapXCommon silently overwriting existing files. I undertake to summarise any MAPINFO-L responses and submit a consolidated report to MapInfo Tech Support. David M Haycraft Information Analysis Associates Pty Ltd ABN 47 085 516 105 1 Cumming Place, Wanniassa, 2903 Aust Capital Territory, Australia Phone/Fax: 61 + 2 + 6231 8104 Mobile: 0412 001 134 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : www.acslink.aone.net.au/actaa/iaa.htm A MapInfo Technology Partner _______________________________________________________________________ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body.
