Chris, I'm sharing this reply with the group because some others may benefit from it.
I know the default setup locations for the configuration files are different for NT and '95 installations. I'm not an "IT" guy, so I will explain this as best as I can based on my observations. Any NT gurus out there, please feel free to enlighten us. The default location of the config files for Windows 3.1 & Windows 95 is "C:\Sm9cfg\Home\". This is a common folder where all the application ini files were to be stored. The default location of the config files for Windows NT is the "home" directory of the logged on user. This is typically the root of your boot drive "C:\" but could be a mapped network drive. If a mapped drive is used, the same drive letter is assigned to all users, but each is mapped to a unique location on the server. This will allow each user to have their own configuration setting to be used in SmartCAM. For example, I know on our systems the "Home" directory is "H:\". Not being an IT guy I don't know how to check this other than going to the command prompt. Whenever I open the command prompt I find my self at the "H:\>" prompt. Every one of our users "H" drives are mapped to their own personal folders on the server. When I install SmartCAM on WinNT or 200K the default for the configuration files is always "H:\Home\". I always override the default config path and use the old Win95 path of "C:\Sm9cfg\Home\" so all users use common config settings on the local workstation. That's just my preference. To do this I always select the custom install when running setup and specify the desired paths. To find your current config path, open your SmartCAM.ini file and find the "CFGPath" in the "Defaults" section. [Defaults] CFGPath=C:\Sm9CFG\HOME Check if this is to a local or network location. P.S. Deleting your JOSDEF folder may not have helped. When SmartCAM does a re-install, it does not always reinstall files that may have been customized. I don't have a list of which files are ignored, I do know that setup does not always overwrite I file I have corrupted (backup, backup, backup). To force a full reinstall you may try deleting or renaming your SmartCAM.ini file prior to running setup. ============================================= Fred Lauzus, CAM Programming Coordinator High Steel Structures, Incorporated mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.highsteel.com ============================================= -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 9:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [mfg-smartcam] Error 10010: cannot start SmartCam Fred, I haven't had time to follow your advice as of yet, but more info has come in from the guys in the shop. They tell me SmartCam does work if they sign on with a different screen name. We run Win NT 4.0, and do not have administrative rights to our computers. It has been my experience that you don't need administrative rights to install SmartCam (something about 16 bit programs vs. 32 bit programs?). Apparently SmartCam has been corrupted as it relates to the setup of the screen name that was active when we experienced the brown out, but the rest of the software on this computer works fine for this screen name. I am not savvy enough to troubleshoot this problem, and our IT guys know nothing about setting up SmartCam. I've always done it myself. Do you have any more ideas in light of this new information? Thanks for your time. Chris -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 7:33 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [mfg-smartcam] Error 10010: cannot start SmartCam Chris, First check in the "Planner" section of your application ini (i.e. ffm.ini) file for the path to the "StepListFormatFile". [Planner] StepListFormatFile=C:\Sm9\mill\josdef\MSTEPLST.FMT Then make sure the file in that path exists. If it does, it may have been corrupted. There is usually a backup file "MSTEPLST.OLD" that you can copy and then change the "OLD" extension to "FMT". Otherwise I have attached a copy of my default step list format file you can try. NOTE: You may encounter additional error messages after you address this one, depends on the condition of the other support files. ============================================= Fred Lauzus, CAM Programming Coordinator High Steel Structures, Incorporated mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.highsteel.com <http://www.highsteel.com/> ============================================= -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 5:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [mfg-smartcam] Error 10010: cannot start SmartCam Importance: High Hi all, We had a brown out here at work, and since then SmartCam will not run on one of our pc's. Everything else on this pc works fine. When I try to start SmartCam, I get the following error: 10010: The Step List Format File has a fatal error in it. Cannot continue. I backed up my smartcam.ini & pmill.ini files and tried re-installing the software, to no avail. I then deleted the Josdef folder, tried re-installing the software again, and still had no success. Any ideas? Chris <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Kocourek Tool Design Engineer Flextronics Thanks Jeff for the signature! ====================================================================== To find out more about this mailing list including how to unsubscribe, send the message "info mfg-smartcam" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ======================================================================
