Re: "There was an error..."

[Rob Cozens]

Jacque,
I have a stack that runs fine interpretively on both Win XP (Rev 
2.6.1) & Mac OSX (Rev 2.1.2).  It also compiles and runs correctly 
on OSX. The stack is compressed & decompressed with each transfer 
between platforms.
Compiling on Windows gives me "There was an error while saving the 
standalone application."  That's nice to know; but it gives me 
little to go on to track down the error.

Other Windows compiles into the same folder have worked with no problem.
Ideas or suggestions, anyone?


This gets asked a lot, so I have some boilerplate. Maybe something 
in here will help.


Thanks for posting this, I'm saving it for future reference.

I have exorcised the bug; but don't know where or how:  I created an 
empty stack and cut & pasted between the original & new stacks.  I 
reached a point where the stacks _appeared_ to be identical except 
for the stack file name and application builder settings.  At this 
point I was still able to build standalones from the new stack; 
however, the first couple of times I tried changing the file name and 
standalone settings, I reached a state where "There was an error"


The third time worked...mine not to reason why.

Rob Cozens, CCW
Serendipity Software Company

Vive R Revolution! 


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Re: "There was an error..."

[J. Landman Gay]

Rob Cozens wrote:

Hi All,

I have a stack that runs fine interpretively on both Win XP (Rev 2.6.1) 
& Mac OSX (Rev 2.1.2).  It also compiles and runs correctly on OSX. The 
stack is compressed & decompressed with each transfer between platforms.


Compiling on Windows gives me "There was an error while saving the 
standalone application."  That's nice to know; but it gives me little to 
go on to track down the error.


Other Windows compiles into the same folder have worked with no problem.

Ideas or suggestions, anyone?


This gets asked a lot, so I have some boilerplate. Maybe something in 
here will help.


Possible causes for this error are:

1. The path to the stack contains non-ASCII characters, such as 
diacritical marks or accent marks.  Avoid the use of accented or 
non-ASCII characters in path names.


2. The standalone builder is set to search for inclusions but the stack 
is password protected. Select the inclusions manually instead, or remove 
the password.


3. Alternately, the standalone builder may be having trouble searching 
for the required inclusions regardless of password protection. Turn off 
"Search for required inclusions" and turn on "Select inclusions for the 
standalone application." Then choose the resources you need to include 
yourself in the Standalone Settings dialog.


4. The folder name is the same as your standalone's name. You need a 
unique folder name; make sure you select an empty folder with a name 
different from the standalone's name.  If you have previously built a 
standalone from the same stack, do not try to build a new one into the 
same folder. Trying to overwrite an existing standalone with a new one 
can casue problems. Rename or remove the old folder first, and then build.


5. Your source stack's file name does not use an extension, or uses an 
incorrect extension. Make sure your stack's file name ends with the 
extension ".rev"


6. Your source stack contains duplicate "message box" or "ask" or 
"answer" dialogs. Remove the embedded stacks and let the standalone 
builder add them instead. (This usually only occurs with stacks 
originally created in MetaCard.)


Make sure you have done "Check for updates" to be sure you have the most 
recent version of the standalone settings stack.




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Jacqueline Landman Gay | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
HyperActive Software   | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
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Re: "There was an error..."

[Rob Cozens]

Mark, Gordon, Chipp,


> Ideas or suggestions, anyone?


Thanks for your responses--serious & otherwise.

I believe that in keeping with the current geopolitical climate, 
from  version 2.6 onwards rev has implemented error logging that 
conforms to  Department of Homeland Security guidelines for public 
announcements.


Wow!  I feel so much safer knowing the RunRev team is working 
secretly without my knowledge & permission to protect me from any & 
every potential threat they can imagine.  And it's so thoughtful of 
them to spare me the details and thus keep me from taking an active 
role in addressing the problem.:{`)


>Are any of the substacks password-protected?

There are no substacks and no passwords.

>Have you tried
deselecting the automatic search for libraries?

How do I do that?  Right now I'm telling the Distribution Builder to 
include cursors, answer dialog, & print library.


>consider using the splashscreen approach

This is basically little more than a splash screen: it's a two-card 
stack that opens and starts using a data stack that contains 
virtually all handlers and data.  Based on a radio button selection, 
various map images are displayed on card one.  Clicking on an image 
causes the data related to the selected button & image to be gathered 
from the data stack and displayed on card two.  The design allows 
users to install the viewer standalone once and update both data & 
handlers whenever by replacing the data stack.


I'll test further today.

Rob Cozens

"Experience hath shewn that even under the best forms of government 
those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, 
perverted it into tyranny."


 Thomas Jefferson, 26 December, 1820  


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Re: "There was an error..."

[Chipp Walters]

Hi Rob, Happy Holidays!

I've had this happen before, and there have been many suggestions. You 
might check the archives.


Also,

1) Try building in a completely new and empty folder;
2) Manually select inclusions
3) If it still doesn't work, consider using the splashscreen approach 
(It's all I ever use now). Simple and always compiles easily.


best,

Chipp

Rob Cozens wrote:

Hi All,

I have a stack that runs fine interpretively on both Win XP (Rev 2.6.1) 
& Mac OSX (Rev 2.1.2).  It also compiles and runs correctly on OSX. The 
stack is compressed & decompressed with each transfer between platforms.


Compiling on Windows gives me "There was an error while saving the 
standalone application."  That's nice to know; but it gives me little to 
go on to track down the error.


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Re: "There was an error..."

[Mark Wieder]

Rob-

Tuesday, December 27, 2005, 9:20:33 AM, you wrote:

> Ideas or suggestions, anyone?

Are any of the substacks password-protected? Have you tried
deselecting the automatic search for libraries?

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-Mark Wieder
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Re: "There was an error..."

[Gordon Webster]

Hi Rob
  
  I believe that in keeping with the current geopolitical climate, from  
version 2.6 onwards rev has implemented error logging that conforms to  
Department of Homeland Security guidelines for public announcements.
  
  The message you received tells you that based upon the best  intelligence the 
compiler has from its credible sources, there is an  elevated probability of a 
non-specific error in your code, whose nature  and location are unspecified and 
about which, you can therefore do very  little.
  
  You should continue your regular coding activities, visit shopping  malls, 
take your kids to Disney Land etc. while remaining alert to any  suspicious 
activities in your stacks that might be a result of  infiltration by evil doers.
  
  Failing this, you could try:
  
seal the current stack with DuctTape and plastic
  
  Best
  
  Gordon
  

Rob Cozens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:  Hi All,

I have a stack that runs fine interpretively on both Win XP (Rev 
2.6.1) & Mac OSX (Rev 2.1.2).  It also compiles and runs correctly on 
OSX. The stack is compressed & decompressed with each transfer 
between platforms.

Compiling on Windows gives me "There was an error while saving the 
standalone application."  That's nice to know; but it gives me little 
to go on to track down the error.

Other Windows compiles into the same folder have worked with no problem.

Ideas or suggestions, anyone?

Rob Cozens, CCW
Serendipity Software Company

Vive R Revolution!

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Re: There was an error connecting to the database

[Jan Schenkel]

--- Bill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Does anyone know how to trouble shoot "there was an
> error connecting to the
> database"? I must have an automatic database
> connection somewhere that I
> don't use which is set-up wrong. Is there some kind
> of debugger message that
> I can set to turn on before everything else that
> would then put in the
> message box where this database connection is that
> it is trying?
> 

Hi Bill,

If you're on MacOSX, you can open the Console
application and see if that turns up any information ;
other than that, go to the Database Query Builder, go
through your queries one at a time, clicking the
connect button to check if that's the one failing.

Jan Schenkel.

Quartam - Tools for Revolution


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"As we grow older, we grow both wiser and more foolish at the same time."  (La 
Rochefoucauld)



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