Interestingly enough, 'Switch to Linux' was the solution. As far as packaging, goes, that is. Running the shoes packager in a VMed Ubuntu resulted in a nice pristine .exe which works fine under XP SP2. Thanks for the advice, all :)
On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 6:36 PM, Devyn Cairns <[email protected]> wrote: > Honestly, I would just say "Switch to Linux" but I know that sometimes > that isn't an option. > > It doesn't really seem like a Shoes hiccup though... what happens if > you package it on Windows XP SP2? > > On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 8:23 PM, Roger Ostrander <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I created my program on Windows XP, SP3. I used the packager to >> make it into a .exe and didn't have any problems during the process. >> However, when I transfer that .exe over to my Virtual Machine and try >> to run it, I get: >> >> Error in C:/Program Files/Common Files/Shoes/0.r1134/lib/shoes/shy.rb line >> 62 >> ! invalid distance too far back >> >> So I tried testing it on my computer, only to discover that the .exe >> doesn't even work there! >> >> Error in C:/Program Files/Common >> Files/Shoes/0.r1134/lib/shoes/minitar.rb line 661 >> ! Permission denied - C:/DOCUME~1/Roger/LOCALS~1/Temp/shoes-llm.4208/./ >> >> Any help for either of these? I really like using Shoes as a >> development platform, please don't make me go back to Java :) >> >> -- >> Roger >> > > > > -- > ~devyn > -- Roger
