--- In [email protected], John Sunderland
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Thanks John,
I will look into that as soon as possible.
Mel
> Hi Mel,
>
> I have had a quick (emphasise quick) look through the (fairly ancient)
> copy of version 3 source that I have. The drop down box seems to be
> loaded from a file with a path/name that is hard-coded relative to the
> executable (cdc.exe) itself:
>
>
catalog.LoadStarName(slash(appdir)+slash('data')+slash('common_names')+'StarsNames.txt');
>
> which in window$ is probably
> ...progam_files\ciel\data\common_names\StarsNames.txt
>
> Also, if it doesn't find the file, it just ignores it silently (no
> errors or anything)
>
> As your file is in the right place, check that the executable you are
> actually running really is in the appdir relative to the path to the
> file (...progam_files\ciel in the example above).
>
> If that doesn't help, I have no idea !
>
> It is entirely possible that this has changed since my version.
>
> I am out of "download" at the moment ( :-( ) until an ISP upgrade
> kicks in at the end of the week ( :-) ). If you haven't had a more
> helpful answer by then I'll get the current version (high time I did
> anyway) and have another look.
>
> cheers,
> John
>
> Mel Richardson wrote:
> >
> > John,
> > I'm using Ciel v.3.0.1.4 with XP SP2 and the files you name are right
> > on the path that you have them. There are 3 files in Common Names;
> > NebulaNames.txt, StarNames_ua.txt & StarNames.txt. The dropdown box
> > for 'Deep Sky Common Names' is also blank too now that I look. How do
> > you think I should tell CdC where to look?
> > Regards,
> > Mel
> >
