Ok but how does recover without reinstalling. I keep getting the "floating point" error message and now I can't CDC to generate any charts. Just a blank screen.
Harry --- In [email protected], John Mahony <jmmah...@...> wrote: > > BTW once you run into this problem once, it's hard to do anything without > restarting the program- the same error will keep popping up. That's probably > why you think you're getting it will all the catalogs. > > -John > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: John Mahony <jmmah...@...> > > > > This has come up a few times over the last year or so. Vizier has changed > > its format at least once. I'm not sure if it was the same problem each > > time. > > I just tested and the only place I had a problem was with the > > vizier USNO-A2.0. But I was able to use the ESO/skycat USNO-A2.0, and the > > vizier USNO-B1.0 also works. B1.0 is a newer, slightly deeper, and more > > accurate catalog than A2.0, so I'd just use that. > > The first time this > > problem came up, we eventually found you could fix it by replacing the > > USNO-A2.0 > > URL in your extres.ini file with one of the alternate urls shown there. > > Some of those are outdated, but I think you can get a current list at the > > Vizier > > site. > > -John > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: > > Sander Pool < > > href="mailto:sander_p...@...";>sander_p...@...> > > To: > > ymailto="mailto:[email protected]"; > > href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected] > > > > Sent: Wed, March 10, 2010 9:23:14 AM > > Subject: Re: [skychart-discussion] > > Online resources > > > > > This came up recently. Look back a few > > messages ago in the archives. The > > > online format has changed. I > > don't recall if there was a > > resolution. > > Sander > > Howie > > wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > Recently while trying to use the > > online resources-Vizier etc- > > I keep > > getting a message...not a > > valid floating point value.. > > when I open the > > temp file.This > > affects all listed catalogues. > > Any ideas as to what,s > > going on > > ? > > Thanks-Howard >
