Re: [Denemo-devel] Windows Version Errors and log

[Richard Shann]

On Thu, 2008-11-20 at 20:29 +0100, Nils Gey wrote:
> Ah, I understand.
> 
> I think its the wrong Windows way that Denemo needs anything outside its own 
> directory. 
Right. InstallDenemo.exe only installs stuff below the installation
directory you give it (defaults to c:\progam files\Denemo)
> For windows-people its nice to have anything at one place even if it means 
> double and triple dlls which are already on the system. But it means also you 
> can copy the whole Denemo dir to any place, use it portable on usb-sticks etc.
> 
> Where does Windows-Denemo wants to save its options and settings? 
They are all relative to the installation directory.

> And does it create or need any WinReg-entries?
This version is the first that creates windows registry entry, it is the
GUILE_LOAD environment variable (the name is something like that) to
tell guile where the scripts are. I am pretty near certain that it is
working ok for people.
>  I think many people are annoyed by such behaviour.
Yes, it is better if you can distribute the program without requiring to
set an environment variable, but I am not sure how to tell guile where
its files are otherwise. I am fairly sure that this enviroment variable
is correctly set, from the emails with others who have tried to get
0.8.0 running. The problem will lie in the some file or files that I
have copied in to the bundle but which have paths in them. I'll have a
look for if the word "gtkbundle" appears in the files somewhere below c:
\program files\Denemo
as that would be a clue. It will be some part of the whole
gtk/loaders ... stuff.
Richard

>  I don't know what Denemo does so its not critic.
> 
> Nils
> 
> 
> On Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:16:29 +0000
> Richard Shann <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 2008-11-20 at 19:41 +0100, N. Gey wrote:
> > > Can you make a version with Denemo using its own files on realtive paths? 
> > Denemo does only use relative paths. It is some of the external things
> > that are included in the package that are causing the trouble: these
> > are .dlls and text files that I have downloaded by following links from
> > the gtk website. Earlier versions of Denemo just literally had various
> > files copied in; this latest version (I think) saw me following the
> > instructions that came with the gtkbundle file, and this seems to be the
> > source of the trouble: it said it was for developers wanting to provide
> > the gtk stuff, but it seems only to have resulted in something that
> > works on the machine the gtkbundle was unpacked on.
> > It would be possible to make InstallDenemo.exe install some files in c:
> > \gtkbundle\... when installing denemo, perhaps this is the way to go. If
> > you could find out if, by creating the directories & copying the .dlls
> > asked for, that it would work then I could create an installer that
> > would do that.
> > Richard
> > 
> > > I will have a look then. I fear if I'm going to install things do make 
> > > Denemo work here I will not be able to use this as a test system.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > -------- Original-Nachricht --------
> > > > Datum: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:51:16 +0000
> > > > Von: Richard Shann <address@hidden>
> > > > An: denemo <address@hidden>
> > > > Betreff: Re: [Denemo-devel] Windows Version Errors and log
> > > 
> > > > On Thu, 2008-11-20 at 14:46 +0000, Richard Shann wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, 2008-11-20 at 14:31 +0100, Nils Gey wrote:
> > > > > > Yes, its clear that there are files missing because the path is
> > > > > > wrong. 
> > > > > > I think you meant that I should create these dirs to test it. For 
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > real issue its to change the paths to relative, right? 
> > > > > Yes.
> > > > > Meanwhile I'll try to build a debug version.
> > > > I had a look, downloaded the dependency walker program and ran it. It is
> > > > clear that the svg loader is working only because I have the gtkbundle
> > > > path on my machine. However, when I hide this, the program does not
> > > > crash, it just fails to load the .svg files. It is clear that the
> > > > problem is due to the .dlls included with Denemo. With the gtkbundle
> > > > package is a Readme file that contains only a sketch of how to use it.
> > > > If someone understands better how to use it please say.
> > > > 
> > > > Bottom line: the right gtk .dll files need to be found and installed in
> > > > Denemo/bin
> > > > 
> > > > Richard
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
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