Re: initSwarm error?

[Doug Donalson]

If I understand your comments, I don't think this is the problem.

I am running under 2.0.1 and the model is compiled with 2.0.1.  That is also
the directory where the "bad" archiver file is located.

----- Original Message -----
From: Rick Riolo <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Friday, October 15, 1999 9:27 AM
Subject: Re: initSwarm error?


>
> Could this be because of the change in .swarmArchive format
> that was introduced in some version change (I can't recall which)?
> If you run *any* model compiled at or after that version,
> and do a save on it, it creates a .swarmArchive file
> that has a format that is not readable by earlier versions,
> and in fact causes them to crash.
> I think if you do the opposite (eg save under an earlier version,
> then run a later version), it also causes the crash,
> at initSwarm time, because that is when it reads the
> .swarmArchiver file.
>
> I believe you don't have to be running the same model
> compiled under the different versions....they all read
> the same .swarmArchiver file and have the same problem.
>
> It might be nice to put into future swarms a more
> graceful detection of the wrong format...
>
> - r
>
>
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> On Fri, 15 Oct 1999, Doug Donalson wrote:
>
> > Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 09:04:54 -0700
> > From: Doug Donalson <address@hidden>
> > Reply-To: address@hidden
> > To: address@hidden
> > Subject: Re: initSwarm error?
> >
> > Paul had the answer.  I used the "save" button on the control panel.  Is
there a reason I shouldn't?  I removed the .swarmArchiver file and the error
went away.  (Win 98)
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> >    D3
> >   ----- Original Message -----
> >   From: Doug Donalson
> >   To: address@hidden
> >   Sent: Friday, October 15, 1999 8:45 AM
> >   Subject: initSwarm error?
> >
> >
> >   This is weird!  I just got an error without recompilling!!!
> >   I ran my model, quit, and then re-ran it.  When I re-ran it I got this
error:
> >
> >   *** event raised for error: OffsetOutOfRange
> >   *** function: indexAtOffset(), file:
/src/Swarm/swarm/src/collections/Collection.m, line: 110
> >   *** execution terminating due to error
> >   /src/Swarm/swarm/src/defobj/Symbol.m:173 -[Error(c) _raiseEvent:]
> >
> >   Sorry Marcus, I can't provide any code as such, the error seems to be
comming from initSwarm.  What in the heck could have caused this?  I did not
recompile before the error showed up.
> >
> >   Cheers?
> >
> >      D3
> >
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