Re: cons error from other than .swarmArchiver ?

[Catherine Dibble]

hi Marcus,

I'm replying to the list since I had not included the error message or
my .swarmArchiver before.  Perhaps this thread will help someone.

>I know of one fix since 2.0.1, but without seeing the .swarmArchiver file
>I don't know if it is relevant.  You might try today's swarm.dll in 
>ftp://ftp./santafe.edu/pub/swarm/2.0.1-fixes.  (gunzip it and put it in
>$SWARMHOME/bin.)

Thanks, I installed today's swarm.dll in $SWARMHOME/bin and recompiled
my app.  Tried it both with and without .swarmArchiver in $SWARMHOME.
I still get this error message:

//e/lab/geograph $ ./geo
*** event raised for error: InvalidArgument
*** function: _i_InputStream_c__getExpr(), file:
/src/Swarm/swarm/src/collection
s/InputStream.m, line: 245
cons accepts only two arguments*** execution terminating due to error
/src/Swarm/swarm/src/defobj/Symbol.m:173 -[Error(c) _raiseEvent:]

The .swarmArchiver that works nicely on my Win95 laptop is:

(archiver
  (list
    (cons '(epi default)
      (list
        (cons 'EpiGraph-graph
          (make-instance 'WindowGeometryRecord #:position '(1 299)))
        (cons 'ProbeDisplay-geoModelSwarm
          (make-instance 'WindowGeometryRecord #:position '(126 -1)))
        (cons 'graphCanvas
          (make-instance 'WindowGeometryRecord #:position '(389 -1)))
        (cons 'theTopLevelSwarm-actionCache-panelWidget
          (make-instance 'WindowGeometryRecord #:position '(0 0)))))
    (cons '(geo default)
      (list
        (cons 'HappyGraph-graph
          (make-instance 'WindowGeometryRecord  #:position '(15 334)))
        (cons 'ProbeDisplay-geoModelSwarm
          (make-instance 'WindowGeometryRecord  #:position '(129 1)))
        (cons 'graphCanvas
          (make-instance 'WindowGeometryRecord  #:position '(403 -7)))
        (cons 'theTopLevelSwarm-actionCache-panelWidget
          (make-instance 'WindowGeometryRecord  #:position '(0 0)))))))

Fwiw, geo is the app I most need to run, but both geo and epi
work great on the Win95 laptop but not here on this Win98 PC.

Many many thanks, as always, and best wishes for whatever new
release may be cooking...

Catherine


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 Catherine Dibble                                      
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