Nice one Robert.

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Only problem is i`ve downloaded it and it gives out an error on loading.
I will download again and give more info.

Ok. Heres the problem which comes up in a window.

"An error has ocurred in program:
Ram Disk:AmiPodder/AmiPodder:
Error 41 in line 375: Invalid expression
Please check the documentation for solutions and to report bugs."

This happens before i use the installer and after.

Also in an output window i get "0"

Keep up the good work tho Robert :)

Last edited by cap on 16-Sep-2007 at 03:32 PM.
Last edited by cap on 16-Sep-2007 at 03:31 PM.

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@cap

Sorry to hear you're having problems.

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Ok. Heres the problem which comes up in a window. "An error has ocurred in program: Ram Disk:AmiPodder/AmiPodder: Error 41 in line 375: Invalid expression Please check the documentation for solutions and to report bugs."

I'm not sure quite why you're getting this error, but that area of the program is checking to see if you have all the required libraries etc. installed. In particular, do you have the latest version of rxMUI installed? If not you can download it from:
http://alfie.altervista.org/rxmui/

Hope that helps,

Robert

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Please install it in a harddrive partition! And try again.

I have had problems with some programs running from the "ram disk:" I think it is because this is a the only volume with a blank in its name. Some programs can't handle that.

I think the script is having the same problem, because it says:
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Ram Disk:AmiPodder/AmiPodder: Error 41 in line 375: Invalid expression

Firbodi

Last edited by firbodi on 16-Sep-2007 at 04:17 PM.

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@firbodi

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Please install it in a harddrive partition! And try again. I have had problems with some programs running from the "ram disk:" I think it is because this is a the only volume with a blank in its name. Some programs can't handle that.

You're right that running from the RAM Disk does cause problems with some programs. However I have tested AmiPodder running from there and it works fine, so I think cap's problem is more likely caused by missing libraries. If that turns out to be the case I'll have to work out why the script is failing rather than showing an appropriate message (as it is supposed to).

Robert

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Thanks Robert.

That was the solution to install rxmui.

Alls working fine now. :)

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@rhino

I get an aborted install. I had to manually install v1.6 & will have to do the same with v1.7. I have RxMUI installed & v1.6 is working, although prefs configuring drives me nuts asking for the Work: volume, which doesn't exist.

Here's the install error I get. I get this no matter where I un-archive the app.

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Nice to see an update. Go amiga ;)

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I get an aborted install. I had to manually install v1.6 & will have to do the same with v1.7.

I suspect I know why you're getting this error. If you're updating from an existing version you need to select the drawer containing the AmiPodder drawer (not the existing AmiPodder drawer) in the installer. For example, if AmiPodder 1.6 is already installed in Work:Utilities/AmiPodder/, select Work:Utilities/ when running the 1.7 installer to update it.

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I have RxMUI installed & v1.6 is working, although prefs configuring drives me nuts asking for the Work: volume, which doesn't exist.

This is caused when the default paths in prefs do not exist on your system. You can get around this by selecting a path for the audio and video sync directories even if you are not going to use that feature (just select a any directory, if you don't sync it won't be used). I'll add that to the list of things to fix in the next release.

Thanks

Robert

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@rhino

You were correct about the install problem, just selecting the directory where AmiPodder v1.6 was installed did the trick as you said.
Thanks for the other tip on configuring.

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I suspect I know why you're getting this error. If you're updating from an existing version you need to select the drawer containing the AmiPodder drawer (not the existing AmiPodder drawer) in the installer. For example, if AmiPodder 1.6 is already installed in Work:Utilities/AmiPodder/, select Work:Utilities/ when running the 1.7 installer to update it.

This is a common problem in many installer scripts. I think it would be helpful if the author (in this case you, Rhino ) would make the script detect if the user selects the actual installation drawer instead of its parent, and simply cut off the final drawer from the selected path. It's usually no problem to check if the selected path contains a file with the name of your main executable, or a drawer containing such a file. And that's all you need to know in order to "improve" the user's selection.

Wouldn't this be a nice "best practice" for installer script writers?

Best regards,

Niels

@nbache

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This is a common problem in many installer scripts. I think it would be helpful if the author (in this case you, Rhino ) would make the script detect if the user selects the actual installation drawer instead of its parent

Good point, I'll make a note to improve the behaviour of the installer for the next version.

Thanks

Robert

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Great news. Thanks for the update

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