[Xerte] Re: [Xerte 3] Problem getting Xerte 3 running with Windows 7

Thu Feb 10 22:10:44 GMT 2011

Just to confirm

This is an issue with short filenames.
In Win7 64 bit (and also in Vista 64 bit) both "C:\Program Files\" and 
"C:\Program Files (x86)\" exist. The short file name of the first is:

C:\Progra~1

and of the second:

C:\Progra~2

Just install  Xerte3 in a 8.3 directory, will solve all problems.

Tom

Op 11-1-2011 23:52, Patrick Lockley schreef:
> Vista has program files and program files (86) too, so it might be a path issue due to 8.3 file names?
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> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Kemp Johnathan [johnathan.kemp at ntlworld.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 6:47 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Xerte] [Xerte 3] Problem getting Xerte 3 running with Windows 7
>
> Nope.
>
> I first called the batch file by opening a cmd window and then typed the full path of the batch file in the cmd window and then pressed the return key.
>
> Later I tried running the batch file directly by opening windows explorer and double clicking on the batch file.
>
> I have now uninstalled Adobe Air and Xerte 3.
>
> I then re-installed Xerte 3 to the location c:\XerteProject and set the Xerte setting file to the location of flex 4.5
>
> Now projects build successfully, so I think we can safely assume that the (86) in the original path of Xerte was causing a problem.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Johnathan
>
> On 11 January 2011 14:45, Patrick Lockley<Patrick.Lockley at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Patrick.Lockley at nottingham.ac.uk>>  wrote:
> By running the batch file from a command window, do you mean a desktop icon?
>
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>  [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>] On Behalf Of Kemp Johnathan
> Sent: 11 January 2011 14:26
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> Subject: Re: [Xerte] [Xerte 3] Problem getting Xerte 3 running with Windows 7
>
> When I try running the batch file from a cmd window I get the message
>
> 'mxmlc' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
>
> However when I use in the batch file
>
> c:\flex45SDK\bin\mxmlc c:\xerte3Projects\ProjectTest\src\LearningObject.mxml
> pause
>
> Then no error messages are displayed in the command window and a swf file is produced in the project's src folder.
>
> On 11 January 2011 12:03, Julian Tenney<Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>>  wrote:
> Should run 64bit and shouldn’t need to add any more paths.
>
> I would try making a batch file with a simple mxmlc call in it:
>
> --
> mxmlc C:\test\test.mxml
> pause
>
> place a simple mxml file in c:\test that you can compile.
> See what happens. Then start adding in other parts of the command until we find the problem.
>
> I think it might be the (86) in the path that is screwing things up.
>
> fcsh is an mxmlc wrapper that makes mxmlc fast to re-use when compiling projects.  fcsh has handy features like not handling spaces in file paths, and Xerte’s method for getting short filenames is not bulletproof yet. [I’ve logged a bug with the Flex team]
>
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>  [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>] On Behalf Of Kemp Johnathan
> Sent: 11 January 2011 10:31
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> Subject: [Xerte] [Xerte 3] Problem getting Xerte 3 running with Windows 7
>
> I am just setting up a new PC running windows 7 home premium, it has the latest version of Open Office installed which has installed the Java runtime.
>
> When I first installed and then tried to run Xerte 3 (having configured the location of the flex sdk in the Xerte config file) I obtained an error relating to
>
> C:\Program Files (86)\Java\jre6\bin\client\jvm.dll
>
> The solution was to add to the path system variable the folder in which file msvcr71.dll could be found, in this case I added
>
> ;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin\
> to the system path.
>
> Xerte 3 is installed in c:\ Program Files (86)\XerteProject
>
> I have created a project in Xerte and added a panel to the Application.
>
> However when I try to build the project I am getting the following displayed in the output window.
>
> ************
> mxmlc -accessible=true -optimize=true -incremental=true -target-player 10.1 -debug=false LearningObject.mxml -output=C:\xerte3Projects\ProjectTest\bin\LearningObject.swf -library-path+=C:\Progra~1\XerteP~1\Xerte3\lib -source-path=C:\Progra~1\XerteP~1\Xerte3
>
> fcsh: Assigned 1 as the compile target id
> Loading configuration file C:\FlexHero\frameworks\flex-config.xml
> command line: Error: unable to open 'C:\Progra~1\XerteP~1\Xerte3\lib'Use 'mxmlc -help' for information about using the command line.(fcsh) (fcsh)
> ***************
>
> Do I need to be adding further paths to the system path?
> Are there problems installing or running Xerte on 64 bit systems?
>
> Kind regards
>
> Johnathan
>
>
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