Hi  Wolf, I'm glad that it's ok for you. It was wierd for me too. I
discovered the rebooting bit, by accident, but three weeks in, no problems.
All the best...   ~Steve~



"Wolf Manos" <wol### [at] to_much_spamcom> wrote in message
news:39a1af41$1@news.povray.org...
> thanks for the help ... I just tried simple rebooting ... and it worked
the
> next time even without removing this file ...
>
> wired !
>
> Wolfgang
>
>
>
> "Alan Kong" <ako### [at] povrayNO-SPAMorg> wrote in message
> news:ee93qs0vsuvorbbi211u910gsldb4ck62c@4ax.com...
> > On Mon, 21 Aug 2000 07:40:36 -0700 "Wolf Manos"
> > <wol### [at] to_much_spamcom> wrote:
> >
> > >if I invoke the 'Help on POVRay Scene Language' from inside POVRay I
get
> an
> > >error message:
> > >    An error exists in this Help file. Contact your application vendor
> for
> > >an updated Help file (1024)
> >
> >   Hi, Wolf. The following message pasted in below may help you. It was
> > originally posted in the povray.windows group since it pertains only to
> > the Windows Help file.
> >
> > --
> > Alan - ako### [at] povrayorg - a k o n g <at> p o v r a y <dot> o r g
> > http://www.povray.org - Home of the Persistence of Vision Ray Tracer
> >
> > On Sun, 28 May 2000 23:56:42 GMT pro### [at] homecom (Rob Rippengale)
> > wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >Been using POV-Ray for some time now, but just got
> > >into the newsgroups, and cannot see a better solution
> > >to a problem I have been having, so I offer my own
> > >workaround for the mysterious "error in Help
> > >file - contact your vendor" situation.
> > >
> > >If you don't know what I am talking about you can
> > >happily ignore the rest of this post.
> > >
> > >I am running the latest POV-Ray for Windows
> > >Version 3.1g.msvc.win32 (Pentium II optimized).
> > >
> > >I got tired of re-installing and finally discovered that the
> > >GID file associated with the helpfile seems to somehow
> > >get corrupted.
> > >
> > >Remove the GID file and it wll be recreated the next time
> > >you access the help file, but there is a twist - you have to
> > >also reboot before you try to use Help again. Don't ask
> > >me why. It's dark in there. Anyway I added some lines to my
> > >autoexec.bat file to clean away that GID file every time I boot.
> > >
> > >I seem to get the error much less often, and when I do get
> > >it, I just reboot and autoexec.bat cleans up. Put the following
> > >lines in your autoexec.bat file without the leading quote used
> > >here. Of course, you should also edit the path to reflect your
> > >own installion directory.
> > >
> > >"IF NOT EXIST F:\POVRAY\HELP\POVRAY31.GID GOTO AFTERPOV
> > >"ATTRIB -H F:\POVRAY\HELP\POVRAY31.GID
> > >"DEL F:\POVRAY\HELP\POVRAY31.GID
> > >":AFTERPOV
> > >
> > >Note the leading colon on that last line. It marks a GOTO destination.
> > >and should be the first character on that line.
> > >
> > >In case you can't guess, the "IF NOT EXIST" test avoids the error
> > >message that would happen if you try to remove the file when it isn't
> > >there (the file is only recreated when the help file is accessed), and
> > >the "ATTRIB" line makes the GID file "unhidden" so the "DEL"
> > >command can find it.
> > >
> > >Pretty simple, and it works, but I still have to reboot when I get the
> > >annoying "error in help file" message. It's a pain, but not so bad
> > >as re-installing POV-Ray.
> > >
> > >If a more permanent solution has been found and I have just not read
> > >enough newsgroup material, please enlighten me.
> > >
> > >Thanks,
> > >Rstudio (aka Probity, aka Rob Rippengale)
> >
>
>

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