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  Re: ini file - Input_File_Name requires extension  
From: Thomas de Groot
Date: 29 Jun 2010 03:09:42
Message: <4c299c36@news.povray.org>
"jberry02" <nomail@nomail> schreef in bericht 
news:web.4c295a08949a9ca3bba8fbcd0@news.povray.org...
> Input_File_Name=scene
>
> under POV-Ray 3.5 *and* POV-Ray 3.6, the scene defined in the file 
> scene.pov is
> rendered properly using the parameters specified in the scene.ini file. 
> The ini
> file is opened from the POV-Ray GUI, and run using the "Run" button.
>
> under POV-Ray 3.7, I get an error - I originally thought that it was 
> simply not
> looking for scene.pov (i.e., it wasn't adding the .pov extension when 
> trying to
> open the scene file), but looking closer the error is *actually*:
>
> Input file 'C:\[...]\scene' not found; cannot determine I/O permission for
> write.
> Failed to start render: Cannot open file.
>

My guess: you may have to add the path to the scene.pov file. Obviously, the 
ini and the pov files are not in the same directory, and the path is not in 
your povray.ini

Thomas


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