On 03.01.11 16:36, m.steiger wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am starting PovRay from another application with following command:
>
> %povray% /EDIT Test1.pov /RENDER Test1.pov
> where %povray% is
> C:\Programme\POV_Ray\POV-Ray 3.7\bin\pvengine.exe
> or
> C:\Programme\POV_Ray\POV-Ray 3.7\bin\pvengine-sse2.exe
>
>  >>> case 1: If PovRay is NOT running, it will be started and following
> error message will be displayed:
> ----------------------------------------------------
> IO Restrictions prohibit write access to 'Test1.png'
> Failed to start render: Cannot open file.
> ----------------------------------------------------
> But 'Test1.png' doesn't exist - it's the file PovRay should create!!!

Yes, and that is exactly what the error message says: It cannot _write_ that 
file.

>  >>> case 2: If PovRay is already running, it will display 'Test1.pov' and
> start rendering as expected.
>
> I was testing the same situation with PovRay 3.62.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> PovRay 3.62 does not show an error messages!
> It works perfect in both cases!!!
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Well, does it have IO restrictions enabled?

	Thorsten

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