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From: Stephen
Subject: Beta26 GUI Extensions
Date: 16 May 2008 08:54:14
Message: <nu0r24t1eihgfo7i515jjsseiafp0k5nos@4ax.com>
I installed Beta26 over Beta25 and was given a warning (?) to install
it with the /INSTALL option. I did this and although Bishop3D starts
pvengine-sse2.exe it will not run the generated pov file. I
reinstalled Beta26 in a separate directory and I am still using
Beta25.
OK. I know that using two Beta programmes is not the best idea in the
world. But Beta25 did render even if it did not send the image back to
Bishop3D.
-- 

Regards
     Stephen


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From: Thomas de Groot
Subject: Re: Beta26 GUI Extensions
Date: 17 May 2008 03:24:07
Message: <482e8817$1@news.povray.org>
"Stephen" <mcavoysAT@aolDOTcom> schreef in bericht 
news:nu0r24t1eihgfo7i515jjsseiafp0k5nos@4ax.com...
>I installed Beta26 over Beta25 and was given a warning (?) to install
> it with the /INSTALL option. I did this and although Bishop3D starts
> pvengine-sse2.exe it will not run the generated pov file. I
> reinstalled Beta26 in a separate directory and I am still using
> Beta25.
> OK. I know that using two Beta programmes is not the best idea in the
> world. But Beta25 did render even if it did not send the image back to
> Bishop3D.
> -- 
>

Same here, with in addition I don't know what to do with  /INSTALL....
(call me stupid...)

Thomas


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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: Beta26 GUI Extensions
Date: 17 May 2008 04:44:42
Message: <9m6t249k9mm938oh6j6ao1d66fe7sosmu7@4ax.com>
On Sat, 17 May 2008 09:24:08 +0200, "Thomas de Groot"
<t.d### [at] internlDOTnet> wrote:

>
>Same here, with in addition I don't know what to do with  /INSTALL....
>(call me stupid...)

OK Stupid!  <Boom, boom> :-)

Copy the beta to a directory under PovRay. Open a dos box in that
directory and type pvengine.exe/install or pvengine-sse2.exe/install.
If you don't install it under the PovRay directory the beta complains
that it can't find colors.inc etc.
-- 

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     Stephen


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From: Thomas de Groot
Subject: Re: Beta26 GUI Extensions
Date: 17 May 2008 05:34:13
Message: <482ea695$1@news.povray.org>
"Stephen" <mcavoysAT@aolDOTcom> schreef in bericht 
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> On Sat, 17 May 2008 09:24:08 +0200, "Thomas de Groot"
> <t.d### [at] internlDOTnet> wrote:
>
>>
>>Same here, with in addition I don't know what to do with  /INSTALL....
>>(call me stupid...)
>
> OK Stupid!  <Boom, boom> :-)
I expected that coming... :-)

>
> Copy the beta to a directory under PovRay. Open a dos box in that
> directory and type pvengine.exe/install or pvengine-sse2.exe/install.
> If you don't install it under the PovRay directory the beta complains
> that it can't find colors.inc etc.

Hm. OK. Makes sense. I wonder why this was not necessary with beta 25. Has 
to do with the registry I guess...

Thanks Stephen! I shall try this out.

Thomas


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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: Beta26 GUI Extensions
Date: 17 May 2008 05:58:13
Message: <qtat24hthn9406jofkoman6bf78i8esl60@4ax.com>
On Sat, 17 May 2008 11:34:12 +0200, "Thomas de Groot"
<t.d### [at] internlDOTnet> wrote:

>
>"Stephen" <mcavoysAT@aolDOTcom> schreef in bericht 
>news:9m6t249k9mm938oh6j6ao1d66fe7sosmu7@4ax.com...
>> On Sat, 17 May 2008 09:24:08 +0200, "Thomas de Groot"
>> <t.d### [at] internlDOTnet> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Same here, with in addition I don't know what to do with  /INSTALL....
>>>(call me stupid...)
>>
>> OK Stupid!  <Boom, boom> :-)
>I expected that coming... :-)
>
I thought that it was a feed line <g>

>> Copy the beta to a directory under PovRay. Open a dos box in that
>> directory and type pvengine.exe/install or pvengine-sse2.exe/install.
>> If you don't install it under the PovRay directory the beta complains
>> that it can't find colors.inc etc.
>
>Hm. OK. Makes sense. I wonder why this was not necessary with beta 25. Has 
>to do with the registry I guess...
>
>Thanks Stephen! I shall try this out.
>
After you do and it doesn't work you need to edit the Registry (This
is an oops for me). 
Manually copy the
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\POV-Ray\v3.6\Windows\Engine\GUIExtensions"
entries to
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\POV-Ray\v3.7\Windows\Engine\GUIExtensions"
and it works. 
(Use your own directory settings)

I need to test a few other things in the Registry as I changed the
pointer in Bishop3D to pvengine.exe from pvengine-sse2.exe to get it
to work. 
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Regards
     Stephen


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From: Thomas de Groot
Subject: Re: Beta26 GUI Extensions
Date: 17 May 2008 07:41:57
Message: <482ec485@news.povray.org>
"Stephen" <mcavoysAT@aolDOTcom> schreef in bericht 
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>>
> After you do and it doesn't work you need to edit the Registry (This
> is an oops for me).
> Manually copy the
> "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\POV-Ray\v3.6\Windows\Engine\GUIExtensions"
> entries to
> "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\POV-Ray\v3.7\Windows\Engine\GUIExtensions"
> and it works.
> (Use your own directory settings)
>
> I need to test a few other things in the Registry as I changed the
> pointer in Bishop3D to pvengine.exe from pvengine-sse2.exe to get it
> to work.
> -- 
>

You know, Stephen, I sincerely wonder if we need to do all this registry 
editing and so on. Wouldn't those instructions have been given with the zip 
in the first place if that were the case? Beta 25 which was basically 
identical to beta 26, did not need all that, so what is the matter here? I 
have the feeling there is something fundamentally amiss...

Thomas


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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: Beta26 GUI Extensions
Date: 17 May 2008 08:30:42
Message: <7mjt249gbkvqrmj5c3ijificnssot4ad13@4ax.com>
On Sat, 17 May 2008 13:41:56 +0200, "Thomas de Groot"
<t.d### [at] internlDOTnet> wrote:

>
>You know, Stephen, I sincerely wonder if we need to do all this registry 
>editing and so on. Wouldn't those instructions have been given with the zip 
>in the first place if that were the case? Beta 25 which was basically 
>identical to beta 26, did not need all that, so what is the matter here? I 
>have the feeling there is something fundamentally amiss...
>

Well I only started using the Betas a month ago so I might have missed
something earlier on. I think Chris is slowly changing the INI to Reg
stuff. Also Hugo (Bishop3D) said that the GUI Extensions are not fully
implemented and I imagine not many people are using the Beta with
Modellers. 
I think that I have found a separate bug and wonder if you would look
at the files that I will send you a link separately.

-- 

Regards
     Stephen


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From: Chris Cason
Subject: Re: Beta26 GUI Extensions
Date: 19 May 2008 08:01:49
Message: <48316c2d$1@news.povray.org>
Thomas de Groot wrote:
> I sincerely wonder if we need to do all this registry editing and so on.

You would not normally need to do registry editing, perhaps I have a bug in
the migration code for the GUIEXT settings.

As for the /install switch, it's been present for a long time (it's in
3.6). It's intended for cases where POV was installed without using the
setup program, which is for all intents and purposes now the case since the
EXE is no longer sharing the version 3.6 settings and directory structure.

I ought to put together an installer now that this is the case.

-- Chris


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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: Beta26 GUI Extensions
Date: 19 May 2008 08:33:12
Message: <krs23457jqreskj0rdk66kak3ao3571oie@4ax.com>
On Mon, 19 May 2008 22:01:47 +1000, Chris Cason
<del### [at] deletethistoopovrayorg> wrote:

>
>I ought to put together an installer now that this is the case.

That would be nice
-- 

Regards
     Stephen


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From: Thomas de Groot
Subject: Re: Beta26 GUI Extensions
Date: 20 May 2008 03:07:55
Message: <483278cb$1@news.povray.org>
"Chris Cason" <del### [at] deletethistoopovrayorg> schreef in 
bericht news:48316c2d$1@news.povray.org...
> You would not normally need to do registry editing, perhaps I have a bug 
> in
> the migration code for the GUIEXT settings.
>
> As for the /install switch, it's been present for a long time (it's in
> 3.6). It's intended for cases where POV was installed without using the
> setup program, which is for all intents and purposes now the case since 
> the
> EXE is no longer sharing the version 3.6 settings and directory structure.
>
> I ought to put together an installer now that this is the case.
>

Thank you indeed, Chris. Very clear. I understand now the procedure.
An installer would be nice indeed.  :-)

Thomas


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