<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Wm,</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">The error you're getting would indicate d-rats can't find (or can't read) some of the files in the folder:</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><div>C:\Users\wmjpalmerjr\AppData\Roaming\D-RATS\</div></div></div></blockquote><br></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">They need to be read/write accessible. Windows (Vista in particular) has "issues" with not letting d-rats access supporting files due to file permissions settings.<br></span><div><br></div><div>Try re-running the installer, but tell it to "run as administrator" and see if that helps.</div><div><br></div><div>Mike, N0SO<br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On Aug 27, 2011, at 10:06 PM, Wm Palmer <<a href="mailto:ai4sy@yahoo.com">ai4sy@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Hello again Mike.....</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>I removed everything from my system, included those file you recommand I install.</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>Here is the dbug data after re-installing 0.3.3 form a a second download....</span></div><div><span>===================================================</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div>Traceback (most recent call last):<br><br> File "d_rats\ui\main_messages.pyo", line 1113, in <lambda><br><br> File "d_rats\ui\main_messages.pyo", line 713, in open_folder<br><br> File "d_rats\ui\main_messages.pyo", line 700, in refresh<br><br> File "d_rats\ui\main_messages.pyo", line 661, in _update_message_info<br><br> File "d_rats\formgui.pyo", line 615, in __init__<br><br>Exception:
Form file C:\Users\wmjpalmerjr\AppData\Roaming\D-RATS\messages\Inbox\Inbox.event is empty!<br>============================================================================</div><div>HERE IS THE OTHER INFORMATION IN THE ERROR MESSAGE WINDOW</div><div>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</div>Enabled debug log<br>simplejson was not found. Geocoders relying on JSON parsing will not work.<br>FILE: C:\Users\wmjpalmerjr\AppData\Roaming\D-RATS\d-rats.config<br>Loading locale `en'<br>Locale dir is: C:\Program Files (x86)\D-RATS\locale<br>---------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>D-RATS v0.3.3 starting at Sat Aug 27 22:05:39 2011<br>Platform Win32Platform:<br><br> base: C:\Users\wmjpalmerjr\AppData\Roaming\D-RATS<br><br> source_dir: C:\Program Files (x86)\D-RATS<br><br> OS version: Windows
Vista<br>---------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>Static position: 31.456770,-85636238.000000<br>C:\Program Files (x86)\D-RATS\library.zip\d_rats\mainwindow.py:253: GtkWarning: gtk_notebook_set_tab_label: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (child)' failed<br>C:\Program Files (x86)\D-RATS\library.zip\d_rats\ui\main_common.py:113: DeprecationWarning: <br>---- GUI Exception ----<br>Traceback (most recent call last):<br><br><br> File "d_rats\ui\main_messages.pyo", line 1113, in <lambda><br><br><br> File "d_rats\ui\main_messages.pyo", line 713, in open_folder<br><br><br> File "d_rats\ui\main_messages.pyo", line 700, in refresh<br><br><br> File "d_rats\ui\main_messages.pyo", line 661, in _update_message_info<br><br><br> File "d_rats\formgui.pyo", line 615, in __init__<br><br><br>Exception: Form file C:\Users\wmjpalmerjr\AppData\Roaming\D-RATS\messages\Inbox\Inbox.event is empty!<br><br>---- End
----<br><br>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br><br>Again thanks for the help, Wm<br><div><br></div><div> </div><div>My ham radio web page: <a href="http://www.qsl.net/ai4sy/"><a href="http://www.qsl.net/ai4sy/">http://www.qsl.net/ai4sy/</a></a><br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Mike Heitmann <<a href="mailto:n0so@att.net">n0so@att.net</a>><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Wm Palmer <<a href="mailto:ai4sy@yahoo.com">ai4sy@yahoo.com</a>><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, August 27, 2011 8:10 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [drats_users] Install failure<br></font><br><div id="yiv1903595867"><div><span class="yiv1903595867Apple-style-span" style=""><div><br></div><div>There should be an option to get the debug log in the error pop-up. Can you do that and
post it? Maybe we can see what is making it fail to run.</div><div><br></div></span>Mike, N0SO<br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On Aug 27, 2011, at 3:53 PM, Wm Palmer <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:ai4sy@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:ai4sy@yahoo.com"><a href="mailto:ai4sy@yahoo.com">ai4sy@yahoo.com</a></a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div><span>Hello and thank you for your reply.</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>The programs starts, and a second window opens with following:</span></div><div><span>=======================================================</span></div>D-RATS has encountered an error.<br><br>This may be non-fatal, so you may click Ignore below to attempt to continue running. <br>Otherwise, click 'Quit' to terminate D-RATS now. <br>If you are planning to file a bug for this issue, please
click Debug Log below and include the contents in the bug tracker.<br><br>If you need to ignore all additional warnings for this session, click Ignore All. However, please reproduce and report the issue when possible.<br><br>=============================================================<br><br>I click the ignore option, and the second
widow comes up again, so I click the ignore button again, and the program shuts down.<br><div><span><br></span></div><div> Thanks again, Wm AI4SY<br><br><br></div><div>My ham radio web page: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.qsl.net/ai4sy/"></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.qsl.net/ai4sy/"><a href="http://www.qsl.net/ai4sy/">http://www.qsl.net/ai4sy/</a></a><br></div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Mike Heitmann <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:n0so@att.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:n0so@att.net"><a href="mailto:n0so@att.net">n0so@att.net</a></a>><br><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b> Wm Palmer <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:ai4sy@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:ai4sy@yahoo.com"><a href="mailto:ai4sy@yahoo.com">ai4sy@yahoo.com</a></a>>; Discussion of D-RATS
<<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:drats_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:drats_users@intrepid.danplanet.com"><a href="mailto:drats_users@intrepid.danplanet.com">drats_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a></a>><br><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, August 27, 2011 3:35 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [drats_users] Install failure<br></font><br><div id="yiv1903595867"><div>Hello,</div><div><br></div><div>Some of that information is
displayed for reference. <span class="yiv1903595867Apple-style-span" style="">Did the program actually crash, or did it run? If it displayed the user interface screen you should be OK. </span></div><div><span class="yiv1903595867Apple-style-span" style=""><br></span></div><div><span class="yiv1903595867Apple-style-span" style="">Mike, N0SO</span></div><div>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On Aug 26, 2011, at 8:24 PM, Wm Palmer <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:ai4sy@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:ai4sy@yahoo.com"></a><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:ai4sy@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:ai4sy@yahoo.com"><a href="mailto:ai4sy@yahoo.com">ai4sy@yahoo.com</a></a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div><span>Hello to the list,</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>I just attempted in install D-Rats to my Win7
system. Once installed, I attempted to start the program and received the
following:</span></div><div><br></div><div>========================================================================================<br><span></span></div>Enabled debug log<br>simplejson was not found. Geocoders relying on JSON parsing will not work.<br>FILE: C:\Users\wmjpalmerjr\AppData\Roaming\D-RATS\d-rats.config<br>Loading locale `en'<br>Locale dir is: C:\Program Files (x86)\D-RATS\locale<br>---------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>D-RATS v0.3.2 starting at Fri Aug 26 20:24:00 2011<br>Platform Win32Platform:<br><br> base:
C:\Users\wmjpalmerjr\AppData\Roaming\D-RATS<br><br> source_dir: C:\Program Files (x86)\D-RATS<br><br> OS version: Windows Vista<br>---------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>Static position: 31.456770,-85636238.000000<br>C:\Program Files (x86)\D-RATS\library.zip\d_rats\mainwindow.py:253: GtkWarning: gtk_notebook_set_tab_label: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (child)' failed<br>C:\Program Files (x86)\D-RATS\library.zip\d_rats\ui\main_common.py:113: DeprecationWarning: <br><div><br><span></span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>===================================================================================================</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>Any help would be great, Things</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>Wm AI4SY</span></div><div> </div><div>My ham radio web page: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.qsl.net/ai4sy/"></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.qsl.net/ai4sy/"></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.qsl.net/ai4sy/"><a href="http://www.qsl.net/ai4sy/">http://www.qsl.net/ai4sy/</a></a></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>drats_users mailing list</span><br><span><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:drats_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:drats_users@intrepid.danplanet.com"></a><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:drats_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:drats_users@intrepid.danplanet.com"><a href="mailto:drats_users@intrepid.danplanet.com">drats_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a></a></span><br><span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/drats_users"></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/drats_users"><a href="http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/drats_users">http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/drats_users</a></a></span><br></div></blockquote></div><br><br></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br><br></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></body></html>