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Carl Gundel-2

Image won't load, and how do I see my code in the repository?

Okay, so I did a whole bunch of things to bring some code into my VA Smalltalk image. Then I saved the image as abt2.icx. When I try to launch that image I get an error 33 could not open image file.

That's bad enough. Why does that happen? Should I expect this to be par for the course?

So, I figure I can just load a clean image and reload my work from the repository. I had no trouble getting the available and only edition. The sub applications all loaded too, but I cannot find the methods that I wrote. Are they lost? Shouldn't I be able to see the methods in my application once I load it?

Thanks.

-Carl

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jtuchel

Re: Image won't load, and how do I see my code in the repository?

Carl

it is pretty sure you haven't lost anything, so don't worry. error 33 almost always means the vm executable (abt.exe) cannot open the image. most of the time, this is easy to fix. did you rename your image from abt.icx to some other name? did you move the file to another directory?
how do you start vast? do you use a desktop shortcut or just the start menu item? if you use a shortcur icon, check what parameters are given to abt.exe. the image file should be passed with -i.
if you use the start menu item, be aware that this requires the image file to be named abt.exe.

the only other reason for error 333 that i can think of is that the path to your manager is wrong in the abt.ini.

So maybe you can tell us a bit more about your setup so that we can help...

Joachim

jtuchel

Re: Image won't load, and how do I see my code in the repository?

Carl,

another idea: did you rename your image, but not its accompanying .ini?

Joachim

Am Donnerstag, 7. Februar 2013 18:59:58 UTC+1 schrieb [hidden email]:

Carl

it is pretty sure you haven't lost anything, so don't worry. error 33 almost always means the vm executable (abt.exe) cannot open the image. most of the time, this is easy to fix. did you rename your image from abt.icx to some other name? did you move the file to another directory?
how do you start vast? do you use a desktop shortcut or just the start menu item? if you use a shortcur icon, check what parameters are given to abt.exe. the image file should be passed with -i.
if you use the start menu item, be aware that this requires the image file to be named abt.exe.

the only other reason for error 333 that i can think of is that the path to your manager is wrong in the abt.ini.

So maybe you can tell us a bit more about your setup so that we can help...

Joachim

Carl Gundel-2

Re: Image won't load, and how do I see my code in the repository?

Thanks for the feedback. I managed to load the image by making a copy of the abt.ini file, but shouldn't VAST do this for me when I Save As?

I also managed to figure out how to get at all my code. It's been more than 10 years since I've used ENVY (it's a bit of a bear) and I need to reacquaint myself with a lot of things. I wonder if my development team here is going to be able to make the adjustment.

-Carl

On Thursday, February 7, 2013 1:02:11 PM UTC-5, [hidden email] wrote:

Carl,

another idea: did you rename your image, but not its accompanying .ini?

Joachim

Am Donnerstag, 7. Februar 2013 18:59:58 UTC+1 schrieb [hidden email]:
Carl

it is pretty sure you haven't lost anything, so don't worry. error 33 almost always means the vm executable (abt.exe) cannot open the image. most of the time, this is easy to fix. did you rename your image from abt.icx to some other name? did you move the file to another directory?
how do you start vast? do you use a desktop shortcut or just the start menu item? if you use a shortcur icon, check what parameters are given to abt.exe. the image file should be passed with -i.
if you use the start menu item, be aware that this requires the image file to be named abt.exe.

the only other reason for error 333 that i can think of is that the path to your manager is wrong in the abt.ini.

So maybe you can tell us a bit more about your setup so that we can help...

Joachim

Thomas Koschate-2

Re: Image won't load, and how do I see my code in the repository?

On Thursday, February 7, 2013 1:23:42 PM UTC-5, Carl Gundel wrote:

Thanks for the feedback. I managed to load the image by making a copy of the abt.ini file

You could also specify the ini file as part of the startup. Add -ini:abt.ini to your command line, and it will tell VA Smalltalk to use abt.ini as its ini file regardless of the image name.

Tom

jtuchel

Re: Image won't load, and how do I see my code in the repository?

In reply to this post by Carl Gundel-2

Carl,

as I understand it, Instantiations is working on a tool similar to the project launcher in vw, so it is very likely that we'll see tool support for such scenarios quite soon. I don't knnow if copying the .ini is on their feature list or not, but it sounds like a good idea to me.

I agree that envy makes work a bit different than on other smalltalks, but once you've seen its strengths and understand the reasons and implications, you may not want anything else.

So can we hope to read about your vse-to-vast-journey on some blog any time soon?

Joachim

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