toggle_fow CTD

[bovi]

Well, it's not an executable jar, just a regular one (jar = Java archive), but Windows doesn't know the difference. The error message you receive when running it is expected.

So, where are you running validateInstall.bat from? c:\Rome TW, right? Then it should find eb.jar in that same directory. Possibly I've missed a problem when you have a space in the path... Could you try to rename the "Rome TW" folder to "RomeTW", then run the validation?

[Horst Nordfink]

Certainly.

EDIT: It won't let me rename the file to "RomeTW". Access is denied.

[bovi]

I tried to rename my own folder to contain spaces, and it works just fine with no changes... Could you verify that the contents of validateInstall.bat are:

@echo off
echo Running validation. Could take a couple of minutes, please be patient.
java -cp eb.jar;edtftpj.jar europabarbarorum/ValidateInstall
echo Validation is complete. There should now be a new file called
echo "ebValidationResults.txt" in this directory. However, if you're running
echo Vista and have installed RTW/EB under PROGRAM FILES, it probably won't.
echo In fact, if so you're very likely to run into trouble later because of
echo that placement. Make sure you have installed RTW/EB anywhere else.
pause
notepad ebValidationResults.txt

Then try to change java -cp eb.jar into java -classpath eb.jar and run it again. Possibly you have a version of Java which doesn't recognize the -cp directive. Which version of Java do you have installed?

[Horst Nordfink]

I downloaded and installed version 6 yesterday from this site http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp.

No, the contents of my validateinstall are the same as listed as above.

If i run validateinstall.bat via the search function of my desktop, it comes up with something completely different:

Running validation. Could take a couple of minutes, please be patient. The validation requires a checklist to confirm that your installation is correct. Upon installation, you get one for a standard RTW/EB installation without BI/Alex. I can try to download another or update the checklist from the EB server, do you want to do this? (Y/N)

[bovi]

Then I'm sorry, I don't have any more help to give. The toggle_fow crash certainly doesn't happen on my machine, and Java behaves differently.

[Horst Nordfink]

That's ok bovi! It must be just one of those things that happens now and again. Either that or it's the faulr of my steam-powered laptop.

Thanks again for all your help, much appreciated!

Here is a balloon for your efforts

[Tellos Athenaios]

@Bovi, haven't you added a manifest file in your .jar archive then? After doing that it's just a matter of

java -jar myArchive.jar

In the .bat file.

Also, turning the echo off supresses output in the DOS box at times; even if you explicitly write to the console. (At least it did with my DRViewer...?)