1.6.6q won't run on my XP box
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#23 1.6.6q won't run on my XP box
I downloaded and installed setup-mas1.6.6q.exe,
replaced mas.exe with the one from the 1.6.6t patch,
downloaded and installed Java JRE 5.0, and rebooted.
The install apparently ran OK and put an MAS icon on
my desktop. When I double click the icon , a DOS box
very opens , then immediately closes before I can
read what it says. The GUI fails to open. According
to the Windows Task Manager the application is
running. I then unistalled 1.6.6q and downloaded and
installed 1.6.5 (setup-mas1.6.5a.exe). It installed
4 icons on my desktop. I could start the MAS server
for files on my harddrive, the GUI or the command
line client, but could not get any data to display in
the GUI. What I would really like to do is to chart
data I already have in a MSAccess database, and
control MAS with a program I have written in Visual
Basic. I'm running Windows XP Professional SP2 with
all the latest patches on a Abit motherboard running
an Intel P4 2.0G. One aspect of my system which is
somewhat unusual and may or may not be relevant is
that I'm running a 4 disk RAID that is configured as
drive F:, there is no Drive C: on my system.
Logged In: NO
More info - I open a Command Prompt box, navigate to the
Program Files\mas1.6.6q\bin directory and type "mas" and
it shows up in Task Manager under "Processes". I open a
second Command Prompt box, navigate to the Program
Files\mas1.6.6q\bin directory and type "macl" and I get a
list of "Usage" and "Options" ending with the
message "missing port number - exiting". I try "macl
18273" and I get a message "connection to the server
failed". I terminate mas.exe in Windows Task Manager
Processes, then restart it with "mas 18273" in the first
Command Prompt box. Now entering "macl 18273" in the
second Command Prompt box successfully starts the command
line mode of the program, but I can't access any data. I
open a third Coomand Prompt box and nagigate to Program
Files\mas1.6.6q\lib\classes (similar to the the contents
of runmasgui.bat, except it omits the "lib") and then
enter "java MA_Client localhost 18273" and get the
message "Exception in thread "main"
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: MA_Client". I seem to be
making some progress here, but have reached the limit of
my abilities.