Blank screen on WinXP

[packman]

I have installed genie using the following .htaccess file contents:
php_value include_path "/phpCodeGenie3/app/settings"

and the following contents of genieconfiguration.inc.php:

<?
   session_start();
   define("URL_ADDRESS","http://localhost/phpCodeGenie3/");

   // Windows Server
   define("SITE_PATH","C:\\Program Files\\Apache Group\\Apache2\\htdocs\\phpCodeGenie3\\app\\settings");
   define("FILE_SEPARATOR", "\\");
   // win or nix
   define("OS_TYPE","win");

   define("WEB_SEPARATOR","/");
   define("APP_PATH",SITE_PATH.FILE_SEPARATOR."app");
   define("WEB_PATH",SITE_PATH.FILE_SEPARATOR."web");   
   
   // Specify the language that you want to use phpCodeGenie in
   // You can make your own language file if it does exist yet
   // and send your contribution back to phpCodeGenie
   define("LANGUAGE_FILE",APP_PATH.FILE_SEPARATOR."language".FILE_SEPARATOR."lang_english.inc.php"); 
     
   define("CONFIG_COMPONENT",APP_PATH.FILE_SEPARATOR."settings");
   define("CONFIG_FILE",CONFIG_COMPONENT.FILE_SEPARATOR."definitions.inc.php");  
   include_once(CONFIG_FILE);  

?>

My php.ini file contains the following path in the include_path statement:
;include_path = ".;c:\php\includes;c:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\phpCodeGenie3\app\settings"

i am getting a blank screen, and have not made any progress on solving this from reading all the other posts.  can someone point me in the right direction?
thanks
tony

[freakazoid3]

Tony

Looks like you've got a mistake in your .htaccess file.  If you're running on WinXP your include_path should be a Windows style directory (i.e C:\whatever\phpCodeGenie3 ...)

Then get rid of your phpCodeGenie3 entry in your include path of your ini file.

This will get you onto the next step.  If you're lucky that next step will be phpCodeGenie working! 

My experience of PCG is that it is very particular to set up, but once you've done it right, it is worth all the aggrevation - espically if you are relatively new to php like I was.

Hope this helps.

[packman]

Made the change to the .htaccess file.  Have gotten 4 other php utilities to work, but have not made progress here.  Have tried same configuration files on a VM machine i have as well, same result, blank page.  I do see data on the rublamp page, can make entries into the form, but the submit button is not right and clicking the object results in a page not found error.  looks like the genieconfiguration.inc.php file is not being found still.  any suggestions?
thanks,
tony