Re: [XMLPipeDB-developer] Potential GMBuilder Windows 7 fix?

[Don M. <djs...@ya...>]

I think Dondi and I found the problem. A new release, gmbuilder-2.0b52, has been 
uploaded; please test it out on Windows 7.
Don Murphy




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From: Kam Dahlquist <kda...@lm...>
To: "xml...@li..." 
<xml...@li...>
Sent: Thu, September 16, 2010 3:24:55 PM
Subject: Re: [XMLPipeDB-developer] Potential GMBuilder Windows 7 fix?

Hi,

Screenshot attached.

Dr. D

At 03:07 PM 9/16/2010, Don Murphy wrote:

I heard from Dondi it was 64-bit. That may be part of the issue. Do we have any 
32-bit Windows 7 machines to test on?
>
>To further understand what ODBC DSNs you have on the Windows 7 machine, would 
>you mind looking at the ODBC Administrator and its User DSN tab? The 
>administrator should be here on the computer: c:\windows\sysWOW64\odbcad32.exe
>
>If you can find it, open it and take a screenshot with User DSN tab selected.
>
>Don Murphy
>
>
>
>From: Don Murphy <djs...@ya...>
>To: xml...@li...
>Sent: Thu, September 16, 2010 12:58:34 PM
>Subject: Re: [XMLPipeDB-developer] Potential GMBuilder Windows 7 fix?
>
>For further reference, which version of Windows 7 is being used: 32-bit or 
>64-bit?
> 
>Don Murphy
>
>
>
>From: Don Murphy <djs...@ya...>
>To: xml...@li...
>Sent: Wed, September 15, 2010 6:33:29 PM
>Subject: Re: [XMLPipeDB-developer] Potential GMBuilder Windows 7 fix?
>
>Dang. Oh well, I'll keep looking for more leads on potential fixes.
> 
>Don Murphy
>
>
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>From: Kam Dahlquist <kda...@lm...>
>To: "xml...@li..." 
><xml...@li...>
>Sent: Wed, September 15, 2010 5:41:49 PM
>Subject: Re: [XMLPipeDB-developer] Potential GMBuilder Windows 7 fix?
>
>Hi,
>
>I went ahead and installed the package (for 32-bit, it wouldn't let me install 
>the 64-bit version because I only have 32-bit Office installed).  The 
>installation completed OK.
>
>However, when I went to export a gdb, I got the exact same error as before, so 
>this did not fix the problem, unfortunately.
>
>Best,
>Kam
>
>At 05:14 PM 9/15/2010, Don Murphy wrote:
>
>- I'm not sure, but judging by the numerous similar complaints I've found, that 
>might be the case, especially if this fixes it.
>>
>>- It should use the same Odbc-Jdbc bridge name as we thought it would use and is 
>>currently used in gmbuilder for Windows 7.
>>
>>- As I haven't used the redistributable myself, I don't have an immediate answer 
>>for driver distribution through our release. I'll look into it further.
>>
>>Dr. Dahlquist, would you mind also telling us about installing the distributable 
>>when reporting the results of the test? With any luck, it may be a very simple 
>>installation that won't be too much of an inconvenience. Sorry again that I 
>>can't test this myself.
>>
>>Don Murphy
>>
>>
>>
>>From: John David N. Dionisio <do...@lm...>
>>To: xml...@li...
>>Sent: Wed, September 15, 2010 4:46:06 PM
>>Subject: Re: [XMLPipeDB-developer] Potential GMBuilder Windows 7 fix?
>>
>>Greetings all,
>>
>>I have some follow-up questions on this:
>>
>>- Does this mean that Microsoft no longer includes the Jet database library (or 
>>whatever they call it now) as a default part of Windows 7?
>>
>>- Under what Odbc-Jdbc bridge name would we be able to find this redistributable 
>>version of the driver?
>>
>>- I agree with Kam that, if this turns out to be the only way to go, it would be 
>>a serious inconvenience for our potential users.  Might we be able to include 
>>the .dll as part of our own distribution?  (with proper acknowledgments, of 
>>course)
>>
>>Don, please continue to investigate other possible solutions while Dr. Dahlquist 
>>gives the current one a shot.  Thanks!
>>
>>John David N. Dionisio, PhD
>>Associate Professor, Computer Science
>>Loyola Marymount University
>>
>>
>>On Sep 15, 2010, at 3:54 PM, Kam Dahlquist <kda...@lm...> wrote:
>>
>>
>>Hi,
>>>
>>>I'll give this a try tonight and see what happens.  This would be disappointing, 
>>>though since anyone who wants to use our program on Windows 7 will need this 
>>>patch.
>>>
>>>Best,
>>>Dr. D
>>>
>>>At 02:51 PM 9/15/2010, Don Murphy wrote:
>>>
>>>I've started searching for information on what could solve the issues GMBuilder 
>>>has been having when loading through Windows 7. I'm not sure if this may deal 
>>>with our issue, but running the Microsoft Access Database Engine 2010 
>>>Redistributable (which can be found here: 
>>>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=C06B8369-60DD-4B64-A44B-84B371EDE16D
>>> ) on the Windows 7 machine before attempting another export might solve the 
>>>problem.
>>>>
>>>>Hope this helps.
>>>> 
>>>>Don Murphy
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