Re: [AG-TECH] Add Shared Whiteboard

[Christoph Willing <willing@itee.uq.edu.au>]

On 13/09/2005, at 8:18 PM, Channa Tang wrote:

> Hi Chris
>
> Thank you for your reply.
>
> I have unzipped the mlb-1.1.zip file into my home directory:
>      D:\Documents and Settings\localadmin
> MLB works OK if I use mlb.exe, but it still doesn't work when I invoke
> it from the MLB Controller's Start button.
Channa,

The shared app uses a technique to find the mlb directory and mlb.exe  
which may not work very well on Windows. Could you create a plain  
text file with the following lines in it?

#!/usr/bin/python

import os

print os.path.expanduser("~")
##### end of file #########

Save it as something like atest.py, then run it from a command shell  
and tell me what it prints out (whatever location it prints out is  
where the shared app is expecting to find the mlb directory).


chris


> On 13/09/05, Christoph Willing <willing@itee.uq.edu.au> wrote:
>
> > On 13/09/2005, at 11:47 AM, Christoph Willing wrote:
> >
> >
> > > On 13/09/2005, at 2:23 AM, Channa Tang wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > Thank you for your replys.
> > > >
> > > > I have installed AGTK 2.4 in Windows XP and downloaded MLB for
> > > > Windows
> > > > and SharedMLB.agpkg, but when I click on "Start MLB" button in MLB
> > > > Controller, the mlb application will not start itself. Does anyone
> > > > know why?
> > > Channa,
> > >
> > > There are 2 ways of running MLB within the AG; either as a Node
> > > Service or as a Shared Application. It looks like you're using the
> > > second method and the Windows version of this was never completed,
> > > meaning that the mlb executable isn't actually run. I'll try to
> > > find some time to fix it in the next few days.
> >
> > Channa,
> >
> > You need to unzip the mlb-1.1.zip file (which you downloaded from the
> > "MLB for Windows" link) into your home directory. If your account
> > name is "channa", then your home directory will be:
> >     C:\Documents and Settings\channa
> >
> > After unzipping, you should end up with an "mlb" directory in your
> > home directory. In turn, the "mlb" directory will contain some more
> > directories and some files, including mlb.exe, which you could test
> > as a standalone application first. If that works OK, then it will
> > work when you invoke it from the MLB Controller's Start button.
Christoph Willing                           +61 7 3365 8350
QPSF Access Grid Manager
University of Queensland