[M3devel] Ticket #1082

Fri Mar 12 02:36:53 CET 2010

  > There seems to be some difference I don't understand yet between

 > the way the various Windows versions deal with the "START /WAIT ..." command.

Please elaborate. What varying behaviors are you seeing on different versions?

I have used start /wait a fair number of times and never noticed any differences among Windows versions, at least on NT versions since circa NT 4.

Definitely maybe some versions don't have any sort of start nor /wait, and start on Win9x is probably different than NT. start is a builtin command to NT cmd but an .exe on Win9x, as I vaguely recall.

 - Jay

From: rcolebur at SCIRES.COM
To: m3devel at elegosoft.com
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:14:12 -0500
Subject: [M3devel] Ticket #1082

I have updated the comments on Ticket #1082

There are two postings, as shown below.

Note that it looks like there is a problem with “START /WAIT …” command differences between Windows versions, so we may need to open up a new Trac ticket for this issue (see comment #2 below).

FIRST COMMENT:
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The "startReactor.CMD" file is obsolete and no longer in the repository.

The new files are in "scripts\install\windows" and should be copied to the "cm3\bin" folder on a windows installation.

"cm3StartIDE.CMD" replaces "startReactor.CMD". This file makes use of "cm3CommandShell.CMD", a script that ensures the environment is set up properly, including Visual C++.

It appears that the problem reporter has his installation rooted at E:\cm3 rather than C:\cm3. So, he will need to set an environment variable "set CM3_ROOT=E:\cm3" to let these scripts know where to find the cm3 installation. 

Alternately, cm3CommandShell can be invoked with the arguments "Root E:\cm3" to tell it where to find the installation.

Today, I checked in an update to cm3CommandShell.CMD that allows it to search the current PATH environment variable in an attempt to find the root of the cm3 installation, so now if "E:\cm3\bin" is in your path, it will find it without having to set the CM3_ROOT or invoking with "Root E:\cm3". Hope this helps!

Note also that strictly speaking, these CMD files are not necessary; rather they are conveniences I’ve found useful under Windows. I also can supply some .REG files that will allow you to integrate these into the Explorer shell so that you can start a cm3 command shell in any folder and you can start CM3IDE.

SECOND COMMENT:
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Ok as for CM3IDE timing out, I've been able to reproduce this problem on Vista.

There seems to be some difference I don't understand yet between the way the various Windows versions deal with the "START /WAIT ..." command.

Here is a "quick fix" until we come up with a better solution. Note that the downside here is that when you terminate your browser, CM3IDE will stay running, instead of terminating. You can restart your browser and point it back to the  http://localhost:3800/ URL and verify that it reconnects to CM3IDE. So, to terminate CM3IDE, you will have to use CTRL-C from its console output window.

Now for the quick fix:

1. Go to your CM3_IDE_HOME folder (e.g., C:\Users\RColeburn\Documents\CM3_IDE_Home).

2. Open the most recent CM3_IDE.cfg file in notepad (e.g., notepad CM3_IDE.cfg1).

3. Edit the line toward the end of the file that begins with "proc start_browser". On this line change TRUE to FALSE. Note that case is significant.

Now try cm3IDE.exe, or cm3_StartIDE.CMD. It should work for you now as described above.

Regards,
Randy Coleburn

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