RomRaider

Latest version I work around it as I know what the issue is and it does not bother me as I just have a permanent Run as Administrator in Properties Issue only came up with a few of my customers who had issues getting the base ecu_defs.xml file and their extra definitions to 'stick'

Yes, it is in my User Directory, not All Users. Win7 64 system, no major changes from a standard Microfail build.

So what are the permissions on the .RomRaider directory and the settings.xml file inside?

LOL :-p I must be missing something, but if the app runs and runs correctly with all libs and data files and so on available, what has that got to do with finding users's home and writing a file there? Is it assuming (rightfully or not) that the base dir of the execution is in a specific place and working from there?

OK, did a quick search to paste example code and found a Java bug, with work arounds:

http://bugs.sun.com/view_bug.do?bug_id=4787931
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2134 ... g-resolved
http://www.timehat.com/javas-user-home- ... n-windows/

So maybe it IS being done properly, and just not working. Perhaps we can do something platform specific for this using the System.getenv("USERPROFILE") command post testing for windows/lin/mac.

Another point is that it shouldn't fail quietly. If it can't write it down, then either it's being checked for and just not done, or it's trying, throwing an exception and being caught and quietly ignored. A popup or some other form of visual error seems more appropriate.

This thread seems more troubleshoot/dev than discuss, to me, now.

Fred.

Am I missing something or are you? The app is looking for the settings.xml file to be able to load the non-default user defined parameters. Usually defined from a previous session. Upon app exit the settings file is updated. If no settings.xml file exists (first run) it is created and updated on app exit. This is why user.home is used/needed.

Maybe System.getenv("USERPROFILE") is a better solution on Windows if user.home is not consistent. I need to see where the settings.xml is residing on problematic systems.
Use Help -> Debugging Level -> Open Debug Log Location, what dir does it resolve to?

Neither of us were missing anything except the fact that Java is broken on windows. It appears to be essential to NOT use the user.home field on Windows and instead use another option, perhaps what I mentioned.

It might have helped if I'd dug into the code to see that it WAS being done "right" already and/or for you to say "already doing that", however I am/was too busy for that just at the moment.

The above links pretty much spell out how it should be done to avoid the bug. Slap it on a TODO list and we'll get there eventually :-)

Fred.

Full control on file and directory I also went in, changed the value to read, applied, then back to full control just in case.

And where does the .RomRaider directory live on your system?

If you get a rr_system.log then there's no permissions issue with the directory for creating, writing files to it. What files are in the .RomRaider directory?

If I add a definition to ECU Manager(in non-Admin privilege mode), save etc and then go to the folder, press F5 etc the date wont change despite having done what I consider a change.

Exit RR and no date change takes place etc.

The simple fact that you have a backup profile, rr_system.log in there indicates that there's something else going on.
BTW: RR only saves its settings upon a clean Exit. There is no "save settings" function.

Try this:

• With RR not running move those three files out of that directory (drag them somewhere safe)
• Start RR Editor as a normal user (you'll get a warning about no defs), acknowledge it.
• Add a def with the Defs manager
• Exit RomRadier

Tell me what shows up in that Directory and post the rr_system.log please.

Yo can drag your other files back in to replace what's there.

1. Settings File not found. Using Default settings

2. Added a definition

3.
0 INFO [main] - RomRaider 0.5.4 Beta RC1 Build: 370
0 INFO [main] - When requesting assistance at http://www.romraider.com please include the System Properties information below:
10 INFO [main] - Wednesday, 16 May 2012 11:43:31 PM
11 INFO [main] - System Properties:
{java.runtime.name=Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment
awt.useSystemAAFontSettings=lcd
sun.boot.library.path=C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin
java.vm.version=20.6-b01
sun.java2d.d3d=false
java.vm.vendor=Sun Microsystems Inc.
java.vendor.url=http://java.sun.com/
path.separator=;
java.vm.name=Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM
file.encoding.pkg=sun.io
sun.java.launcher=SUN_STANDARD
user.country=AU
sun.os.patch.level=Service Pack 1
java.vm.specification.name=Java Virtual Machine Specification
user.dir=C:\Program Files (x86)\RomRaider
java.runtime.version=1.6.0_31-b05
java.awt.graphicsenv=sun.awt.Win32GraphicsEnvironment
java.endorsed.dirs=C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\lib\endorsed
os.arch=x86
java.io.tmpdir=C:\Users\HOMEMR~1\AppData\Local\Temp\
line.separator=

java.vm.specification.vendor=Sun Microsystems Inc.
user.variant=
os.name=Windows 7
sun.jnu.encoding=Cp1252
java.library.path=lib/windows
java.specification.name=Java Platform API Specification
java.class.version=50.0
sun.management.compiler=HotSpot Client Compiler
os.version=6.1
user.home=C:\Users\HOME MRM
user.timezone=Australia/Sydney
java.awt.printerjob=sun.awt.windows.WPrinterJob
file.encoding=Cp1252
java.specification.version=1.6
java.class.path=C:\Program Files (x86)\RomRaider\RomRaider.jar
user.name=HOME MRM
java.vm.specification.version=1.0
sun.java.command=C:\Program Files (x86)\RomRaider\RomRaider.jar
java.home=C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6
sun.arch.data.model=32
user.language=en
java.specification.vendor=Sun Microsystems Inc.
awt.toolkit=sun.awt.windows.WToolkit
java.vm.info=mixed mode
sharing
java.version=1.6.0_31
java.ext.dirs=C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\lib\ext;C:\Windows\Sun\Java\lib\ext
sun.boot.class.path=C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\lib\resources.jar;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\lib\rt.jar;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\lib\sunrsasign.jar;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\lib\jsse.jar;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\lib\jce.jar;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\lib\charsets.jar;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\lib\modules\jdk.boot.jar;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\classes
java.vendor=Sun Microsystems Inc.
swing.aatext=true
file.separator=\
java.vendor.url.bug=http://java.sun.com/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
sun.io.unicode.encoding=UnicodeLittle
sun.cpu.endian=little
sun.desktop=windows
sun.cpu.isalist=pentium_pro+mmx pentium_pro pentium+mmx pentium i486 i386 i86}

It did save this time

Maybe I've been using a mac too long, but I really don't like that. Something more for the list :-)

So you are all fixed up then, cool!