[mapguide-internals] Installer progress

[Gunter Becker]

I used SysInternals ProcessMonitor to monitor what's going on during start of
the MapGuide Server process. Please see the uploaded file. If you need other
information please let me know.

Gunter


Gunter Becker wrote:
> 
> Jason, I have to correct myself. I've set the environmental variable to
> "C:\Programme\.." and realized that the MapGuide Server could be started
> in interacive mode. Then I switched back to "C:\Program Files\.." and
> tested again the interactive mode and this also worked for me. Maybe I've
> done something wrong the last time I try.
> 
> Nevertheless, the service didn't start in both cases.
> 
> I will give FileMon a try as soon as possible!
> 
> Gunter
> 
> 
> 
> Jason Birch wrote:
>> 
>> I could be wrong on any of this, but I think the initialization of the
>> coordinate system calls SetDefaultDictionaryDirAndFileNames which does
>> the following:
>> 
>> Gets the default dictionary dir (MENTOR_DICTIONARY_PATH or the autodesk
>> string if that isn't set)
>> Gets the default CS dictionary filename ("Coordsys.CSD")
>> Gets the default Datum dictionary filename ("Datums.CSD")
>> Gets the default Ellipsoid dictionary filename ("Elipsoid.CSD")
>> Gets the default Ellipsoid dictionary filename ("Category.CSD")
>> 
>> Then it goes and sets each of them to test validity.  
>> 
>> If your MENTOR_DICTIONARY_PATH is set properly, and all of these files
>> exist, then either MapGuide isn't able to read the environmental variable
>> properly, or something is going wrong in the validation steps for the
>> directory or the individual files.  This is starting to get a bit
>> technical, but would it be possible for you to use something like
>> SysInternals' FileMon to see what's going on in the Program Files/OSGeo
>> directory during MapGuide startup?
>> 
>> As an aside, I was a bit confused by this code, since the default
>> dictionary names appear to be set as part of each dictionary's
>> initialization, and their content validated when SetDictionaryDir is
>> called.  SetDefaultDictionaryDirAndFileNames seems to be more of a
>> "reset" function than an initialization function.  Wouldn't it be
>> sufficient to just call GetDefaultDictionaryDir and SetDictionaryDir?
>> 
>> Jason
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Gunter Becker
>> Sent: April-24-09 9:18 AM
>> Subject: RE: [mapguide-internals] Installer progress
>> 
>> Yes the default ist "Programme". But I thought that it is just like a
>> virtual
>> path since Windows Vista / Windows Server 2008. Each time when I install
>> a
>> program I'm asked to install it to "C:\Program Files\..." and I say: OK.
>> In
>> former Windows version there were often 2 two folders: C:/Program Files
>> and
>> C:/Programme. But these days are gone! 
>> 
>> By the way, I already tried "Programme" in the settings and got the same
>> message!
>> 
>> Gunter
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