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Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

Title:	DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90
Notice:	See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit
Moderator:	STAR::VATNE

Created:	Mon Oct 30 1989
Last Modified:	Mon Dec 31 1990
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	3726
Total number of notes:	19516

1053.0. "CDA viewer problem" by FRA04::JKANNEMACHER (The warrior is back again !) Tue Jul 04 1989 01:46

    We have a serious problem with DECwindows V2.0 IFT1 under VMS V5.2-43Z.
    DECwrite version is PR2, DECdecision version is MSC.
    
    The problem is that the CDA viewer doesn't work in a correct way,
    or better doesn't work at all.
     
    When starting it from the applications menu, the following output
    is issued:

    
    
    %DVR-F-DRMSTRINGFETCHF,  DVR could not fetch strings, aborting 
    %DVR-F-DRMSTRINGFETCHF,  DVR could not fetch strings, aborting 
        
    
    
    Starting VUE$LIBRARY:VUE$DDIF_VIEWER.COM from a DECterm window
    with verify on issues:
    
        
    
    $!  Copyright (c) 1988 Digital Equipment Corporation.  All rights reserved.
    $!
    $!  Command procedure to start up the ddif viewer from the
    $!  User Executive of DECwindows
    $!
    $ vue$popup_progress_box 8
    %DCL-W-UNDFIL, file has not been opened by DCL - check logical name
    $ vue$suppress_output_popup
    %DCL-W-UNDFIL, file has not been opened by DCL - check logical name
    $ vue$get_next_selection
    %DCL-W-UNDFIL, file has not been opened by DCL - check logical name
    $ vue$read selection
    %DCL-W-UNDFIL, file has not been opened by DCL - check logical name
    $ view/select=x_display 
    %DVR-F-DRMSTRINGFETCHF,  DVR could not fetch strings, aborting 
    %DVR-F-DRMSTRINGFETCHF,  DVR could not fetch strings, aborting 
    
    
    
    Any help is much appreciated ! I hope that some of you have some
    tips to save this situation - the worst thing I can think of is
    that we discovered a totally new problem.
    
    Regards
    
    							Jan

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1053.1		STAR::ORGOVAN	Vince Orgovan	`Wed Jul 05 1989 08:50`	17
	This works fine for me. I haven't seen any of the errors you are describing. Both the DECwindows IFT1 and DECwrite kits install the CDA viewer, with the DECwindows/VMS kits doing it unconditionally and the DECwrite kit doing it only if it determines that it has a "newer" version to install than already exists on the system. Please do an "$ analyze/image" on the following files and post the image identification strings here: sys$library:cda$access.exe, sys$system:cda$convert.exe, sys$system:ddif$view.exe. All we need is the line like: image file identification: "CDA T1.2-890512" Also please tell us the order in which you did your installations.
1053.2	UID file mismatch?	EVETPU::MCEVOY		`Wed Jul 05 1989 13:25`	9
	I've also had no problems running the viewer; the only time that message is generated (could not fetch strings) is when the executable does not match the UID files, so could you please also post any dates and/or image idents on the UID files: DECW$SYSTEM_DEFAULTS:DDIF$VIEW.UID and DECW$SYSTEM_DEFAULTS:DDIF$VIEWWGT.UID; thanks -dennis
1053.3	Is it an ident problem?	FRAMBO::LANGSDORF	Blow my fuse!!!	`Thu Jul 06 1989 07:12`	40
	re .1: Thanks for your help. I'm Carsten, Jan and I are working on the same system (JONTOM, 49.62). The image idents are: image name: "CDA$ACCESS" image file identification: "CDA T1.2-890512" image name: "CDA$CONVERT" image file identification: "CDA V1.1-890622" image name: "DDIF$VIEW" image file identification: "CDA V1.1-890622" The order of installations was: DECwindows V2 IFT1, DECwrite PR2, then DECdecision MSC. Dick Gumbel suggested to try a VIEW/INTER=DECWINDOWS somefile.DDIF. It issues the same error. BTW we had a look at VUE$DDIF_VIEWER.COM. There was that unfamiliar value X_DISPLAY for the SELECT qualifier of the VIEW command. Is this correct? Some more problems occurred in the meantime. Invoking EVE from the Files menu issues: X Toolkit warning: Widget class DECterm version mismatch: widget 7001 vs. intrinsics 11003 And there were two bugchecks, DECbuilder and DECcalc. Are you interested in the dumpfiles? We're really glad for your help! But although we have some problems here I like the new versions very much. Carsten
1053.4	Surprise, surprise!	FRAMBO::LANGSDORF	Blow my fuse!!!	`Thu Jul 06 1989 07:36`	79
	re .2: Er... I tried to find out the idents but ana/ima doesn't seem to work on these files. Could you tell me how to do it? I don't know about them. I did a dir/full, here's the output: Directory SYS$COMMON:[DECW$DEFAULTS.SYSTEM] DDIF$VIEW.UID;1 File ID: (958,4,0) Size: 72/72 Owner: [SYSTEM] Created: 16-JUN-1989 19:58:12.93 Revised: 30-JUN-1989 16:47:38.96 (5) Expires: <None specified> Backup: <No backup recorded> File organization: Sequential File attributes: Allocation: 72, Extend: 16, Global buffer count: 0, No version limit Record format: Fixed length 4096 byte records Record attributes: Carriage return carriage control RMS attributes: None Journaling enabled: None File protection: System:RWED, Owner:RWED, Group:RWED, World:RE Access Cntrl List: None Total of 1 file, 72/72 blocks. Directory SYS$COMMON:[SYSLIB] DDIF$VIEW.UID;1 File ID: (2288,4,0) Size: 80/81 Owner: [SYSTEM] Created: 21-JUN-1989 21:58:58.00 Revised: 30-JUN-1989 20:14:02.34 (9) Expires: <None specified> Backup: <No backup recorded> File organization: Sequential File attributes: Allocation: 81, Extend: 16, Global buffer count: 0, No version limit Record format: Undefined Record attributes: Carriage return carriage control RMS attributes: None Journaling enabled: None File protection: System:RWED, Owner:RWED, Group:RWED, World:RE Access Cntrl List: None Total of 1 file, 80/81 blocks. Grand total of 2 directories, 2 files, 152/153 blocks. Directory SYS$COMMON:[DECW$DEFAULTS.SYSTEM] DDIF$VIEWWGT.UID;1 File ID: (964,4,0) Size: 40/42 Owner: [SYSTEM] Created: 16-JUN-1989 19:58:28.02 Revised: 30-JUN-1989 16:47:43.61 (5) Expires: <None specified> Backup: <No backup recorded> File organization: Sequential File attributes: Allocation: 42, Extend: 16, Global buffer count: 0, No version limit Record format: Fixed length 4096 byte records Record attributes: Carriage return carriage control RMS attributes: None Journaling enabled: None File protection: System:RWED, Owner:RWED, Group:RWED, World:RE Access Cntrl List: None Total of 1 file, 40/42 blocks. Hmmm. I was surprised about the two occurrences of DDIF$VIEW.UID. I think one should be deleted, most probably the one under SYS$SYSROOT. Correct? Carsten happy_about_so_much_help
1053.5	Could 'widget vs. intrinsics' error correspond to our CDA viewer problem?	JONTOM::SYSTEM		`Thu Jul 06 1989 15:45`	20
	Hi, here are some interesting news. I am currently running a windows session on a VS2000, a satellite of JONTOM. Since it has 6 MB only, I have most of the tasks running on the boot member. All of a sudden there's a new error message: X Toolkit Warning: Widget class DVRviewer version mismatch: widget 7001 vs. intrinsics 11003 Seems like our CDA viewer problem (connected with DVR, whatever that is) could be connected with that XToolkit version mismatch problem already mentioned in this discussion and in 1070.*. Any ideas? Carsten
1053.6	Another error - sorry...	JONTOM::SYSTEM		`Thu Jul 06 1989 16:09`	23
	Hi again, still the same session. Here's a new error from the FileView - Notes window: X error event received from server: BadValue - integer parameter out of range Failed request major op code 62 (X_CopyArea) Failed request minor op code 0 (if applicable) ResourceID 0xffffffeb in failed request (if applicable) Serial number of failed request 37842 Current serial number in output stream 37844 %XLIB-E-ERROREVENT, error event received from server I'm beginning to feel confused... ;-) OK, with that I'm off for today, it's already 9:45 pm here. Bye Carsten