Separating virtual machine and image files on Windows NT

shaping at bigfoot.com shaping at bigfoot.com
Fri Apr 30 02:41:38 UTC 1999


----- Original Message -----
From: Raab, Andreas <Andreas.Raab at disney.com>
To: <squeak at cs.uiuc.edu>; <shaping at bigfoot.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 1999 5:43 PM
Subject: RE: Separating virtual machine and image files on Windows NT


> I can't replicate the problem so far. Please note that you will not be
able
> to open the same image multiple times without getting the warning about a
> 'missing' changes file. This is because Squeak keeps the changes file open
> for write during the entire session and this prevents another session to
> open the very same changes file.
>
> In general, I always have VM/Sources separate from (multiple)
image/changes
> and I never had any problems with it. I have some questions that may help
me
> to clarify what's going on:
>
> What does the title bar of the main window say? Does it display the actual
> image name correctly?

After clicking away the initial notice about not finding the .changes file,
the usual Squeak window appears and its title bar shows the full path to the
image I specified in the shortcut's target field.  Note that I had to
specify this in the Target field, following the path to Squeak.exe, because
I couldn't just make Squeak find the image in the directory specified in the
Start in field, which I thought would work.

>
> After starting, if you click away the warning and open up a file browser,
> what directory are you in? Is it the same as the image directory (which
> should be the case)

It is.

 and can you see the changes file from there?! Given that
> this is the case, when you're clicking on it, do you see the first n
lines?!

It is there and readable.

>
>
> What does the short cut look like?! Do you refer only to the image
(assuming
> that you have associated the *right* VM with '.image') or do you
explicitly
> specify the VM to use?!

I explicitly specify it because this is the only way I've been able to make
the shortcut work.  See above.

Does this make sense to you?  Does Squeak do anything with the path in the
Start in field?


Regards,

Shaping


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>
> > ----------
> > From: shaping at bigfoot.com
> > Reply To: shaping at bigfoot.com
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 1999 9:51 PM
> > To: squeak at cs.uiuc.edu
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> > Subject: Separating virtual machine and image files on Windows NT
> >
> > Hi folks:
> >
> > I have my virtual machine and DLLs in one directory and my .image,
> > .changes,
> > and .sources files in another.   I formed a shortcut to run squeak.exe
> > with
> > a full path to the .image file.  I double clicked the shortcut.  This
> > caused
> > Squeak to appear with a warning about not being able to find the
..changes
> > file.
> >
> > Why would Squeak not look in the same directory where it was told to
find
> > (and actually found) an .image file?  I don't want to duplicate my
virtual
> > machines unnecessarily by throwing each of several different images into
> > separate directories with their own copy of a particular virtual
machine.
> > Does anyone know what to do here?
> >
> >
> > Regards.
> >
>
>





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