[brailleblaster] Re: The directories are still not being created on Windows.

  • From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 08:25:17 -0500

My Windows is the same and has the latest updates. An update has caused 
problems before.

John

On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 09:15:42AM -0400, Vic Beckley wrote:
> Michael,
> 
> I am running Windows 7 SP1 x64.
> 
> 
> Best regards from Ohio, U.S.A.,
> 
> Vic
> E-mail: vic.beckley3@xxxxxxxxx
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael Whapples
> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 8:55 AM
> To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: The directories are still not being created on
> Windows.
> 
> Vic what version of Windows are you using getting the correct results for 
> directory creation? I just want to know incase John is having trouble 
> because of some odd windows7 issue.
> 
> Michael Whapples
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Vic Beckley
> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 12:37 PM
> To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: The directories are still not being created on
> 
> Windows.
> 
> John,
> 
> First, I translated a document with the translate subcommand. The brlblst
> folder wasn't present. All the folders were created properly.
> 
> Next, I started BB with a filename on the command line. The folders weren't
> present. BB opened the document fine. The folders were created correctly. I
> translated the file using alt-T, T and BB disappeared as previously. It
> looks like this bug has crept back in. Here is the error that was present in
> the command prompt window:
> 
> C:\Users\Vic\Downloads\BrailleBlaster>java -jar brailleblaster.jar serv.xml
> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String
> index out of range: -1
> at java.lang.String.substring(Unknown Source)
> at org.brailleblaster.wordprocessor.NewDocument.fillOutBody(Unknown Source)
> at org.brailleblaster.wordprocessor.DocumentManager.createDocument(Unknown
> Source)
> at org.brailleblaster.wordprocessor.DocumentManager.translate(Unknown
> Source)
> at org.brailleblaster.wordprocessor.BBMenu$48.widgetSelected(Unknown Source)
> at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TypedListener.handleEvent(Unknown Source)
> at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(Unknown Source)
> at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Unknown Source)
> at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Unknown Source)
> at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Unknown Source)
> at org.brailleblaster.wordprocessor.DocumentManager.<init>(Unknown Source)
> at org.brailleblaster.wordprocessor.WPManager.<init>(Unknown Source)
> at org.brailleblaster.Subcommands.<init>(Unknown Source)
> at org.brailleblaster.Main.main(Unknown Source)
> C:\Users\Vic\Downloads\BrailleBlaster>
> 
> Lastly, I started BB without any options on the command line. The folders
> weren't present. The folder structure was created just as it should have
> been. I typed in some text and translated it. This worked and all the files
> were created in the brlblst\temp folder.
> 
> Conclusions:
> The file creation is working as expected here. Can you tell me how to break
> it?
> The bug of not being able to translate an opened file has reappeared.
> 
> 
> Best regards from Ohio, U.S.A.,
> 
> Vic
> E-mail: vic.beckley3@xxxxxxxxx
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John J. Boyer
> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 8:10 AM
> To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [brailleblaster] The directories are still not being created on
> Windows.
> 
> subdirs() works on Linux but not on Windows. If you start BrailleBlaster
> from the command line you can see the message about not opening the log
> file, but the  path looks correct. The brlblst directory is not in
> appData\roaming
> 
> John
> 
> -- 
> John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
> Abilitiessoft, Inc.
> http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> Madison, Wisconsin USA
> Developing software for people with disabilities
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

-- 
John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
Abilitiessoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.com
Madison, Wisconsin USA
Developing software for people with disabilities


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