Hi All,
Well after the birth of my first child and moving house, I have finally got around to setting up a dedicated website for PPDetails http://www.ppdetails.co.uk (http://www.ppdetails.co.uk)
There has been a LOT of new features added since my last post in 2012, some of them being the ability to search, customize two quick search buttons, 'find photo' feature, logos etc
Hope you all enjoy the new features and find this addon as useful as I do.
Here are some pics :)
(http://www.ppdetails.co.uk/11.jpg)
(http://www.ppdetails.co.uk/V0.8.9SearchFlags.jpg)
(http://www.ppdetails.co.uk/V0.9.3CustomButtons.jpg)
Will have a play later tonight with some magners
Won't run for me. :(
Ver 0.8.6 is the newest version that will run. I have Java 7 update 25 installed.
Tim
Quote from: Triple7 on July 10, 2013, 05:33:18 PM
Won't run for me. :(
Ver 0.8.6 is the newest version that will run. I have Java 7 update 25 installed.
Oh No!
Hi Tim, how far are you getting, does it load at all? The only thing I can think it would be at this point is the config file changed between that version and newer. it may be worth deleting all config files in %appdata%\PPDetails, if you want to backup your search dropdown then copy CallsignCustom.ppd from this folder then you can just delete the whole ppdetails folder if you wish, then run the app again, it will create a fresh folder and config files.
I hope this fixes it, as that is a strange one :)
Hi Ian,
I'm afraid nothing happens at all, no attempt to load - nowt.
I deleted the config.ppd file from the %appdata%\PPDetails folder, but that didn't help. When I tried to run the new version, it wrote a new config.ppd file but that's all. The contents of the config.ppd file is blank btw.
Tim
Won't run for me either.
I have Java Version 7 Update 25, Win 8 Pro 64 bit.
I've tried compatibility modes and run as administrator but the application doesn't appear to run.
It must run because it creates the PPDetails folder, but it must terminate pretty much immediately after it has done that.
Hope it can be fixed. I'd like to give it a try...
Cheers, Keef.
Quote from: Keef on July 11, 2013, 12:59:40 PM
Won't run for me either.....
I do hope this isn't for everyone :) Please someone tell me it works for them :P
Hi Keef,
The issue that Triple7 was having was for some reason it would not populate a config file in %appdata%/ppdetails the config.ppd file, after entering the values in manually this is now working for Triple7, I still however would like to know why and am looking in to it.
This hasnt been tested on Win8 but should not be an issue running in compatibility mode, I would suggest trying the steps we took with Triple7, so open %appdata%/ppdetails/config.ppd in a text editor and add the following, with your own locations and info for the custom buttons:
UD:Automatic
IL:C:\COAA\Images\
LL:C:\COAA\PlanePlotter\OperatorFlags\
C1:43C
C2:AE
Here is what the above mean:
UD: is if it updates automatic or manual
IL: is Image Location just enter the full path to your images folder (dont forgt the end \ )
LL: is Logo Location same as above (dont forgt the end \ )
C1: is Custom button one (Left button)
C2: is Custom button two (Right button)
Please let me know how you get on,
Ian
Update:
I believe that I have tracked down why config.ppd has not been populating and causing these issues, I have compiled a new version with this bug change, but will not be able to upload it until around 6 ish tonight.
Thank you Triple7 & Keef for your patience and detailed responses with this, its very much appreciated.
V0.9.4 has been uploaded to fix the config.ppd bug, please let me know how you all get on :)
www.ppdetails.co.uk (http://www.ppdetails.co.uk)
Thank you,
Ian.
Ian,
Thanks for the update, It's certainly improved matters.
However I do still have a problem, when I click on the 'Get Info' button I get a Windows Script Host error relating to line 10 of GetDetails.vbs.
Other buttons work OK, just the 'Get Info' one has an issue.
Piccie attached...
Thanks so much for your effort.
Cheers,
Keef.
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Getting there :)
This is a script that connects to Planeplotter through the OLE/COM interface. The error ActivX... 'GetObject' is it trying to connect to planeplotter.
Maybe try running this script manually from %appdata%/ppdetails GetDetails.vbs, make sure a plane is selected in PP first and see what happens,
I wonder if trying to run as administrator for this part would help as well, as I have had this same issue before and running as administrator worked then.
Having made the changes to the config.ppd file manually, things seem to be much better.
Running the newest 0.94 version now - oddly running "as administrator" produced the same error message as Keef saw, running it straight - i.e. not as admin did not - it gave me the 'Details ' panel without issue.
I have spotted a couple of minor points and I will PM Ian with those tomorrow. Still working through all the options / functions.
Looking good so far Ian, thanks for your efforts.
Tim
I've tried running the .vbs file but nothing appears to happen (having already started the main .exe and highlighted an aircraft in PP).
I switched .vbs from wscript to cscript just in case but that (rather predictably) made no difference. Now switched back to wscript for .vbs.
Tried running main .exe as admin and not, but no difference to the error. Can't seem to find a way to tell a .vbs file to run as admin so a bit stuck there.
Tried the manual edits to the config file but no change once I did that.
Once again Ian thanks for your efforts, It'll be nice to work out why I'm having problems so anything you want me to try let me know and I'll give it a go...
Cheers,
Keef.
Quote from: Triple7 on July 11, 2013, 09:26:39 PM
Having made the changes to the config.ppd file manually, things seem to be much better.
Running the newest 0.94 version now - oddly running "as administrator" produced the same error message.....
Thank you Tim & Keef,
AH! I have never noticed this before, running as administrator also throws up the error message for me too, but if you run both PlanePlotter as administrator and PPDetails as administrator it works. Also vice versa running PlanePlotter as non admin and PPDetails as non admin, this also works (for me). It must be the way that PlanePlotters OLE interface works, it must need to connect as the same user(Would love to have a chat with Bev on this one) :)
I must admit, I am also not versed up as of yet on Win8 and if it uses a different default method to run .vbs, my app calls wscript and then the vbs. Keef have you tried running it natively without the compatibility mode, my thinking is if both need to be run as the same user to work, I wonder if compatibility mode is causing any issues with the OLE interface.
It should run ok on Win8 in theory due to it using the Java virtual machine to do all the thinking, it would technically run on Mac or Linux if it didnt need .vbs, sorry started rambling there :-\
Things to try:
Dont run in compatibility mode
Make sure it is running as the same user
Or run both PP and PPDetails as administrator
Fingers crossed :-\
Ian,
Thanks for persevering with me!
I now have it working :)
For me the 'truth table' is as follows...
PP as Admin + PPDetails as Admin = Yes
PP as Admin + PPDetails as User = No
PP as User + PPDetails as Admin = No
PP as User + PPDetails as User = No
Thanks for helping me out Ian, and for writing the software in the first place :)
Cheers,
Keef,
Quote from: Keef on July 11, 2013, 10:41:05 PM
I now have it working :)
PP as Admin + PPDetails as Admin = Yes
;D FANTASTIC!
Thats excellent, I can now go to bed lol. I would like to know why this is needed to be honest so will be looking into how the PP OLE/COM works a little more I think.
But thats great news anyway, hope you enjoy PPDetails, I appreciate all the comments, the good ones obviously :P
I'm using the latest version 0.96 and it's very good. It makes looking up aircraft details much easier when using with PP.