[Gambas-user] Gambas2-2.5.0 can't find the example projects

[Benoit Minisini]

On samedi 19 avril 2008, Scott Castaline wrote:
> Benoit Minisini wrote:
> > On samedi 19 avril 2008, Scott Castaline wrote:
> >> I have tried everything that I can think of, but I still cannot open any
> >> of the example projects in gambas2-2.5.0. I started with rpm files from
> >> LDRWEB.net for Fedora 8 (gambas2-2.5.0-1.FC8.ldrweb.i386.tgz). As I am
> >> not fluent in Spanish I cannot find out anything about it. I found the
> >> site while searching for answers to my problems in installing the
> >> earlier version on Fedora 7, which I did get going using the files from
> >> this site.
> >>
> >> I can operate all other features from the starting screen, but will get
> >> an error when I click on any of the example projects:
> >>
> >> This project does not exist.
> >> /usr/share/gambas2/examples/category of list/name of project.
> >>
> >> OK
> >>
> >> The projects do exist as I can find them where they should be. I
> >> duplicated my Fedora 7/Gambas2-2.4.1 setup when I went to Fedora
> >> 8/Gambas2-2.5.0. On both I created a group "gambas" putting myself as a
> >> member of the group. I then had changed the group ownership of
> >> /usr/share/gambas2 from root to gambas using the recursive option so all
> >> subdirs would reflect the change. This setup works fine in the Fedora
> >> 7/Gambas2-2.4.1 setup. Does anyone know why it doesn't in the Fedora
> >> 8/Gambas2-2.5.0?
> >>
> >> I hate to be a PITA about this but I'm learning basic from scratch and
> >> want to use these examples in the process.
> >>
> >> TIA
> >> (PITA) Scott
> >
> > The "this project does not exist" message is printer when the IDE cannot
> > read the file ".project" inside the project directory. So check first
> > that the ".project" files of the examples are correctly installed from
> > the RPMs.
> >
> > Regards,
>
> In each project directory there is a projectname.gambas file, should it
> be projectname.project?
>

No, I'm talking about the ".project" file. If this file is not found, or not 
readable, you get the "This project does not exist" error message. Otherwise, 
you don't get it.

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Benoit Minisini