[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:
> >> 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.
>
> where is the .project file supposed to be. I can't find it on either the
> old or new.
>

As I told you, just inside the project directory. Look in your own projects, 
you will see it.

-- 
Benoit Minisini