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

[Scott Castaline]

Benoit Minisini wrote:
> 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.
>
>   
Got it, It works now, somewhere copying back and forth I lost the 
.project files and a couple of others. Blame it on OlTimerZ Disease. 
Sorry for being a PITA. Thanks for the help.

(PITA) Scott