Affiliation
Astronomical Society of South Australia (ASSAU)
Mon, 06/23/2014 - 23:19
Hi all
Is anyone running VStar on Windows 8?
If so, are you using plug-ins (ignoring for now that the plug-in manager is not working currently)?
I have been corresponding with a user who is having plug-in problems and I don't have a Windows 8 machine to test on and would appreciate some assistance. It may just be that the plug-ins are not in the desired directory, but I just want to rule some things out.
There'll be a new VStar release this week by the way.
David
David,
I used VStar on my Windows 8 machine throughout the class - no problems. I ran both from the web and also downloading and installing a local copy. I used almost all the plug-ins....
BUT, I just tried to log in and access the plug-ins. I got an exception code. See attached error message. It has some weird user name, not the user id entered.
Gordon
That
Great, thanks Gordon.
That particular problem still relates to http://www.aavso.org/access-aid-vstar-currently-not-working
There'll be a release this week to fix that (plug-in manager, discrepant reporting) as well as other bugs and internal enhancements.
Can you tell me where your vstar_plugins and vstar_plugin_libs dirs are located (on Windows 8)?
When the plug-in manager is working, this doesn't matter, but for manual installation, it does.
David
David,
Unzipping the download creates the "vstar" folder
From there it goes - vstar->plugin->vstar-plugins-2.16.0, and this directory contains both vstar-plugin-libs and vstar_plugins
I attached a series of screen captures of the windows explorer displays as I stepped down the directory tree.
Gordon
Actually, the key
Hi Gordon
Actually, the key thing I wanted to know was, where does your vstar_plugins (and vstar_plugin_libs) directory live under Windows 8 (probably created by the plug-in manager during the course)?
Under Windows 7, it will be C:\Users\some_user_dir and I'm interested to know whether Windows 8 does the same.
Those plug-in zip files were inadvertently added to the 2.16.0 VStar distribution zip.
That's okay, just unintended; even if a non-member gets access to BSM/APASS plug-ins this way, they still can't be used.
Thanks.
David
David,
Yes, in my case they are in the c:\Users\Gordon directory. Screen capture attached.
Gordon
I've pointed
Thanks Gordon.
I've pointed the person who asked the question at this topic.
I suspected the dir structure was the same in Windows 8 but did not know.
David