Hi John,
I deleted iii.idx but Guide re-generates it, so it made no difference
at all.
Cheers,
Roger

----- Original Message -----
From: "duble.stars" <duble.stars@...>
To: <guide-user@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 1:09 PM
Subject: [guide-user] Re: iii.dat reformatted in yahoo files !


>
> Hi Roger
>
> My error!!! The file is called iii.idx, not gcvs.idx!
>
> That's why you couldn't find it ;)
>
> My fault.
>
> Try it again with deleting iii.idx, probably just deleting iii.idx
now
> and re-running Guide as is, if you've already reupgraded and added
the
> fiddled with iii.dat, should suffice.
>
> Again, don't hold your breath.
>
> This is assuming you've got a iii.idx. After you've deleted iii.idx
> and relaunched Guide, it might be interesting to see if it makes a
new
> iii.idx or not, as iii.idx does not appear to be part of the upgrade
> zip, so must be autogenerated.
>
> I know that asteroid problem, which still exists at base even though
> there's an mpcorb work around, is because Guide doesn't regenerate
the
> index file at new epochs for some reason.
>
> [Incidentally, I'm running basic Win2k, except IE etc are
uninstalled
> (though still there at core due to gatesian megalomania)]
>
> Cheers
>
> John
>
> --- In guide-user@yahoogroups.com, "Roger Pickard" <rdp@...> wrote:
> >
> > Hi John,
> > Sadly, it made no difference whatsoever.
> > Interestingly though, I don't have the file gcvs.idx on my
machine!
> > Cheers,
> > Roger
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "duble.stars" <duble.stars@...>
> > To: <guide-user@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 12:27 PM
> > Subject: [guide-user] iii.dat reformatted in yahoo files
> >
> >
> > >
> > > alright, as I seem to have a fixation with it being the iii.dat
> > file,
> > > here's a little test if you want to try it
> > >
> > > in http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/guide-user/files/ I've put
> > > iii.zip, which is a zipped version of iii.dat messed about with
a
> > > little bit. You'll have to log in to your yahoo account to get
at
> > > that, likely.
> > >
> > > Download it, unzip it. Go to your Guide directory and delete
> > iii.dat
> > > that is there and delete gcvs.idx that is there (incidentally,
make
> > > sure Guide is not running when you do this).
> > >
> > > Upgrade to the test version of Guide again, even if you upgraded
> > once
> > > the other day, reupgrade.
> > >
> > > Copy this fiddled with iii.dat over to the Guide directory, run
the
> > > new upgraded Guide, test on a name list 77 or 78 object that is
in
> > one
> > > of the early alphabet constellations, _not_ Vulpecula.
> > >
> > > Of course, you could've already been testing with the old
gcvs.tdf
> > > still likely on your hard drives, using GO TO TDF, to see if
this
> > read
> > > the latest iii.dat properly, as a check.
> > >
> > > It'll probably make no difference but give it a try, but I've
got
> > this
> > > fixation going that the iii.dat file needs to be thoroughly
removed
> > > from suspicion, as they don't always do their data files that
> > cleanly.
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >
> > > John
> > >
> > > PS I'll delete iii.zip in a day or two, no matter what the
result,
> > as
> > > it only takes up the limited space in Guide-user group's
filespace
> > >
> > >
> > >
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