duble.stars Feb 15, 2007
--- In guide-user@yahoogroups.com, "Roger Pickard" <rdp@...> wrote:
>
> 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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