Fri, 09/12/2011 - 23:20 — jyearsle
Hi,
I've been using Simile to teach undergraduates ecological modelling for the last couple of years, and in general they very much like the software.
I have just notice that the teaching version installed on the university network no longer works.
I have tried to downoad the latest version (5.9). This version does install, but when I use it to create a compartment there is an error
Simile encountered an unexpected problem:
wrong # args: "Put Text w ptz tagSet fatness specials colourScheme capt"
I have a class of 70 undergraduates starting in the new year, so can you tell me if this is a fundamental problem with Simile version 5.9 or something I am doing wronf when installing Simile.
Thanks
Jon
Reporter:
jyearsle
Created:
Fri, 09/12/2011 - 23:20
Updated:
Fri, 23/03/2012 - 07:44
Comments
#1
Hi,
I can't get any version of Simile to produce an error message that looks like this. To help me out, could you please:
I actually uploaded a new patch to the Windows and Linux versions yesterday to take care of an unrelated problem, so if your download is older than yesterday you could try downloading again and installing this version to see if it fixes your problem too. I assume the teaching lab machines are Windows.
Cheers and thanks for the info.
#2
Hi,
Yes the teaching machines are windows.
I downloaded the new version, and the error no longer appears. So maybe I did something stupid, or your patch fixed the problems. Big relief :)
Thanks
Jon
#3
The issue is back again. I thought I would reinstall simile again, just to make sure I did have the latest version.
The error appears whenever I try an add a component to a model, be it compartment, flow, variable.
I'm using Windows vista on my personal computer. The university computers are a mixture of windows XP and windows 7.
So here is the info you asked for.
The About Simile dialogue says
"Simile v5.9p2 teaching 32-bit
Blah blah
This product expires on 01 Sep 2013
The product is registered to Jon Yearsley, UCD SBES"
And below is the full error message
Jon
========================
Simile encountered an unexpected problem:
wrong # args: should be "PutText w ptz ptype tagSet fatness specials colourScheme capt"
The error was:
wrong # args: should be "PutText w ptz ptype tagSet fatness specials colourScheme capt"
while executing
"PutText .mswindow00001.canvas { 266.0 34.0} compartment {node00010 fillable editable} 100.0 incomplete comp3"
invoked from within
"catch $args retVal"
#4
Looks like something went wrong when uploading the 32-bit versions of the latest patch. I have done it again and it seems to be working OK now. Please try downloading and installing again.
#5
Hi,
That seems to have worked. I downloaded the teaching version of Simile again, and it is now working correctly.
Thanks for your help.
Jon
#6
#7
Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.