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sbuilderx will not start

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delmoro

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I hope someone can help me with this, i have installed sbuilderx successfully, but every time i go to run the program i get this error message

Exception caught globally:

A generic error occured in GDI+.
System.Drawing.Image FromFile(System.String, Boolean)
System.Runtime.InterlopServices.ExternalException: A generic error occured in GDI+.
at System.Drawing.Image.FromFile(String filename, Boolean useEmbeddedColorManagement)
at System.Drawing.Image.FromFile(String filemame)
at WindowsAplication1.frmStart.SetBmp Textures()
at WindowsAplication1.frmStart.FormLoad()
at WindowsAplication1.frmStart.frmStart_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.EventHandler.Invoke(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.Onload(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnCreateControl()
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl(BooleanfIgnoreVisible)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl()
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmShowWindow(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WmShowWindow(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m)
at at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr Iparam)

it then gives me the option "yes" or "no"
choosing either option fails to open the program.

i have not yet been able to get it working.
have tried setting permissions of all the sbx folders to full control on both the "share" and "security" tabs and yet still i get the same error message.
my OS is vista 32.
any suggestions would be great, thanks.
 
so simple!

After reading some threads in the forum with similar issues i tried installing sbx in a folder other than program files.
That was all i needed to do, seems that no matter how much permission i give to a sub folder in program files it wont make a difference.
sbx + vista + program files = bad, at least for me.
seems so obvious now...:o
 
delmoro said:
After reading some threads in the forum with similar issues i tried installing sbx in a folder other than program files.
That was all i needed to do, seems that no matter how much permission i give to a sub folder in program files it wont make a difference.
sbx + vista + program files = bad, at least for me.
seems so obvious now...:o
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I think the general rule is never install in Vista Program Files ;)
 
SBuilderX won't run (outside Program Files)

Hi, All

This is with Vista.

* My SBuilder didn't start in the Program Files folder.

* Following the recommendations, I de installed and...

* Installed in a dedicated folder in Documents\Flight Simulator\SBuilderX.

* (I have the old SBuilder in Documents\Flight Simulator\SBuilder, working fine with FS9.)

* When I run SBuilderX it tells me that:

"ImageTool, Shp2Vec, Resample & BGLComp do not exist in the ...\SBuilder\Tools folder and the Terrain SDK could not be found in this computer! Some BGL files can not be generated!"

* Note that the error message mentions \SBuilder\Tools folder (no "X" in SBuilder), and I placed it in a \SBuilderX folder.

* No matter, the tools are NOT in the \SbuilderX\Tools folder. This is the first question

SHOULDN'T THEY BE THERE BY THE INSTALLATION OF SBUILDERX? OR AM I SUPPOSED TO PLACE THEM THERE MYSELF? Please continue reading.

* I placed Imagetool there myself and the message still appears unchanged when I start SBuilderX, still mentioning that Imagetool isn't there, which it is. But...

* Interesting, it was giving me a second and a third error, but after I copied Imagetool into the Tools folder, it disappeared.

So, first big question

Where do I get Shp2Vec? And which Resample does it want there, the FSX one? And BGLComp, could it be the same as the one I have for FS9? And which Terrain SDK is this? I thought FSX only had one SDK.

At this point SBuilderX opens (after I click OK for the error message above) allows me to do some stuff, shows the Aircraft Position. I haven't created anything waiting for the response about the tools...

Thanks very much fellows! I just managed to get my system to run FSX decently (always above 20 fps with the sliders to the right), so I have to start learning scenery all over again.




Fern
 
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Where do I get Shp2Vec? And which Resample does it want there, the FSX one? And BGLComp, could it be the same as the one I have for FS9?
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They all come from the FSX SDK. BglComp is different than the FS9 one and cannot be used for FSX.

You need the deluxe version of FSX and install the SDK first from there if you have not already. You then need to update it to SP1 or SP2, or if you have the Acceleration pack you can install an updated version from there. I guess then that SBuilderX needs copies of the files mentioned above moved to the local folder structure
 
SBuilder will find the location of those FSX SDK files automatically, via the registry. Don't move or copy them.

Dick
 
rhumbaflappy said:
SBuilder will find the location of those FSX SDK files automatically, via the registry. Don't move or copy them.

Dick
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Thanks Dick. I could not remember and do not have SBuilderX on my laptop
 
S Builder X and FSX SDK

Thanks, all.

Problem not fixed yet, but I think it is my fault.

I do have the De Luxe version.

I had installed FSX and the SDK in another system. I de-installed FSX, never thought of the SDK, and installed FSX in another system.

For some reason I thought that the SDK "installation" was only copying the files to the "Flight Simulator X SDK" folder.

So, instead of installing the SDK in the new system, I just copied those files from the old system.

I will do the proper install tomorrow, but I have a question referring to the SDK...

If the SDK is "installed" and registered with Windows, shouldn't it appear as a programme to be un-installed? It does not. Do you fellows think that when I de-installed FSX the SDK got removed from the Registry too, but the files were left behind?

Thanks.

Fern
 
SBuilder X - working

Hi, fellows

Thanks for the tips, SBuilder X is working.

All I had to do was to install FSX SDK and my problems went away.

I am sure I'll start with my FSX scenery questions very soon...

Thanks again!

F
 
scruffyduck said:
I think the general rule is never install in Vista Program Files ;)
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same problem. cant use SBX. tried installing in my docs, and copying files from sdk into the tools, still no use. :mad:

EDIT: turns out i was using version 310. installed 313 and it runs fine.
 
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