GrADS v2.0.a5.oga.3 for Windows available,

[Arlindo da Silva]

On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 4:05 AM, Maat, Herbert ter
<Herbert.termaat at wur.nl> wrote:
> Dear Arlindo,
>
> I was able to download the Windows version, but unfortunately I haven't
> been able to get OpenGrADS running with the VBS scripts. Is this normal?

It should work. However, it is the first time I use VBScript for this,
so I need to sort out any portability issue (it works for me on a
number of WinXP boxes). Can you tell me what happens when you click on
the.vbs files? From the maintenance point of view there are several
reasons for using scripts for these wrappers. Since .BAT are pretty
much brain dead,  I started playing around with VBScript.

> I have been able to run GrADS when executing c:\Program
> Files\OpenGrADS\Contents\Cygwin\Versions\2.0.a5.oga.3\i686\grads.exe
> I don't think that this is very user-friendly and I expect that there
> must be a more elegant way to start GrADS. Hopefully, you can help me
> with this

For now simply create a shortcut (do not copy) of grads.exe to your
desktop, or even to the top directory. There reason why I did not use
shortcuts in the first place is because some flash drives do not
support it. If I keep having issues with VBScript I'll go back to
write these wrappers in C.

   Arlindo


>
> Kind regards,
> Herbert ter Maat
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: GRADSUSR at LIST.CINECA.IT [mailto:GRADSUSR at LIST.CINECA.IT] On Behalf
> Of Arlindo da Silva
> Sent: donderdag 5 maart 2009 14:55
> To: GRADSUSR at LIST.CINECA.IT
> Subject: GrADS v2.0.a5.oga.3 for Windows available,
>
> All,
>
>  I have updloaded the OpenGrADS Superpack for Windows based on COLA
> GrADS v2.0.a5. You read more about it here:
>
>               http://opengrads.org/doc/win32-v2/
>
>  You can download it from sourceforge:
>
>
> http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=161773&package_id=
> 290254&release_id=665954
>
> Right now the .exe installation package is not yet available but the ZIP
> package has all the functionality and is fairly easy to install.
> Just unzip, and click on "opengrads" for the classic command line
> interface. You can also try:
>
>   merra      - a GUI for accessing MERRA data from NASA's OPeNDAP
> server
>   nomads   - a GUI for accessing NOAA's forecast data from the NOMADS
> server
>
> This release includes all the OpenGrADS extensions, including gxyat, re,
> and fish.
>
>    Let me know of any problems.
>
>         Arlindo
>
> --
> Arlindo da Silva
> dasilva at alum.mit.edu
>
>
>



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Arlindo da Silva
dasilva at alum.mit.edu