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<DIV>Stephen,</DIV>
<DIV>That problem occurs in all builds, even 1.8.</DIV>
<DIV>To solve it just build a shortcut to the app and save it on your desktop or in your Program Files folder. Find the executable (c:/.../PCGrADS/grads),and right click the icon selecting the 'Create Shortcut' option. Should work OK when launched from your new shortcut. </DIV>
<DIV>--<BR>Thanks, <BR>Mark</DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR>From: Stephen R McMillan <smcmillan@PLANALYTICS.COM> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Arlindo,</FONT><BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>I downloaded the grads-1.9.0-rc1.win32_superpack from the website you listed. I had no problems unzipping it to my c:\pcgrads folder. Although I can run it in batch mode, I'm having problems getting it to work in graphics window mode. I can launch the executable (gradsdods.exe) but the viewing window just disappears after I respond to the initial prompt for Landscape mode.</FONT><BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>I'm running the application on a Windows XP platform, and it meets or exceeds all of the systems requirements.</FONT><BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>I had no problems using the earlier (1.8sl11) win32e version, which I had removed to ensure no conflicts between the two. I'
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king it may be an anti-virus or firewall issue, although I have both gradsdods.exe and Xming.exe listed in my "allowed" list. I found no additional help in your notes or the Getting Started with Win32 GrADS document. Any suggestions? Or, perhaps another user encountered a similar problem and has a resolution he/she might share.</FONT><BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Thanks--</FONT><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Stephen Mc</FONT><BR><BR><BR>
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<TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR><BR><FONT size=3>All,</FONT><BR><FONT size=3> </FONT><BR><FONT size=3> Based on early user feedback I have made some small adjustments to the way Win32 GrADS talks to the Xserver which should make it more stable. The binaries on </FONT><A href="http://sf.net/"><FONT color=blue size=3><U>sf.net</U></FONT></A><FONT size=3>have been refreshed:</FONT><BR><FONT size=3> </FONT><BR><A href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=161773&package_id=182392"><FONT color=blue size=3><U>http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=161773&package_id=182392</U></FONT></A><BR><FONT size=3> </FONT><BR><FONT size=3>If you have already downloaded the previous version and want a faster download this time, you can get only the files that have changed from here</FONT><BR><FONT size=3> </FONT><BR><FONT size=3> </FONT><A href="http://opengrads.org/pre-rel/win32"><FON
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r=blue size=3><U>http://opengrads.org/pre-rel/win32</U></FONT></A><BR><FONT size=3>Replace/add these files to folder PCGrADS/win32. </FONT><BR><FONT size=3> </FONT><BR><FONT size=3> Let me know if you experience any problems.</FONT><BR><FONT size=3> </FONT><BR><FONT size=3> Arlindo</FONT><BR><BR><FONT size=3> </FONT><BR><FONT size=3>On Jan 30, 2008 12:32 AM, Arlindo da Silva <</FONT><A href="mailto:dasilva@alum.mit.edu"><FONT color=blue size=3><U>dasilva@alum.mit.edu</U></FONT></A><FONT size=3>> wrote:</FONT><BR><FONT size=3>All, </FONT><BR><BR><FONT size=3> For those of you interested in the Win32 build made available with GrADS v1.9.0-rc1 I have compiled some notes here:</FONT><BR><BR><FONT size=3> </FONT><A href="http://opengrads.org/wiki/index.php?title=Installing_GrADS_on_Microsoft_Windows"><FONT color=blue size=3><U>http://opengrads.org/wiki/index.php?titl
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alling_GrADS_on_Microsoft_Windows</U></FONT></A><BR><BR><FONT size=3> Basically, most users will be interested in the "Win32 Superpack" which requires no installation and includes all you need to run GrADS on Windows, including the OpenGrADS extensions. For those of you working on a Cygwin environment and preferring a more traditional Linux-like installation, this is now a viable option as well. </FONT><BR><BR><FONT size=3> Initial feedback indicates that the "Win32 Superpack" appears robust. If this remains the case a similar approach will be used to produce the first Win32 builds for GrADS v2.</FONT><BR><BR><FONT size=3> Your feedback is greatly appreciated. In particular I'd like to hear whether it works on older versions of Windows such as Windows 2000 and NT4, even Win 9x. Notice that this will be last release that could potentially support Win 9x.</FONT><BR><BR><FONT size=3> Thank you,</FONT><BR><BR><FONT size=3> 
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; Arlindo</FONT><FONT color=#8f8f8f size=3></FONT><BR><BR><FONT color=#8f8f8f size=3>-- </FONT><BR><FONT color=#8f8f8f size=3>Arlindo da Silva</FONT><BR><A href="mailto:dasilva@opengrads.org"><FONT color=blue size=3><U>dasilva@opengrads.org</U></FONT></A><BR><BR><BR><BR><FONT size=3>-- </FONT><BR><FONT size=3>Arlindo da Silva</FONT><BR><A href="mailto:dasilva@alum.mit.edu"><FONT color=blue size=3><U>dasilva@alum.mit.edu</U></FONT></A><FONT size=3></FONT><BR><BR><BR>***************************************************<BR>The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the use of the recipient(s) named above and may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and/or proprietary. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not review, copy or distribute this message. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message.<BR>*********************************
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