RemoteMaster v0.68 now available!

gfb107 · Post by **gfb107** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 11:37 am

I've built and released RemoteMaster v0.68

Changes for v0.68

- Fix bug in parsing composite restrictions
- Add support for OldName attribute for protocols

See the ControlRemote home page.

The release notes, change log, and ZIP file available at the Download page.

Read the Installation instructions.
Read the Readme.txt file included in the ZIP file for important information.
Read the ChangeLog.txt file in the ZIP for a complete list of changes

jamesgammel · Post by **jamesgammel** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 3:21 pm

downloaded, extracted, etc. over-wrote .67 since it had a known bug.
.67 took a long time to open, looked like it wasn't gonna, so re-double clicked a few times. Ended up finally 3 copies opened. However, with .68 I can't get it to open. .66 still opens ok, maybe a 10 second wait. .68 even after a 2 minute wait nothing comes up. Running 98SE if that matters. Anyone else having problems getting .68 to open. I've tried half-dozen different ways, and no cigar.

Jim

Mark Pierson · Post by **Mark Pierson** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 3:31 pm

jamesgammel wrote:Anyone else having problems getting .68 to open.

Opens and runs fine for me (Win98SE).

gfb107 · Post by **gfb107** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 4:05 pm

jamesgammel wrote:downloaded, extracted, etc. over-wrote .67 since it had a known bug.
.67 took a long time to open, looked like it wasn't gonna, so re-double clicked a few times. Ended up finally 3 copies opened. However, with .68 I can't get it to open. .66 still opens ok, maybe a 10 second wait. .68 even after a 2 minute wait nothing comes up. Running 98SE if that matters. Anyone else having problems getting .68 to open. I've tried half-dozen different ways, and no cigar.

Jim

Open rmaster.err in NotePad and look at the end for a stack trace. It should help me pin-point the problem.

jamesgammel · Post by **jamesgammel** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 5:08 pm

You ,mean this? Rest looked ok till here:

Caught exception in RemoteMaster.main()!
java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.hifiremote.jp1.KeyMapMaster.loadRemotes(KeyMapMaster.java:379)
at com.hifiremote.jp1.KeyMapMaster.<init>(KeyMapMaster.java:274)
at com.hifiremote.jp1.RemoteMaster.main(RemoteMaster.java:12)

Jim

gfb107 · Post by **gfb107** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 5:41 pm

Strange....looks like a problem finding the RDF directory.
Try erasing RemoteMaster.properties.

jamesgammel · Post by **jamesgammel** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 5:59 pm

Going into RM.propeerties did the trick. I deleted (erased) all the entries referring to upgrades made with .67, as well as any other references to .67. (Not worried about losing the upgrades, have a copy in .66, upgrades folder anyway). It appears that RM was trying to use .67 rdfs and upgrade files, when they were either deleted or overwritten. The suggestion of WHERE TO GO did the trick, thanks Greg. It now opens fine, and a quick check seems to indicate it's working ok. I'll know more later when I try to make an upgrade, but at least now it does open.

Thanks Greg.

gfb107 · Post by **gfb107** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 7:29 pm

RemoteMaster doesn't like it if you fiddle with the directory structure after you install it. If you do things like that, you need to update RemoteMaster.properties to reflect those changes.