[Paraview] Paraview 3.6.1 on Windows 32 : Help crashes

[Richard GRENON]

Hello Dave.

In fact, I have made myself a shortcut fom (C:\Program Files\ParaView 
3.6.1\bin\paraview.exe)  to the Desktop (by send to Desktop) as I did 
with PV 340 and I always launch PV from that Desktop shortcut. OK, now 
that I have modified (pqClientDocFinder.txt), I can verify that Help 
crashes if I launch PV from the start menu shorcut.

I tested always PV 340: help works whether PV 340 is launched from its 
Desktop shortcut or from the start menu shortcut. I did not find any 
(pqClientDocFinder.txt) file in the bin folder of PV 340. Why not retain 
the PC 340 solution for help?

But indeed this is a minor problem. I you have time, please look at my 
recent post on CGNS testing.

Best regards.

Dave Partyka wrote:
> Hi Richard,
>
> If you run ParaView from the shortcut on the start menu it "should" 
> work. This is because the shortcut runs from the top level 
> installation directory (C:\Program Files\Paraview) This is a know 
> problem that I've only been able to recreate by running the binary 
> directly from the installation folder (C:\Program Files\ParaView\bin) 
> or by running ParaView from a command prompt after cd'ing to the bin 
> folder.
>
> http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=9298
>
> Where you able to recreate it a different way? How did you launch 
> ParaView to get this to happen? You are correct in that the problem is 
> with pqClientDocFinder. Our goal is to get rid of that all together.
>
> On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 4:03 AM, Richard GRENON 
> <richard.grenon at onera.fr <mailto:richard.grenon at onera.fr>> wrote:
>
>     Hello.
>
>     Using the help menu in Paraview 3.6.1 Windows 32 gives an error:
>
>         Profile 'bin\pqClient.adp' does not exist!
>         Qt Assistant crashed.
>
>     But 'pqClient.adp' exists in the 'bin' folder!
>
>     Workaround:
>     - stop Paraview
>     - go to the 'bin' folder in Paraview tree.
>     - edit the file 'pqClientDocFinder.txt'
>     - replace the last line 'bin\pqClient.adp' by 'pqClient.adp'
>     - restart Paraview: help is now working.
>
>     Note: in the Linux Version, help works with unmodified
>     'pqClientDocFinder.txt' file with last line being 'bin/pqClient.adp'
>
>     -- 
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-- 
 Richard GRENON
 ONERA
 Departement d'Aerodynamique Appliquee - DAAP/ACI
 8 rue des Vertugadins
 92190 MEUDON - FRANCE
 phone : +33 1 46 73 42 17
 fax   : +33 1 46 73 41 46
 mailto:Richard.Grenon at onera.fr
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