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Windows 7 "access is denied"
Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2015 3:38 am
by Mark92691
Completely new user. Just downloaded SetupBlackBox16.exe and ran under Windows 7. Now trying the Guided Tour. Attempt to compile the first tutorial module fails with a modal dialogue box displaying the error message "C:\Program Files\BlackBox Component Builder 1.6\Obx\Code\Hello0.ocf could not be replaced because access is denied."
A quick Bing search suggests that nobody should be writing into C:\Program Files.
Is there a way to set the target directory for compiles? A recommended directory structure for newly-developed code?
Can this be done so that existing code in Obx\Code can still be reused as part of new programs?
TIA,
Mark
Re: Windows 7 "access is denied"
Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2015 7:28 am
by cfbsoftware
To avoid this problem follow these instructions from Chapter 4
Server installation (Windows only) of the BlackBox Component Builder User Manual (System/Douc/User-Man). In your case the workstation and the server are the same machine:
1) Install BlackBox in a directory on the server machine, using Setup.exe. The directory must be shared on the network but the access may be restricted to read only.
2) For each workstation / user, create a working directory (either on the server or on the client). The user should have read/write access to this directory. The directory may be empty.
3) For each workstation, create a shortcut with the following contents:
Command Line (Target): <BlackBoxDir>\BlackBox.exe /Use <WorkDir>
Working Directory (Start in): <WorkDir>
where <BlackBoxDir> stands for the full path name of the directory where BlackBox is installed (on the server), and <WorkDir> is the path of the working directory of the actual machine (on the client or on the server). The latter must not end with a backslash ("\"). Use double quotation marks to delimit path names that contain spaces.
Example:
Command Line (Target): "C:\Program Files\BlackBox\BlackBox.exe" /Use C:\BlackBox
Working Directory (Start in): C:\BlackBox
If your source code module is named
MODULE XyzModulename and is saved as filename
Modulename.odc in the folder
C:\BlackBox\Xyz\Mod, BlackBox will automatically create the appropriate subfolders (e.g. Sym, Code) to store the symbol and object code files when you compile the source.
Re: Windows 7 "access is denied"
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2015 8:05 am
by manumart1
Instead of installing in "C:\Programs Files" via setup.exe, I find easier to use a sort of portable program.
I simply download a zip file and extract it in the folder I want.
Examples:
Regards
Re: Windows 7 "access is denied"
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2015 10:40 pm
by Mark92691
"User Manual"
That worked. Thanks for the pointer, and excerpt. I was starting under the assumption that the "Guided Tour" was self-contained (that is, didn't require one to read any other documentation). Now I know better.
Thanks for your help,
Mark
Re: Windows 7 "access is denied"
Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2015 6:03 pm
by akastargazer
Install to any user folder, not to Program Files folder which is under read-only protection.