Re: Windows Package

[Martin Helm]

Am 22.07.2010 00:12, schrieb Mike G:
> Hi Martin,
> I ran " pkg describe -verbose windows" as you described below on a regular
> install of 3.2.4.
> The result was:
> octave:19>  pkg describe -verbose windows
> ---
> Package name:
>          windows
> Version:
>          1.0.8
> Short description:
>          Provides COM interface and additional functionality on Windows
> Status:
>          Not loaded
> ---
> Provides:
> Windows Utilities
>          grab
>          win32_MessageBox
>          win32_ReadRegistry
>          win32api
> COM Interface
>          actxserver
>          com_atexit
>          com_delete
>          com_get
>          com_invoke
>          com_release
>          com_set
> Examples
>          mat2xls
> octave:20>
>
> so I guess it is there and does load without any fancy footwork.
> Running Win 7, 64 bit.
>
> Mike G.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Helm [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 8:27 AM
> To: address@hidden
> Cc: John Hudock
> Subject: Re: Windows Package
>
> Am Mittwoch, 21. Juli 2010 17:14:55 schrieb Martin Helm:
>    
> > Am Mittwoch, 21. Juli 2010 15:38:49 schrieb John Hudock:
> >      
> > > I did also try to retreive the package from
> > > http://octave.sourceforge.net/packages.php after I installed the 3.2.4
> > > version of Octave and found the Windows package still empty, with no
> > > luck. Even the description of the package at
> > > http://octave.sourceforge.net/windows/overview.html shows all the
> > > functions not implemented. So I can only imagine that there is an
> > >        
> updated
>    
> > > version somewhere, but it is not at all clear where.
> > >
> > > My pkg list shows:
> > >        
> > > > > > pkg list
> > > > > >              
> > > [snip]
> > >            windows *|   1.0.8 | ...\share\octave\packages\windows-1.0.8
> > >        
> > So your windows package is installed and loaded, it is not clear to me
> >      
> what
>    
> > makes you exactly think it is empty? How did you check it?
> > Did you look into the folder where it is installed?
> > Did you check with
> >
> > pkg describe -verbose windows
> >
> > and then invoke one of the functions? The functions in the webpage are
> >   shown as missing due to a problem in the webpage (when the documentation
> >   string is not parsed successfully it is shown as not implemented as I
> >   remeber from some discussion here or on the oct-dev mailing list some
> >      
> time
>    
> >   ago).
> >
> > With the 3.2.3 installed on a virtual windows machine I see the package
> >   exists and the functions are there (I can invoke them).
> > Will try the 3.2.4 later.
> >
> > - mh
> >
> >      
> checked now also 3.2.4 windows installer without installing anything else
> (of
> course I ticked the octave forge packages in the installer).
>
> After starting octave and
> pkg load windows
>
> win32_MessageBox ("title", "text")
>
> gives me a message box with an ok button and title "title" and message
> "text".
> So maybe your installation went somehow wrong if it is really not there.
>
> - mh
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>    
It is there definitely, the Status: Not loaded means that it has to be 
loaded with pkg load windows, but this is not the problem.

I have no win7 64 available at home (the XP is only a vmware on my 
laptop for testing), I can maybe test the access to the excel files 
tomorrow when I am in the office on win 7 ultimate 64 bit. With XP 32 
bit it worked out of the box maybe it is really a problem with the 64 
bit os, I will check that.

- mh