Newsgroups: comp.infosystems.gis
Date:         Tue, 18 Aug 1992 08:46:22 PDT
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From:         "Kathleen Bertrand" <esri!tasha!kathleen@UUNET.UU.NET>
Subject:      Re: HELP - running Arcview under Win 3.1
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John,

We have discovered a problem with ArcView's Teacher facility.  The Teacher is a
utility in ArcView that is automatically invoked whenever a view is being loaded
and one or more of the view's data sources cannot be found.  This typically
occurs when a data source has been moved or when a view has been copied to a new
machine that does not have the same disk directory layout as the machine the
view was created on.  As a result, views may not load properly.  We will be
sending a patch disk to correct this problem soon.  In the meantime, there is a
very simple workaround.  To use a view whose data source pathnames cannot be
connected by the Teacher, simply edit the view file using the Microsoft Write
application that comes with Windows, and manually correct the data source
pathnames.  Follow these steps:

1) Make sure that you have write access to your views.  View files on read-only
and CDROM directories must be oved to a read-write directory, such as your local
hard disk or your personal directory on the network.  You should make copies of
your views before modifying them.

2) Start the Write application from the Accessories program group in the Windows
Program Manager.

3) Load you view file using Write's File-Open menu option.  By default, the file
selector shows only *.wri files.  Replace *.wri with *.av to locate view files.
Once a view file is selected, a dialog box will appear asking you if you wish to
convert the file (or text) to Write fromat.  Select 'No Conversion'.  Much of
the contents will be unreadable.  You should, however, be able to see the
pathnames for the data sources.

4) Modify the incorrect protion of the pathnames using Write's text replacement
tool.  If the data used to create the view is located in different locations,
you must correct the pathname for those data sources individually.  From the
Find menu, Choose Select Replace... A dialog box will appear.  You can now enter
the incorrect portion of the pathname in the Find What: text box and the correct
path in the Replace With: text box.  Now press Replace All.

5) Save the view with the correct pathnames using Write's File-Save option.
Your locally stored view will now have the correct pathnames.

Within the next few weeks, ArcView users will receive a patch correcting this
problem.

If you have problems with this workaround, contact us at ESRI Technical Support
for assistance.  Email: support@esri.com

Sincerely,

The ArcView Release Team


> Can anyone help on this one ?
>
> We're trying to run ESRI's Arcview 1.0 in Windows 3.1 with DOS 5 on a
> good 386 clone with 8Mbyte of memory. We're also running PC-NFS version
> 3.5c.
>
> On attempting to open a view off a network drive we immediately get the
> message :
>
> " WIN386 caused a General Protection Fault in module <unknown>
> 185F:F0B61. WIN386 will close"
>
> The address (?) part 185F:xxxx seems to vary between incidences of the
> error.
>
> We're running pcnfs.sys with switches /f60 /v as recommended by TFM.
> Anyone know what these actually do ?
>
> Any clues or anyone got this sort of combination going.
>
> Help would be much appreciated.
>
> John Craick
> j.craick@trl.oz.au
>