Author: Odd Gunnar Malin
Date: 12:55:11 02/13/02
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On February 13, 2002 at 11:53:59, Ron Murawski wrote: >On February 13, 2002 at 07:16:38, Odd Gunnar Malin wrote: > >>On February 13, 2002 at 06:03:53, Dann Corbit wrote: >> >>>On February 13, 2002 at 05:23:50, Odd Gunnar Malin wrote: >>> >>>>Hi. >>>> >>>>When I try to start a consoleprogram from CA as Winboard Engine or UCI engine >>>>the programpath is split in the argv[] (int main(int argc, char* argv[])). >>>> >>>>Ex. >>>>Winboardengine >>>>c:\Program Files\Chess Assistant6\PolarEngine.exe >>>>would give >>>>argv[0] = c:\Program >>>>argv[1] = Files\Chess >>>>argv[2] = Assistant6\PolarEngine.exe >>>> >>>>and not as from other program >>>>argv[0]=c:\Program Files\Chess Assistant6\PolarEngine.exe >>>>argv[1]=<empty> >>>> >>>>Is this an error in CA or in some common .dll files that follows >>>>Delphi-programs? >>> >>>Try: >>>"c:\Program Files\Chess Assistant6\PolarEngine.exe" >>> >>>The parser sees the white space as marking a new token. >> >>You are probably right but since I don't have the source to CA I can not change >>it :) >>It either don't allow to put "" in the filename, but this had been a little hard >>to ask all user's to do. >> >>In normale startup procedure with use of CreateProcess(...) this problem don't >>exist. >> >>It's because of this I ask if this problem is in any Delphi .dll or in CA >>itself. If it is a delphi problem a patch could maybe be found but if it is in >>CA I guess we must wait and use /switch or -switch in the meantime for all >>parameters. >> >>Some Delhi programmer out there?? >> >>Odd Gunnar > >I don't know Delphi, but I've gotten bitten by some >spaces-contained-in-a-pathname bugs. I usually install >to C:\Chess to avoid this problem. For Chess Assistant >perhaps you could install to C:\Chess\CA > >Without the spaces the problem goes away. > >Best regards, >Ron Yes of course I could do that, but this wasn't the problem. The problem is that you must take this into account if you write an engine that you would like to be run in Chess Assistant, and if it's a Delphi problem there is probably more GUI with the same problem. I would guess that most users install program in their default directory. That I do in my engine is to allow all command that could be given when the engine have started also could be added to the commandline or ini file for therby have the possibility to set up many different personalities without copying the the engine to different folders. Odd Gunnar
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