Author: Odd Gunnar Malin
Date: 14:45:18 02/13/02
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On February 13, 2002 at 17:18:12, Ron Murawski wrote: >On February 13, 2002 at 15:55:11, Odd Gunnar Malin wrote: > >>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 > >Ah, now I understand. > >Since you had no access to the CA source code I thought >you were asking for a work-around rather than a full >programming solution. > >Ron I know even when I speak all people take what I say serious. I did add a :) to that sentence. Odd Gunnar (What do they think about my coffee table, the man has lost his mind)
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