Author: José Carlos
Date: 06:12:20 02/20/02
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On February 20, 2002 at 08:53:58, Uri Blass wrote: >On February 20, 2002 at 08:18:20, Edward Seid wrote: > >>EPD2WB does NOT require the Winboard program at all. EPD2WB communicates using >>the Winboard protocol so there is no need for the actual Winboard 4.x.x program. >> >>The best way to use EPD2WB is this: >>- Unzip the EPD2WB files into its own directory. >>- In this directory, also put the testsuite files, like ecm.epd >>- In this same directory, place the engine's executable file (and configuration >>file, if needed), such as movei005.exe. >>- Finally, you need to create DOS batch file, for example, epd.bat. >> >>epd.bat will contain a single line + hard return. The single line should be of >>the form: >> >>epd2wb movei005 ecm.epd 20 >> >>Then to run the engine thru the testsuite, simple double click epd.bat to >>execute. >> >>If the engine requires commandline arguments, enclose the program name + >>arguments in double quotes, like: >> >>epd2wb "movei005 movei005.ini" ecm.epd 20 >> >>To make changes to epd.bat file, right-click on the file and choose Edit. >>You can use this procedure for any engine, any .epd file, and any thinking time. >> >>I hope this helps. >> >>Ed Seid >>future webmaster of winboard.info > > >thanks for the advice but I still have problems > >before running my engine I try to run gerbil > >Here is what I did: > >I generated a new folder with the name epdanalyze > >I put the following 4 files in that folder: >1)EPD2WB.exe >2)GERBIL.exe >3)epd.bat that includes the follwoing line >epd2wb gerbil.exe wacnew.epd 1 >(I created a txt file and I put this line in the file and saved it as epd.bat) >4)wacnew.epd > >I try to click on epd.bat and I can only see a text that disappears in less than >1 second. > >What do I do wrong? > >Uri To see what is happening, open a DOS window; then go to that directory (using the cd command) and run the batch file. Instead of disappearing, the message will stay there. Read it and tell us what does it say, so we can figure. José C.
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