Hi Isaac

AFrog wrote:
> For some reason, I can't use/start WarpIN any more. The message I get
> is:
> =================================
> WarpIN was unable to open the Global Database at E:\WARPIN
> \DATBAS_C.INI
> Error 0x00041112
> =================================
>
> The file exists and I can open the file in a text editor or something
> else, so I'm not sure what the problem is.


I've had that happen in the past and saved the munged file to a new
filename for further inspection at a later date.

At the time I simply replaced the non-working ini file with a recent
backup - I had not installed anything using Warpin since that backup.

Funnily, when it cropped up an a ng discussion I retested that "munged"
ini file and found it could be opened by Warpin...

I have no idea why I got the "Warpin is unable..." message as at a later
date that ini file could be used by Warpin.

Maybe my system was having some sort of not obvious problem that caused
the Warpin problem...


> What is most annoying is that I can't just delete that file and carry
> on because some WarpIN archives check the WarpIN database to see if
> some dependencies are installed and won't let me continue otherwise!
> Grrrrrr....! So, in order to carry on, I might have to re-install a
> lot of things, which would be very painful given how much software
> I've got installed right now.
>
> Anyway to recover the database or figure out what is wrong with this
> thing?
>


Can it be opened using INI Editor? - from the INI Tools package
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/...initool110.zip

If "No" I would guess that the file has somehow become corrupt; If "Yes"
try rebooting and see if that helps - could be some sort of WPS problem
that a reboot might clear.

Regards

Pete



>
> (BTW, I've never really had any problems with WarpIn until 1.0.17. It
> never started off on the right foot, the executable wouldn't install
> for some reason, could never figure out why. I ended up finding the
> ZIP archive of 1.0.17 and for some reason the executable in there did
> work. And now this pops up...)
>
>
> Thanks,
> Isaac

Sir:

AFrog wrote:
> For some reason, I can't use/start WarpIN any more. The message I get
> is:
> =================================
> WarpIN was unable to open the Global Database at E:\WARPIN
> \DATBAS_C.INI
> Error 0x00041112
> =================================
>
> The file exists and I can open the file in a text editor or something
> else, so I'm not sure what the problem is.
> What is most annoying is that I can't just delete that file and carry
> on because some WarpIN archives check the WarpIN database to see if
> some dependencies are installed and won't let me continue otherwise!
> Grrrrrr....! So, in order to carry on, I might have to re-install a
> lot of things, which would be very painful given how much software
> I've got installed right now.
>
> Anyway to recover the database or figure out what is wrong with this
> thing?
>
>
> (BTW, I've never really had any problems with WarpIn until 1.0.17. It
> never started off on the right foot, the executable wouldn't install
> for some reason, could never figure out why. I ended up finding the
> ZIP archive of 1.0.17 and for some reason the executable in there did
> work. And now this pops up...)
>
I think you may have a shared memory problem. Try rebooting and then
try Warpin. I have this problem from time to time and Warpin works
after first boot.
--
Bill
Thanks a Million!

AFrog wrote:
> For some reason, I can't use/start WarpIN any more. The message I get
> is:
> =================================
> WarpIN was unable to open the Global Database at E:\WARPIN
> \DATBAS_C.INI
> Error 0x00041112
> =================================
>
> The file exists and I can open the file in a text editor or something
> else, so I'm not sure what the problem is.
> What is most annoying is that I can't just delete that file and carry
> on because some WarpIN archives check the WarpIN database to see if
> some dependencies are installed and won't let me continue otherwise!
> Grrrrrr....! So, in order to carry on, I might have to re-install a
> lot of things, which would be very painful given how much software
> I've got installed right now.
>
> Anyway to recover the database or figure out what is wrong with this
> thing?
>
>
> (BTW, I've never really had any problems with WarpIn until 1.0.17. It
> never started off on the right foot, the executable wouldn't install
> for some reason, could never figure out why. I ended up finding the
> ZIP archive of 1.0.17 and for some reason the executable in there did
> work. And now this pops up...)
>
>
> Thanks,
> Isaac
Is it possible that warpin is getting confused because you are booted
from a different drive or have installed to a different directory?

As I understand it, there is an entry in \os2\os2.ini on the boot drive
that points to the warpin directory. That directory should contain
warpin.ini and DATBAS_x.ini where x is the boot drive. Both of these
files are standard os2 ini files and can be browsed with regedit2.

On May 3, 9:40 pm, "James J. Weinkam" wrote:
> AFrog wrote:
> > For some reason, I can't use/start WarpIN any more. The message I get
> > is:
> > =================================
> > WarpIN was unable to open the Global Database at E:\WARPIN
> > \DATBAS_C.INI
> > Error 0x00041112
> > =================================
>
> > The file exists and I can open the file in a text editor or something
> > else, so I'm not sure what the problem is.
> > What is most annoying is that I can't just delete that file and carry
> > on because some WarpIN archives check the WarpIN database to see if
> > some dependencies are installed and won't let me continue otherwise!
> > Grrrrrr....! So, in order to carry on, I might have to re-install a
> > lot of things, which would be very painful given how much software
> > I've got installed right now.
>
> > Anyway to recover the database or figure out what is wrong with this
> > thing?
>
> > (BTW, I've never really had any problems with WarpIn until 1.0.17. It
> > never started off on the right foot, the executable wouldn't install
> > for some reason, could never figure out why. I ended up finding the
> > ZIP archive of 1.0.17 and for some reason the executable in there did
> > work. And now this pops up...)
>
> > Thanks,
> > Isaac
>
> Is it possible that warpin is getting confused because you are booted
> from a different drive or have installed to a different directory?
>
> As I understand it, there is an entry in \os2\os2.ini on the boot drive
> that points to the warpin directory. That directory should contain
> warpin.ini and DATBAS_x.ini where x is the boot drive. Both of these
> files are standard os2 ini files and can be browsed with regedit2.


WarpIN is installed in the same drive it's always been, and the boot
drive letter is correct.

I tried re-booting and cleaning up with CHECKINI, but still no luck.
Seems to be a system problem for me because CONFIGTOOL also does not
want to load up its database.
Any clues here???


Thanks,
Isaac