OMNIS7 Windows7 Shortcut

[wendy]

Hi

What I run is 

In Target C:\Omnis738RT\OMNIS7.exe C:\dev738\gangshow\wiz.lbr
In Start in C:\Omnis738RT

Have you tried taking the '.' out of the library name?

Also if there are any spaces in the paths they need to  be enclosed in
quotes i,e

"C:\Omnis738RT\OMNIS7.exe"  "C:\dev738\gangshow\wiz.lbr"

I have never had a problem on windows XP up to 10 with this

HTH

Kind regards
Wendy Osbaldestin
Wizard Computer Services
Tel:  01260271647
Mobile: 07740541021

-----Original Message-----
From: omnisdev-en [mailto:omnisdev-en-bounces at lists.omnis-dev.com] On Behalf
Of Eddie Shipman
Sent: 01 December 2016 19:59
To: omnisdev-en at lists.omnis-dev.com
Subject: OMNIS7 Windows7 Shortcut

I have been trying to get a shortcut working to open an OMNIS7 library.

I'm using Windows7 (32-bit) in a VMWare VM.

This was my first message to support:

      I'm trying to create a shortcut to run Omnis7 with a library already
loaded.

      On one computer, the shortcut is like this:
      "C:\Program Files\OMNIS Software Inc\OMNIS 7\cic_nacs.lbr"

      I have lbr files associated with Omnis7.exe.
      It works on one computer but not on another.

      It always comes up with the Notification:
      "The OMNIS Development Shell cannot run in an OMNIS Runtime."

      Any ideas?

      Is there any documentation on the command line options for Omnis7?

 This was their reply:

      Unfortunately, you haven't stated what version the Windows O/S that
you are attempting to use.
      We assume that it is later than Windows XP.
      In which case, Omnis 7 cannot be placed it to the Program Files folder
- unless you have turned User Access Control (UAC) off.
      Omnis 7 was released a long time ago and is not UAC compliant, and we
do not recommend disabling UAC.

      We recommend that uses of Omnis 7 install our software into its own
folder (e.g. c:\Omnis Software Inc\Omnis7) - which will bypass UAC

      You can then have a choice of where you can place the library that you
want to open.
      The library will be opened automatically on launching Omnis7 when you
place the library in the 'EXTERNAL' folder of Omnis 7.

      Or, if you place the library elsewhere, then you can create a shortcut
by supplying the Target and the Start In details for the shortcut properties
e.g.

      Target   = c:\Omnis Software Inc\Omnis7\Omnis7.exe
c:\temp\Mylibrary.lbr
      Start In = c:\Omnis Software Inc\Omnis7\

After doing what they suggested above, I get a dialog with this error after
moving the LBR file to the External Directory:

"Serious Error: Please QUITE the application and copy the c:\Omnis Software
Inc\Omnis7\EXTERNAL\FILELIST.LST to your local version of the application"

I moved the FILELIST.LST file to the OMNIS7 directory and it wouldn't open
the LBR. It showed a login prompt and after logging in I get this again:

      "The OMNIS Development Shell cannot run in an OMNIS Runtime."


When I do this:
Target   = c:\Omnis Software Inc\Omnis7\Omnis7.exe c:\temp\Mylibrary.lbr
Start In = c:\Omnis Software Inc\Omnis7\

It still shows this:
       "The OMNIS Development Shell cannot run in an OMNIS Runtime."

I have renamed the directory to c:\OMNIS7 and removed the O7DSHELL.lbr from
the directory and removed the O7TOOLS directory from the External directory.
Still, it won't open a library...

Does anyone else have any ideas about how to get this thing working as a
run-time and open a particular library?


Regards,

Eddie Shipman
Web Architect
The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research
3630 North Hills Drive | Austin, Texas 78731
Tel: 512.349.6105 | Fax: 512.349.6194 | Email:
eshipman at scic.com<mailto:eshipman at scic.com>




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