OmnisDataBridge problem

[Thad Bogert]

Hi Andrew,

All writable files that belong to the ODB including config.xml and messages.txt  are set up in:

/Library/Application Support/Omnis/OmnisDataBridge 1.xx



> On Feb 15, 2023, at 5:55 AM, Andrew McVeigh <surfway at bigpond.com> wrote:
> 
> On 10.2 and ODB 1.78 and Mac OS Ventura, where does the config.xml file live
> 
> I have put it in the same folder (Applications/OmnisDataBridge) as the ODB but it seems to be picking the settings up from elsewhere
> 
> Also the ODB fails to start when issued with the terminal command through AppleScript
> 
> do shell script "cd /Applications/OmnisDataBridge/; ./odb start > /dev/null 2>&1 &"
> 
> Is there a log file I can look at to see why?
> 
> I have plenty of these situations working but this one just won’t get going
> 
> Andrew McVeigh
> Surfway Real Solutions
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> 
> 
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>> On 2 Feb 2023, at 4:21 am, Doug Easterbrook via omnisdev-en <omnisdev-en at lists.omnis-dev.com> wrote:
>> 
>> hi kelly.
>> 
>> do you know what this function is based on?    I went to see what my hardware ID was using apple menu and tried to five into the system reports.
>> 
>> then I read some place that this will give it to you on a mac
>> 
>> ioreg -rd1 -c IOPlatformExpertDevice | awk '/IOPlatformUUID/ { split($0, line, "\""); printf("%s\n", line[4]); }'
>> 
>> 
>> what I got back from the command was the same as what the apple ->about this mac->system report->ahardware showed
>> 
>> 
>> but it is nowhere near what omnis gave (some characters changed to mask things out)
>> 
>> 
>> eg:   
>> 
>> Apple says :  D18B86BC-****-****-****-9CFC8D48CBFB
>> 
>> 
>> omnis says:  JH9H-T4MX-4CG3-YYY2-****-****-****-****
>> 
>> 
>> meaning..   it it the real hardware ID?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Doug Easterbrook
>> Arts Management Systems Ltd.
>> mailto:doug at artsman.com
>> http://www.artsman.com
>> Phone (403) 650-1978
>> 
>>> On Feb 1, 2023, at 4:54 AM, Kelly Burgess <kellyb at montana.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Calculate thisMachine as OW3.$gethardwareid()
>> 
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