Sorry, Bruce,

if my wording confuses you. Thank you for considering helping me!

1. I didn't edit any content of the log file. I simply copied and pasted the lines showing up in the log file when Artemis failed.

Again, the message showing in the log file is:
"Can't call method "workspace" without a package or object reference at C:/strawberry/perl/site/lib/Demeter/Fit.pm line 1550."

or sometimes:

"Can't call method "group" on an undefined value at C:/strawberry/perl/site/lib/Demeter/UI/Artemis/Project.pm line 466."

2. I simply don't know how to replicate the problem on a different computer, because Demeter seemed to work fine on other computers that I tried. This computer that has Artemis problem is my work computer and some experiment data can't be transferred onto my home computer to work. Demeter also seemed to work fine last week and only stopped working yesterday. I didn't update anything on my work computer, so I don't know what is causing the problem. Sorry I can't do more to help report the problem, except providing you with the messages in the log file! 

This problem is also independent on whatever project files I'm using, so sending you project file wouldn't help. I used to create new ***.prj file using simple feff.inp and click "save project". Next time, I re-opened this new file and Artemis would close.

Sorry for the inconvenience brought to you since the problem can't be reproduced anywhere else! Can you help me to understand what the error messages mean? or give me advice on how to check or clean my computer to make Artemis work better?

Thank you very much for your time!

Mengling



On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 3:09 PM, Bruce Ravel <bravel@bnl.gov> wrote:

I'm unfamiliar with this problem.  Two points:

1. It is a very bad idea to edit the contents of the log file in a bug
report.  Unless you are intimately familiar with the code, the
likelihood of leaving out something of value to me is quite high.

2. Without an example or a very clear recipe, I have no chance of
reproducing the problem on my own computer.  If I cannot reporduce the
problem the likelihood of being able to fix the problem is so small it
is not worth my time to even try.

I'm inclined to help you, but you have to submit a decent bug report.

B

P.S. I get REALLY tired of repeating myself on this topic.  One of
these days I am just going to start ignoring emails that do not
provide actionable information.


On 03/19/2014 02:43 PM, Mengling Yi Stuckman wrote:
Dear all,

I'm using Demeter version 0.9.18.2 in Windows 7 Enterprise. Starting
from yesterday, I could not re-open what I saved as ***.fpj any more. I
tried to re-open my previous projects as well created new projects and
then re-opened them. Artemis program would close after spending 1 or 2
seconds in trying to load what I asked it to load. Mainly, the following
two error messages were showing in the log file in the %APPDATA%\demeter
when I tried to open different project files:

Can't call method "workspace" without a package or object reference at
C:/strawberry/perl/site/lib/Demeter/Fit.pm line 1550.

Can't call method "group" on an undefined value at
C:/strawberry/perl/site/lib/Demeter/UI/Artemis/Project.pm line 466.

I only had problems with loading ***.fpj files. Athena projects and feff
input files can be imported in Artemis as normal.

Thank you very much if you can help to fix the problem!

Mengling
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Ohio State University
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