Hello Matt, I'm having similar problems with the updater as those described a few days ago, but the fix that you posted didn't work for me. I've copied in the new .ini file (which I figure just re-sets the date stamp). This pursuades the updater to run, but after processing for a few seconds (and I'm sure it does send an internet message) it flashes up a TK screen for a split second then closes/crashes, then the main program runs. I can't figure out how to extract an error message from the updater. This is a new installation - putting ifeffit onto my home computer (WinXP), using an old-ish install file from cd (ifeffit 1.2.4) and updater 1.1. I'm rather avioding downloading anything that I don't have to as my connection here is rather slow... Hope you can help!! Cheers, Peter
Hi Bruce, Giuliana,
There have been a couple other reports like this, but they always seem to go away eventually. I doubt the firewall is an issue (if you can download a zip file from a web page on your computer, the updater will work.. if you can't download a zip file, the updater should let you know this).
I've just added a FAQ entry about this:
http://cars9.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/ifeffit/faqwiz?req=show&file=faq02.008.htp
The upshot is that I'd suggest replacing the file C:\Program Files\Ifeffit\updates\updater.ini
with http://cars9.uchicago.edu/ifeffit/updates/updater.ini
and editing (notepad,wordpad,...) and the file C:\Program Files\Ifeffit\updates\updater.dat
to read '005'. (Just three numbers, on one line). Then, re-running athena, artemis, etc should immediately tell you that there are updates available, and download and install them. If you have problems, please note whether a) ifup_006.zip gets downloaded (the progress bar in the lower right corner of the updater GUI should shows the download progress). b) whether the main GUI panel lists any files being unpacked.
Hope that helps,
--Matt
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