Please Help! SBX fails to open.

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delmoro
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Please Help! SBX fails to open.

Post by delmoro » Wed Dec 31, 2008 6:06 am

Please help me with this, sbuilderx seems like a fantastic tool, i applaud its creator and can't wait to play around with it. Although, i am having trouble getting it to run, this is so frustrating for me and i hope someone can help...
so here is my problem, i have installed sbuilderx and each time i click on it to run i get this error message:

Exception caught globally:

A generic error occured in GDI+.
System.Drawin.Image FromFile(System.String, Boolean)
System.Runtime.InterlopServices.ExternalException: A generic error occured in GDI+.
at System.Drawing.Image.FromFile(String filename, Boolean useEmbeddedColorManagement)
at System.Drawing.Image.FromFile(String filemame)
at WindowsAplication1.frmStart.SetBmp Textures()
at WindowsAplication1.frmStart.FormLoad()
at WindowsAplication1.frmStart.frmStart_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.EventHandler.Invoke(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.Onload(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnCreateControl()
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl(BooleanfIgnoreVisible)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl()
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmShowWindow(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WmShowWindow(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m)
at at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr Iparam)

it then gives me the option "yes" or "no"
choosing either option fails to open the program.
my OS is Vista 32 if that helps,
please, any help would be much appreciated.

valkarr
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Re: Please Help! SBX fails to open.

Post by valkarr » Wed Dec 31, 2008 6:34 pm

I posted a reply that answers your question. It's dated today, Dec 31.

delmoro
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Re: Please Help! SBX fails to open.

Post by delmoro » Wed Dec 31, 2008 8:09 pm

Thanks for your reply, i have followed your suggestion to share all of the sbx folders (full control) and i had already given full control to all users in my security settings. But for me this did not work, maybe i am missing something here, still i am getting the same error message when i try to start sbx. I have looked everywhere for a solution to this, so any other advice would be appreciated.
happy new year to everyone!

valkarr
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Re: Please Help! SBX fails to open.

Post by valkarr » Wed Dec 31, 2008 9:32 pm

Don't forget you must do the shares TWICE. Security tab is very important. If that still doesn't work, keep knocking at the door. I'm sure you can crack it. It is a tough nut. I ran into this problem with Windows 2003 Server.

delmoro
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Re: Please Help! SBX fails to open.

Post by delmoro » Thu Jan 01, 2009 1:47 am

Ok, so i finally got it to work for me!
i was giving permissions out all over the place and yet still nothing, felt like i was going around in circles.
Sometimes the simplest answers are the best though, i uninstalled sbx and then reinstalled it in a folder other than the default c:/program files and bam! works like a charm...this seems to be a problem related to windows vista as far as i can tell.
anyone else with this issue, avoid installing in program files and you should have no problems.
Thanks to valkarr for motivating me to persevere with this.

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