This is a new one for me: I've had Star*Net v6 open for a day or so, and was running some preanalysis last night. This afternoon I attempt to open a different job, and I get an error message saying something along the lines of "Fatal Error Unable to open Company Options File." I tried closing the application and relaunching, but all I get is this:
According to the manual, the Company Options are contained in Star6.def. However, at the moment my Star6.def file contains only a single line:
[PRE]*STAR*NET 2[/PRE]
So it looks like I've somehow lost all my company instrument data, plus whatever else was in that file. If anyone has troubleshooting suggestions, I'm open to ideas.
Jim Frame, post: 392118, member: 10 wrote: This is a new one for me: I've had Star*Net v6 open for a day or so, and was running some preanalysis last night. This afternoon I attempt to open a different job, and I get an error message saying something along the lines of "Fatal Error Unable to open Company Options File." I tried closing the application and relaunching, but all I get is this:
According to the manual, the Company Options are contained in Star6.def. However, at the moment my Star6.def file contains only a single line:
[PRE]*STAR*NET 2[/PRE]
So it looks like I've somehow lost all my company instrument data, plus whatever else was in that file. If anyone has troubleshooting suggestions, I'm open to ideas.
Jim Frame, post: 392118, member: 10 wrote: This is a new one for me: I've had Star*Net v6 open for a day or so, and was running some preanalysis last night. This afternoon I attempt to open a different job, and I get an error message saying something along the lines of "Fatal Error Unable to open Company Options File." I tried closing the application and relaunching, but all I get is this:
According to the manual, the Company Options are contained in Star6.def. However, at the moment my Star6.def file contains only a single line:
[PRE]*STAR*NET 2[/PRE]
Jim
I have star6.def. All you seem to have is the very first line.
send me an email at KBS dot 484 at comcast dot net and I will send you the whole star6.def file.
Ken
So it looks like I've somehow lost all my company instrument data, plus whatever else was in that file. If anyone has troubleshooting suggestions, I'm open to ideas.
Jim Frame, post: 392118, member: 10 wrote: This is a new one for me: I've had Star*Net v6 open for a day or so, and was running some preanalysis last night. This afternoon I attempt to open a different job, and I get an error message saying something along the lines of "Fatal Error Unable to open Company Options File." I tried closing the application and relaunching, but all I get is this:
According to the manual, the Company Options are contained in Star6.def. However, at the moment my Star6.def file contains only a single line:
[PRE]*STAR*NET 2[/PRE]
So it looks like I've somehow lost all my company instrument data, plus whatever else was in that file. If anyone has troubleshooting suggestions, I'm open to ideas.
Jim,
This is what is in mine.
*STAR*NET 2
#
# 6.0.25
#
#
[Instrument]
#
distance_std_err 0.0091440183
edm_ppm 0.0000000000
angle_std_err 4.0000000000
direction_std_err 3.0000000000
azimuth_std_err 4.0000000000
zenith_std_err 10.0000000000
delta_elev_std_err 0.0152400305
delta_elev_ppm 0.0000000000
instrument_centering_error 0.0000000000
target_centering_error 0.0000000000
vertical_centering_error 0.0000000000
level_section_type LENGTH
level_std_err 0.000075978541827
ekillo, post: 392128, member: 773 wrote: Jim,
This is what is in mine.*STAR*NET 2
#
# 6.0.25
#
#
[Instrument]
#
distance_std_err 0.0091440183
edm_ppm 0.0000000000
angle_std_err 4.0000000000
direction_std_err 3.0000000000
azimuth_std_err 4.0000000000
zenith_std_err 10.0000000000
delta_elev_std_err 0.0152400305
delta_elev_ppm 0.0000000000
instrument_centering_error 0.0000000000
target_centering_error 0.0000000000
vertical_centering_error 0.0000000000
level_section_type LENGTH
level_std_err 0.000075978541827
I'd KILL to have standard centering errors like that! You're GOOD!:laughing:
It looks like the problem was related to Windows. My system had been running for over a week, and apparently got unstable. A restart (which also included an update to the Anniversary Edition) fixed the problem.
Since the error message I was getting related to Company Options, I assumed that the file Star6.def as referenced in the manual had gotten corrupted. I renamed the file in preparation for restoring from a backup, but never got to the restore step. All of my company instruments are present in the Options dialog, which makes me think that Star*Net v6 may not be using the Star6.def file for anything anymore.
