This is what I was talking about...

Regards,
Mike

-----Original Message-----
>From: Steven Yi 
>Sent: Sep 16, 2008 9:46 PM
>To: csound@lists.bath.ac.uk
>Subject: [Csnd] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: 5.09 Windows float installer anomoly
>
>Oh well, it was a thought; I'd go with Andres' recommendation to
>create a .bat file that will start your executable.  This could be as
>simple as:
>
>set OPCODEDIR=c:\wherever
>executableToRun.exe
>
>saved to a .bat file (or .cmd).
>
>steven
>
>
>On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 6:22 PM, Art Hunkins  wrote:
>> Unfortunately, Andres is correct.
>>
>> I tried it. OPCODEDIR cannot be set in .csoundrc.
>>
>> Art Hunkins
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andres Cabrera" 
>> To: 
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 8:15 PM
>> Subject: [Csnd] Re: Re: Re: Re: 5.09 Windows float installer anomoly
>>
>>
>> I think OPCODEDIR is parsed before the command line, so changing it on
>> the command line may have no effect. One solution might be writing a
>> batch file which sets the appropriate value. If it was bash instead of
>> DOS I would be able to help...
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Andrés
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 6:49 PM, Steven Yi  wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Art,
>>>
>>> One solution might be to override any environment variables using
>>> "--env:NAME=VALUE" as a commandline flag to csound.  I think you can
>>> do this in a .csoundrc file though am not absolutely positive on that.
>>>
>>> steven
>>>
>>> On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Art Hunkins  wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Michael,
>>>>
>>>> I was totally wrong about this. The blank .csoundrc solves nothing. (I
>>>> think
>>>> I've been looking at a computer monitor for too long.)
>>>>
>>>> Aside from your suggestion, if you're running Csound from within a single
>>>> directory (as I am), you must delete the OPCODEDIR environment variable.
>>>> Even with all the plugins present. (Deleting other environment variables
>>>> is
>>>> apparently optional, at least for my purposes; I haven't tested with
>>>> audio
>>>> samples.)
>>>>
>>>> Sorry again for the confusion.
>>>>
>>>> Art Hunkins
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Art Hunkins" 
>>>> To: 
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 2:10 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [Csnd] Re: 5.09 Windows float installer anomoly
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hi, Michael,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for the clarifications and suggestions.
>>>>>
>>>>> I had forgotten that installing new versions of Csound produces an
>>>>> environment variable that points to its new .csoundrc file. And this is
>>>>> the
>>>>> real problem I've faced.
>>>>>
>>>>> As a result, even if all the required files for an older version are
>>>>> present in the older folder I'm running in, that new version .csoundrc
>>>>> file
>>>>> creates all the errors I've detailed.
>>>>>
>>>>> This is one reason why I've always preferred a .zip distribution that
>>>>> did
>>>>> not auto-set environment variables. (One as an *alternative* to the
>>>>> installer, not a replacement.)
>>>>>
>>>>> In any case, I prefer not to have environment variables, and to include
>>>>> all my flags in .
>>>>>
>>>>> To keep the .csoundrc file from changing Csound defaults, I see that I
>>>>> can
>>>>> have my "installer cake" and eat it too by simply including a blank
>>>>> .csoundrc file in my home directory(ies). That works fine - and I don't
>>>>> have
>>>>> to worry about which versions of Csound I might install later.
>>>>>
>>>>> Art Hunkins
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Gogins"
>>>>> 
>>>>> To: 
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 9:29 AM
>>>>> Subject: [Csnd] Re: 5.09 Windows float installer anomoly
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> You need to set up separate environments for your different Csound
>>>>>> installations. If you do this, you will have no trouble running as many
>>>>>> versions of Csound or your other software on the same computer as you
>>>>>> like.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There are several ways of doing this, but the easiest way is use batch
>>>>>> files that first set the required environment variables, then launch
>>>>>> Csound
>>>>>> or another application that you want to run in that environment, then
>>>>>> "pause" so you can see what happened if it didn't work.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If your default environment has the wrong OPCODEDIR, in your batch file
>>>>>> environment you can simply reset it. This will not affect the default
>>>>>> environnent, just the "local" environment.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hope this helps,
>>>>>> Mike
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> From: Art Hunkins 
>>>>>>> Sent: Sep 15, 2008 11:24 PM
>>>>>>> To: csound@lists.bath.ac.uk
>>>>>>> Subject: [Csnd] 5.09 Windows float installer anomoly
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Unusual new behavior upon doing above install.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have a special pared-down version of of Csound 5.06 installed in a
>>>>>>> single
>>>>>>> folder, with my .csd files running (in Lettuce) completely within this
>>>>>>> folder. No environment variables are needed or desired. Everything
>>>>>>> works
>>>>>>> fine.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I install 5.09 from the installer in a different location, complete
>>>>>>> (unfortunately) with a set of environment variables. These variables,
>>>>>>> especially OPCODEDIR, prevent my 5.06 system from running. The 5.09
>>>>>>> environment variables take over, look for everything in the 5.09
>>>>>>> folders,
>>>>>>> and tell me everything is an incompatible version. (I expect that it's
>>>>>>> OPCODEDIR pointing to 5.09.)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> To my knowledge this never happened before. The environment variables
>>>>>>> did
>>>>>>> *not* "take over" my self-contained 5.06 installation.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I really need to be able to run from a single folder regardless of
>>>>>>> what
>>>>>>> other Csound installations may be on a given machine, or regardless of
>>>>>>> what
>>>>>>> the environment variables are (I'm in XP here).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> My understanding is that first Csound looks for everything in the
>>>>>>> current
>>>>>>> directory, and only if it does not find what it needs there, looks
>>>>>>> elsewhere
>>>>>>> (according to environment variables). This does not seem to be
>>>>>>> happening
>>>>>>> with 5.09.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Please someone (Michael?) straighten me out.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Art Hunkins
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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