It seems that the installation problem only occurs when I specify a 
*non-default* install location. Using the default, there are no warnings 
about FluidSynth or either ot those copied below.

The realtime virtual MIDI keyboard message is still present, and the run 
hangs at the same point as 6.00.1 (requiring two CTRL-X to exit). Thus the 
MIDI bug relating to Csound6 and Windows XP remains.

Art Hunkins

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Art Hunkins" 
To: 
Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2013 3:51 PM
Subject: Windows XP 6.01 Setup Problem


>I could not run from the latest Windows Setup binary.
>
> I get warning messages relating to FluidSynth (couldn't find certain 
> dll's) which I temporarily solved by deleting the two FluidOpcode dll's; 
> but console output gives:
>
> WARNING: could not open library 'C:\Csound6\bin\\portaudio_x86.dll' (-1)
> WARNING: could not open library 'C:\Csound6\bin\\rtpa.dll' (-1)
>
> I note the double slashes which seem to indicate an installer error.
>
> FWIW, my .csd asks for MIDI input (-M0) and the same message appears as in 
> 6.00.1 indicating a virtual MIDI keyboard active. (I had hoped the MIDI 
> incompatibility with Windowx XP might have been sorted by this time - but 
> perhaps not.
>
> Art Hunkins 

As I understand this was not build on XP, so it's unlikely that it will ever run correctly there. I think it might be similar to expect that Csound build for OSX 10.8 will run on OSX 10.3 or 10.4.

Victor
On 19 Oct 2013, at 21:05, Art Hunkins wrote:

> It seems that the installation problem only occurs when I specify a *non-default* install location. Using the default, there are no warnings about FluidSynth or either ot those copied below.
> 
> The realtime virtual MIDI keyboard message is still present, and the run hangs at the same point as 6.00.1 (requiring two CTRL-X to exit). Thus the MIDI bug relating to Csound6 and Windows XP remains.
> 
> Art Hunkins
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Art Hunkins" 
> To: 
> Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2013 3:51 PM
> Subject: Windows XP 6.01 Setup Problem
> 
> 
>> I could not run from the latest Windows Setup binary.
>> 
>> I get warning messages relating to FluidSynth (couldn't find certain dll's) which I temporarily solved by deleting the two FluidOpcode dll's; but console output gives:
>> 
>> WARNING: could not open library 'C:\Csound6\bin\\portaudio_x86.dll' (-1)
>> WARNING: could not open library 'C:\Csound6\bin\\rtpa.dll' (-1)
>> 
>> I note the double slashes which seem to indicate an installer error.
>> 
>> FWIW, my .csd asks for MIDI input (-M0) and the same message appears as in 6.00.1 indicating a virtual MIDI keyboard active. (I had hoped the MIDI incompatibility with Windowx XP might have been sorted by this time - but perhaps not.
>> 
>> Art Hunkins 
> 
> 
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NUI Maynooth Ireland
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