TG_V6.6 does not execute on my laptop...

lxdavi55
Affiliation
American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
Mon, 11/22/2021 - 01:18

I have a surface 7 laptop running Windows 11 and I recently tried to install TG_V6.6 following the instructions on the AAVSO web site. Each installation step seemed to go well until I tried to start TG_V6.6.pyw which seems to fail with no error message.

Just to be sure, I successfully ran Anaconda Navigator to make sure the Anaconda install worked correctly.

Any ideas? ...Lane

MZK
Affiliation
American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
Try Spyder?

Lane:

You are the first person I know who used Win11.

Even though there are several procedures you could try, first open Spyder (should be present).

Open the TG6.6...pyw file and then select "Run">Configuration per file>execute in external system terminal>Run.. See if it opens properly in a separate window? Hope this makes sense?

Ken

lxdavi55
Affiliation
American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
Thanks for the prompt reply...

Are you the developer? If so, I'm your test subject. I worked on software development on mainframes (old stuff like COBOL, etc.) and PC's (newer stuff like Java) but most of my experience was in the "backend" - SQL databases, etc. So I have some technical understanding about how these things work. I have Java running on my laptop with no apparent problems. But, I'm new to Python.

I have Spyder running and I'm working/learning my way through your suggestions. I'll post my results this evening...Lane

lxdavi55
Affiliation
American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
Success! but why won't it work from the windows shortcut/link?

Once I figured out Spyder, I was able to run Transform Generator using the following consul command: runfile('c:/programdata/anaconda3/photometry/tg_v6.6.pyw') ...Lane