BrainStorm User Forum

Working with other programs :: RE: Adobe Acrobat 8

Author: david
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 8:54 pm (GMT 0)
Topic Replies: 1

I don't know what the problem is. I just printed from BrainStorm to CutePDF which outputs an Acrobat pdf file.

Can you print from Notepad to Acrobat? If you can't, then I think the problem is in your Acrobat print engine.
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Working with other programs :: Adobe Acrobat 8

Author: ednic48
Subject: Adobe Acrobat 8
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 1:42 pm (GMT 0)
Topic Replies: 1

I cannot get Brainstorm to print to Acrobat. I'm using Brainstorm v 3.6 Rel 0. I thought I used to be able to print directly to Acrobat the same as most other programs. Any suggestions?

Wish list :: RE: Linux

Author: david
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:08 am (GMT 0)
Topic Replies: 6

I would try choosing the 'alternative location' when installing BrainStorm. This will add the necessary DLLs right into the same directory as BrainStorm.

I am about to jump on an aeroplane - I'll let Marck know about your posting and see if he has any other ideas.

Thanks for keeping us updated.
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Wish list :: RE: Linux

Author: lilo
Subject: no luck with Wine
Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 11:12 pm (GMT 0)
Topic Replies: 6

I just attempted to install BrainStorm in Linux (Ubuntu 7.10) with Wine. I wanted to report my results and see if any other user has had better luck.

Results:
1. Installation finally worked after telling Wine to install Brainstorm into /home directory, in lieu of c:/program files/BrainStorm.

2. However, after running Brainstorm through wine, I get a Runtime error "Micorsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library error". Brainstorm then crashes and will not load.

My next test is to see if I can get BrainStorm to run through VirtualBox.

I hate to have to leave Ubuntu and go back to M$ Windows just to run Brainstorm. I would love to hear if anyone out there has been able to run Brainstorm under Linux.
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Wish list :: RE: Linux

Author: david
Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 7:15 am (GMT 0)
Topic Replies: 6

The BrainStorm licence is for you. Do what you like with as long as you're the only user - on the road, in the office, in the home, on Linux, on Apple ...

Have fun. Please let us know how you get on.

Oh, and thanks for asking.
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Wish list :: RE: Linux

Author: lilo
Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 2:56 am (GMT 0)
Topic Replies: 6

I too am slowly migrating to Linux. I was wondering, has anyone successfully loaded Brainstorm under Wine? I would like to try it, however, would doing so violate license agreement?
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Wish list :: RE: Linux

Author: david
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:26 pm (GMT 0)
Topic Replies: 6

I'm sorry chaps. We haven't got the bandwidth.

If you know a nice Linux developer who'd like to buy a design licence from us, do let us know.
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Wish list :: RE: Linux

Author: mdalves
Subject: Linux
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 8:48 pm (GMT 0)
Topic Replies: 6

What a coincidence - I have just bought an eeePC with Xandros Linux and was wondering that a native Linux version of Brainstorm would be nice.

Wish list :: Linux

Author: geneven
Subject: Linux
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:11 am (GMT 0)
Topic Replies: 6

I'm sure this comes up periodically, but things are changing. More people are running Linux and would like to run Brainstorm.

I purchased Brainstorm for Windows a long time ago, but I rarely use it.

I usually don't use Windows. On my desktop PC, I am currently running Linux Mint and Debian.

I have Windows XP on two laptops, but I am usually running Linux from a USB there. I run Puppy Linux and sometimes Wolvix.

I see that another of my favorites, thebrain, now has a Linux version, and I will probably be running that.

But I'd like to be running Brainstorm. Maybe I'll try it with Wine...

Bug reports :: RE: Latest version doesn't assocate .BRN files to Brainstorm

Author: david
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:12 am (GMT 0)
Topic Replies: 3

Fixed.
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Bug reports :: RE: Latest version doesn't assocate .BRN files to Brainstorm

Author: david
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:41 am (GMT 0)
Topic Replies: 3

We've dug and a solution's on its way.
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Bug reports :: RE: Latest version doesn't assocate .BRN files to Brainstorm

Author: david
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:18 am (GMT 0)
Topic Replies: 3

You're right. This is brand new. And we've changed nothing.

We're going to have to dig deep. But, in the meantime, for anyone else who's hit this, the temporary answer is to double click on a .brn file icon and select BrainStorm as the program to be used to open it.

Thanks for letting us know. We're on the case...
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Bug reports :: Latest version doesn't assocate .BRN files to Brainstorm

Author: wernst
Subject: Latest version doesn't assocate .BRN files to Brainstorm
Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 11:21 pm (GMT 0)
Topic Replies: 3

So I installed the latest version of Brainstorm onto a new computer. Therefore, obviously, I wasn't updating an old version with a new version.

Anyway, after installing the latest version (3.6 Rel 0), I noticed that none of my BRN Brainstorm files had a brainstorm icon in the File Explorer.

I then noticed that the file type BRN isn't associated with an executable in the File Types tab of the Folder Options dialog box. After associating it myself and rebooting, all is as it was with older versions on my old computer.

Speaking as someone who builds installers myself, I would hazard a guess that someone made a little boo-boo when building the installer for this most recent version.

-Warr

Bug reports :: RE: Sharing violation

Author: Marck
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 12:16 pm (GMT 0)
Topic Replies: 3

David - that's absolutely right. We keep the file closed and only ask to open it on demand. That could be for a manual save operation or it could be for an auto-save operation.

The only thing I'll add is that I have never seen this error on any of my systems, no matter how badly I have broken the program while making changes or adding new features. It just doesn't happen here and there is no "recipe" for repeating the problem under clinical conditions to enable a fix. Without a way of reproducing the error on a development system, the chances of repair are none or less.
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Bug reports :: RE: Sharing violation

Author: halh
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 11:49 am (GMT 0)
Topic Replies: 3

David,

I also have Copernic running in background. My virus scans, Zone Alarm (Friday pm) and AVG 7.5 pro anti Spyware (Sunday am) were not running. The only other background active program is the free version of Tiny Spell for spell checking.

I did just come out of a split window in Brainstorm, and had promoted an entry. I just don't remember if the other window was minimized when I got the error.

On a whim, I just eliminated the .brn file from being indexed by Copernicus, even though indexing is suspended during computer use and until two minutes of inactivity has passed. I'll let you know if this has any effect. Of course this assumes that the error will occur again.