Shape Viewer DDS Error?

[rdayt]

A Java update will trip you up if you don't know what it does.

Randy

[scottb613]

Hi Steve,

Yeah - not a big fan of Windows or MS - I’m a Solaris Unix guy - so Linux is much more comfortable. I use Cygwin (Unix Emulator) on my PC to handle all my scripting needs. It’s just most applications are written for Windows. Just the security alone is so much better in Unix - never had a Unix box get a virus - while I’ve had plenty of MS boxes get them - even with antivirus software. I’ve had Unix boxes run for over six or seven years - at work - without a reboot - try THAT with an MS server. Just a bit of history trivia - Bell Labs invented the C Programming Language - so they could create Unix (I’m sure you’re aware).

Hi Folks,

Thanks for all the responses - yeah stranger still - I’ve found that if I click on the same shape 5 or 10 times in rapid succession - sometimes I do not get the error posted above and it opens the shape successfully. I’ll check the Java - but I don’t think Shape Viewer uses it. Perhaps I could back out the patch cluster. Uggh.

Regards,
Scott

[pwillard]

I find that there are sometimes issues with .net libraries, and language runtime files that apps depend on... especially as time passes.

One of the reasons I prefer Linux is that "it understands that I will use the Command Line Interface" so it actually improves with age, not gets left to stagnate on the vine like it does in Windows.

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[scottb613]

Hi Pete,

Man - that’s one colorful CLI - probably the most colorful I’ve ever seen.

I can remember when getting an amber monochrome monitor - was considered an upgrade.

Regards,
Scott

[conductorchris]

Scott, did you ever solve this? I'm running into a similar problem on one of my computers.
Thank you,
Christopher

[scottb613]

Scott, did you ever solve this? I'm running into a similar problem on one of my computers.
Thank you,
Christopher

Hi Christopher,

Yes - but it took a complete wipe and reinstall of the OS.

My box had been running for many years - countless app installs and uninstalls - something must have been corrupted - it was time.

Regards,
Scott

[conductorchris]

Ugh.
I just did a re-install (resulting in Windows 11) which was (I assume) how I got in the situation in the first place.
thanks
Christopher

PS - at least I solved my problem with Shape File Manager by accident while I was messing around trying to solve the Shape Viewer issue!