Re: Re: Re: installing Playe rPro killed using
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- Subject: [mg88129] Re: [mg88121] Re: [mg88098] Re: installing Playe rPro killed using
- From: Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu>
- Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 03:41:07 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: Mathematics & Statistics, Univ. of Mass./Amherst
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- Reply-to: murray at math.umass.edu
John Fultz's characterization of the situation here is right on the mark -- completely correct. John Fultz wrote: > Really? What have you heard or read that gives you such a negative impression? > > I've read every remark about Player Pro on the group, and I believe this thread > represents the only bug/negative remark about the product I've seen. If I > missed something, please let me know! > > Specifically, Murray reported one bug in two different ways, conceded by me > both times, complete with mea culpas and workarounds... > > http://forums.wolfram.com/mathgroup/archive/2008/Apr/msg00605.html > http://forums.wolfram.com/mathgroup/archive/2008/Apr/msg00924.html > > Sincerely, > > John Fultz > jfultz at wolfram.com > User Interface Group > Wolfram Research, Inc. > > > > On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:58:58 -0400 (EDT), Kevin J. McCann wrote: >> Such a gross oversight on Wolfram's part is unexpected. I suspect that >> unless the problem is fixed in short order that PlayerPro will not make >> it for very long. Given all that I have heard, I would not install it on >> my system. I am just thankful that my procrastination delayed prevented >> this problem for me. I would like to thank all those who quickly alerted >> the group. >> >> Kevin >> >> Murray Eisenberg wrote: >>> Yes, this fixes the problem with the mathpass for Player Pro under my >>> configuration effectively killing the mathpass for Mathematica itself. >>> Thank you. >>> >>> Of course the problem should have been avoidable by the installer >>> program, or at least by installation directions, in the first place. >>> >>> John Fultz wrote: >>>> Yes, this is because of the overlapping use of MATHEMATICA_USERBASE. >>>> Anybody >>>> who does not set this variable will not see the problem. To work >>>> around this... >>>> >>>> * Take your current mathpass file and move it into Mathematica's >>>> installation >>>> directory in Configuration\Licensing. >>>> * Start Player Pro and enter your password. >>>> * Take the newly generated mathpass file and move it into Player Pro's >>>> installation directory in Configuration\Licensing. >>>> >>>> Sincerely, >>>> >>>> John Fultz >>>> jfultz at wolfram.com >>>> User Interface Group >>>> Wolfram Research, Inc. >>>> >>>> On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:26:41 -0400 (EDT), Murray Eisenberg wrote: >>>>> With an existing installation of Mathematica 6.0.2 under Windows, I >>>>> just >>>>> installed Player Pro. The result: if I start Mathematica itself and >>>>> open a new notebook there, I am prohibited from typing any and all >>>>> input. >>>>> >>>>> This sort of thing is intolerable! An utterly time-frittering >>>>> aggravation. >>>>> >>>>> I suspect that the scenario involved here was not tested by WRI: My >>>>> mathpass for Mathematica itself is in the Licensing subdirectory of >>>>> my >>>>> USERBASE directory, which is the same as my BASE directory (both >>>>> set by >>>>> Windows environment variables MATHEMATICA_BASE and >>>>> MATHEMATICA_USERBASE). >>>>> >>>>> This is hardly the first time I have run into trouble with multiple >>>>> passwords from multiple Wolfram Research products. It is something >>>>> they >>>>> have just not yet gotten right. Beware! >>>>> >>>>> What I did as a temporary fix was to use my Windows backup program >>>>> to >>>>> restore my pre-existing mathpass file. Now regular Mathematica >>>>> works. >>>>> But of course Player Pro does not. > > > -- Murray Eisenberg murray at math.umass.edu Mathematics & Statistics Dept. Lederle Graduate Research Tower phone 413 549-1020 (H) University of Massachusetts 413 545-2859 (W) 710 North Pleasant Street fax 413 545-1801 Amherst, MA 01003-9305
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- Re: Re: installing Playe rPro killed using Mathematica itself:
- From: John Fultz <jfultz@wolfram.com>
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