Re: Package won't load after v.7 upgrade
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- Subject: [mg102360] Re: Package won't load after v.7 upgrade
- From: David Reiss <dbreiss at gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 06:34:01 -0400 (EDT)
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Just as a follow up on a private interchange with Porscha.... It
turns out that her integExp.m file was empty because when regenerating
it from a integExp.nb file she had accidentally not marked her Input/
Code cells as initialization cells. With the correction all worked
fine....
--David
On Aug 5, 5:42 am, David Reiss <dre... at scientificarts.com> wrote:
> Hmmmm. I assume that you are placing the integExp.m file in
> ToFileName[{$UserAddOnsDirectory, "Applications"}]. If so then this
> should work so long as the BeginPackage statement in integExp.m reads
>
> BeginPackage["integExp`"]
>
> (i.e., that the context in the BeginPackage is integExp` and not
> something more complex such as MyContext`integExp`)
>
> and also so long as, for example the filename integExp.m doesn't have
> any accidental added spaces.
>
> Have you taken a peak inside the integExp.m file to make sure that it
> isn't corrupted in any way?
>
> ...just some thoughts on what might have gone wrong...
>
> Best,
> David
>
> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 8:19 PM, Porscha Louise McRobbie
>
>
>
>
>
> <pmcro... at umich.edu> wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the info.
>
> > However, if I place my package integExp.m in the directory below (which=
is what I'd done originally, but since it didn't work I thought it was wro=
ng), I still get the errors:
>
> > Needs["integExp`"]
> > Needs::nocont: Context integExp` was not created when Needs was evaluat=
ed. >>
>
> > ?integExp
> > Information::notfound: Symbol integExp not found. >>
>
> > I do see the correct directory listed with $Path. Any other thoughts=
?
>
> > Quoting David Reiss <dbre... at gmail.com>:
>
> >> Hi,
>
> >> As a general rule you **never** want to put your applications within
> >> the Mathematica.app directory. This modifies your Mathematica
> >> application itself and, when you upgrade your Mathematica version
> >> everything that you place there will be removed. Rather you want to
> >> put it in:
>
> >> ToFileName[{$UserAddOnsDirectory, "Applications"}]
>
> >> This directory is persistent through upgrades to Mathematica and is
> >> always contained in $Path.
>
> >> I hope thei helps.
>
> >> --David
> >>http://scientificarts.com/worklife
>
> >> On Aug 4, 4:26 am, Porscha Louise McRobbie <pmcro... at umich.edu> wrote:
>
> >>> I should add to my previous message that I also checked the global
> >>> variable $Path, and didn't see the path to my AddOn listed there. I
> >>> tried using
>
> >>> Prepend[$Path,"/Applications/Mathematica.app/AddOns/ExtraPackages/Qua=
ntum"]
>
> >>> After which when I type $Path I do see the path to my AddOn. However,
> >>> it still won't load.
>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Porscha
>
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