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

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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

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

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

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