SETSHOEBOX not working correctly.... {was missing command feature}

[spacefractal]

today I have trouble to get that command to work, becuase I have no clue its have open the shoebox file or not.

I did that:

- I have a Media/gpx folder that contain all graphics.
- I shoebox that graphics folder and give the result as Media/gpx.sbx.
- I rename the Media/gpx folder to make sure its use the showbox (as testing).
- I trying to set it with SETSHOEBOX "gpx.sbx", "gpx.sbx", but no path, because its allready is open in the Media folder.

When I so LOADSPRITE or such mean, then its failed.

I have also subfolder with some medias (no filename use same name, since I are aware of subfolders not supported) and path using is the same (which its should have removed anyway). But I do more concern how to check, if the SHOEBOX really have been set or I have used some sort wrong path or something with that. So its would been nice its its could return a error as well STOUT which path/file$ its tried to open. Then its would been much easier to debug.

So its might not been a bug in SETSHOWBOX directly itself, but more I want some more ERROR info what its tried.

[MrTAToad]

What platform are you using ?  It works fine with  Windows, Linux and Android,  and should work on alll other platforms too

[Ian Price]

Also works fine on webOS, Wiz and Pandora.

[spacefractal]

windows 7.

I pretty sure it's somewhere path issue or filename issue, but I just want some error report if path not exits or file found. Pretty sure it's a somewhere path issue and I just see what it's try to open.

I just wonder what it's happens here and why it's won't open....

[MrTAToad]

Yes, I did mention that it would be nice if DOESFILEEXIST could be used with Shoebox files : http://www.glbasic.com/forum/index.php?topic=5465.msg42816#msg42816

[Kitty Hello]

In debug mode it should complain. No?

[matchy]

I recently tried using the shoebox win Win32 and I had troubles also.

[spacefractal]

its look like SETSHOWBOX simply just fail to open the file, but no error report happens, so hard to tell why.

Try again later if I got something using debug (neary allways on, but mean I have never seen a output.

I pretty sure its somewhere a path, filename and/or formatting issue that is not correct (etc I use / and not \), and I have no spaces in directories.

Its mightbeen happens recentely as well. So later I try to cleanup the project (could been cool to possible clean up the temp directly from IDE) and see what happens.

[MrTAToad]

Perhaps you are trying it with a format SHOEBOX wont deal with - JPEGs for example

[spacefractal]

its dosent open SHOEBOX at all, elsewise I would notice if jpg was missing (only floor in Greedy Mouse is jpg format, rest is in png format). By now I juts use scrampled file by now.

Still not tested why its not open the file, what its really tried due no debug about it.

[MrTAToad]

What platform are you trying it on ?

[spacefractal]

allready wrote that, 64bit Windows 7 and on D: drive.

I invistate later today or tomorrow owhat really happens (im not time yet to checkout). Im still pretty sure is a path issue or some sort of that. I'm not using SHOEBOX at the top, but more when a graphics is loaded. But I did tried to the top without succes.

I'm pretty sure when its first got it open the SHOEBOX file, its would run as its should (even with missing jpg, its a minor thing).

[spacefractal]

I cleaned the project (emptied %TEMP% folder) and tried again. Its still not open it and all files returned 0 with GETFILESIZE, so its still seen its not have open it at all.

I have tried both relative as well fullpath, and even tried something like this without sucess:

SETSHOEBOX "d:/gpx.sbx","d:/gpx.sbx" (as well only used DATA argument).

So I must say I cant get shoebox files to work on Win32 64bit. Still not tested same happens on other platforms.

Howover its try to open jpg files first, when its a aware bug, but its does on png files at well. Nothing is open at all.

[Minion]

Just a quick question, did you "shoebox" the Media folder or the Media/gpx folder, or no folder at all ? Are you including the folder names in the path to the shoebox ? Is the shoebox in the media files (if you have SETCURRENTDIR("Media") ... or whatever folder you are using) ?

[MrTAToad]

Its still not open it and all files returned 0 with GETFILESIZE

Then the file doesn't exist or you are looking for the wrong file...

This works perfectly well with my Windows 7 x64 :

Code (glbasic) Select Expand

DEBUG "File Exist : "+DOESFILEEXIST("Media/Media.sbx")+"\n"
SETSHOEBOX "Media/Media.sbx","Media/Media.sbx"
LOADSPRITE "untitled.jpg",0
LOADSPRITE "untitled.png",1
SETSHOEBOX "",""
DRAWSPRITE 0,0,0
DRAWSPRITE 1,256,256
SHOWSCREEN
KEYWAIT

It doesn't show the JPEG file, but it does with the PNG file

I've included my project so you can try that one.

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