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I am working my through "A Gentle Introduction to Mark" and have hit a problem in Chapter 3.

I get as far as viewing the Results Browser: Live Recaptures (CJS), when I try to open the view estimates of real parameters in notepad I get the message

Return value from WinExec = 2

In the preference options my Editor Location is set to Notepad++, no file path just the programme name.

I guess I need to change something?

Mike

MikeP wrote:I am working my through "A Gentle Introduction to Mark" and have hit a problem in Chapter 3.

I get as far as viewing the Results Browser: Live Recaptures (CJS), when I try to open the view estimates of real parameters in notepad I get the message

Return value from WinExec = 2

In the preference options my Editor Location is set to Notepad++, no file path just the programme name.

I guess I need to change something?

Mike

Correct. You need to point MARK to the actual executable.Go into preferences, down to the part where you specify the editor you want, click the 'browse' button, and navigate to where notepad++ is (usually you find it at C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe). Then, click 'OK', and restart MARK. That should do the trick.

Thanks cooch

I have done as you suggest and now have

C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe

in the Editor Location box

I now get the message

C:\Program Doesn't exit: Create It?

I click yes and get the message

"Cannot create the file C:\Programe"

but a Notepadd++ window has opened called new 1 - Notepad++

MikeP wrote:Thanks cooch

I have done as you suggest and now have

C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe

in the Editor Location box

I now get the message

C:\Program Doesn't exit: Create It?

I click yes and get the message

"Cannot create the file C:\Programe"

but a Notepadd++ window has opened called new 1 - Notepad++

Read my reply more carefully. If you've installed Notepad++ on a Windows 7 machine - 64-bit, then the file is located

C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe)

Notepad ++ is a 32-bit program, and gets installed in the x86 subdirectory.

If you're using 32-bit Windows 7, not sure. But so long as you browse to find the executable, you should be fine. If not, then the problem lies with your computer, not MARK.

The problem is probably that the computer I'm using is on Vista 32 bit, so I don't have the (x86) directory so my file path is different. I'll try another computer.

MikeP wrote:The problem is probably that the computer I'm using is on Vista 32 bit, so I don't have the (x86) directory so my file path is different. I'll try another computer.

You must be really new to computers. The OS doesn't matter. Click the browse button under preferences, and simply locate the notepad++ executable. If you do that successfully, and it still doesn't work, then the problem is with your computer.

Yes, I am new to computers how did you guess?

But I have done as you said and now get a different message

“Cannot find the C\:Program Files\MARK\Examples\mrk4586z.tmp file”

So I guess it is a problem with my computer

Thanks for your help

Mike

MikeP wrote:Yes, I am new to computers how did you guess?

Wasn't hard. Symptoms were there. Trying to get up to speed with computers in general, and MARK in the process, might be a bit daunting. You might want to get some help for the initial stages.

But I have done as you said and now get a different message

“Cannot find the C\:Program Files\MARK\Examples\mrk4586z.tmp file”

So I guess it is a problem with my computer

Thanks for your help

Mike

Different problem. The /examples subdirectory that MARK creates when you install it is installed in a system directory that you can't write too (in other words, MARK can't read/write to C\:Program Files\MARK\Examples). So, simply navigate to C\:Program Files\MARK\Examples, and copy the /examples subdirectory out onto your desktop, and then run the examples there. Any user (and application) has read/write access to the desktop, just not something in C\:Program Files\MARK\Examples (specifically) or C\:Program Files (generally).

It worked, thanks very much for your patience in solving this for me

Mike

MikeP wrote:It worked, thanks very much for your patience in solving this for me

Mike

Good! Best of luck from here forward.