>
> > Thanks everybody. Actually, I was having some problems with my computer
> > caused by a weird power outage from a few months ago, which happened to
> have
> > clobbered my DCIMAN32.dll file even though I am connected through a UPS.
> From
> > a web search I determined that this DLL is used for graphics drawing. I
> was
> > able to find a replacement for it the other night, and when I checked my
> BOINC
> > this morning on the way out the door it looked like it was actually
> computing
> > things, and I can even have it display the graphics (they would not
> display
> > before). I'll check the event log when I get home from work and see if
> it was
> > this missing DLL that caused the error. BOINC never gave me an error
> dialog
> > box.
>
> Thats great.
>
> DirectX is based on COM (Component Object Model) which is why you didn't see
> an error dialog box. It allows applications to recover from problems like
> this, they can just not use the graphics. The 3d animation in Einstein@home
> is definitely worth keeping though, the developers did a really good job with
> it, especially the way you can move the sphere around with the mouse. Thanks
> guys.
Thank you, Walter. I and the other developers are basically good unix programers and know very little about Windows. So your Win32 technical expertise here is *very* welcome.
> Thank you, Walter. I and the other developers are basically good unix
> programers and know very little about Windows. So your Win32 technical
> expertise here is *very* welcome.
>
> Cheers,
> Bruce
Thanks, glad I could help out. Sometimes I think I'm a not-so-good progammer 'cuz I spend so much time with the debugger instead of the compiler :)
> > > Thanks everybody.
)
>
> > Thanks everybody. Actually, I was having some problems with my computer
> > caused by a weird power outage from a few months ago, which happened to
> have
> > clobbered my DCIMAN32.dll file even though I am connected through a UPS.
> From
> > a web search I determined that this DLL is used for graphics drawing. I
> was
> > able to find a replacement for it the other night, and when I checked my
> BOINC
> > this morning on the way out the door it looked like it was actually
> computing
> > things, and I can even have it display the graphics (they would not
> display
> > before). I'll check the event log when I get home from work and see if
> it was
> > this missing DLL that caused the error. BOINC never gave me an error
> dialog
> > box.
>
> Thats great.
>
> DirectX is based on COM (Component Object Model) which is why you didn't see
> an error dialog box. It allows applications to recover from problems like
> this, they can just not use the graphics. The 3d animation in Einstein@home
> is definitely worth keeping though, the developers did a really good job with
> it, especially the way you can move the sphere around with the mouse. Thanks
> guys.
Thank you, Walter. I and the other developers are basically good unix programers and know very little about Windows. So your Win32 technical expertise here is *very* welcome.
Cheers,
Bruce
Director, Einstein@Home
> Thank you, Walter. I and
)
> Thank you, Walter. I and the other developers are basically good unix
> programers and know very little about Windows. So your Win32 technical
> expertise here is *very* welcome.
>
> Cheers,
> Bruce
Thanks, glad I could help out. Sometimes I think I'm a not-so-good progammer 'cuz I spend so much time with the debugger instead of the compiler :)
Walt