Load databases into ACar if it is launched from CMD

Hello,

I have a problem with loading databases in Adams/Car when it is launched from the command prompt. If it launched from GUI, there is no problem.

I suspect that if I use command ru-standard in *.bat file it does not load the acar.cfg file, because there are loaded only acar_shared, acar_concept and private databases. I have already tried ru-private, ru-acar and ru-site but without success.

Thank you for any suggestion or idea.

Jan

0 Henrik.Skovbjerg over 1 year ago

There is no difference between loading ACar from the command prompt and loading from the Windows Start menu, other than that the working directory may be different. (And this has no influence on the loaded databases).

Are you invoking the standard .bat file or do you have your own?
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0 jblok over 1 year ago

Thank you Henrik for your quick answer.

I'm invoking my own .bat file, here is an example:

del aview.cmd

cd C:\Users\JB\ADAMS_22_20\example1\

adams2022_2 -c acar ru-st b cmd.cmd

pause
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0 Henrik.Skovbjerg over 1 year ago

The "-c" parameter should only be used on Linux, not on Windows.
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0 jblok over 1 year ago

Unfortunately, there is no difference if it used "-c" or not in the command.
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0 Henrik.Skovbjerg over 1 year ago

In your .bat file example you remove the aview.cmd file before changing directory. Is this intentional?

What do you see if you run "adams2022_2 acar ru-st i" and then invoke the cmd.cmd file from the Adams GUI? What is the difference?
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0 jblok over 1 year ago

Well, I just copied the del aview.cmd from somewhere.

I think I discovered the problem from acar.log. Adams loads different acar.cfg when I invoke the .bat file from Python. See the image below

However, I haven't found a solution yet.
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0 Henrik.Skovbjerg over 1 year ago

Lines #1 and #3 are the same in both cases.

So in the Python you have set the $HOME environment variable to

set HOME=C:\Users\JB \Python\WPy64-31180\settings

This makes you load a different .acar.cfg file.

And please notice the space after JB in the path. Looks likt it is not intentional.
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0 jblok over 1 year ago

Thank you, the space is just my mistake because I rewrote the company nickname to JB...

Sorry, I don't understand why am I supposed to set the environment variable to HOME=C:\Users\JB\Python\WPy64-31180\settings because when the .bat file is launched from Python I need to take the acar.cfg from C:/Users/JB/. Could you explain that, please? Shouldn't it be like vice versa set HOME= C:/Users/JB/?

Anyway, the problem is solved the by copying acar.cfg from C:/Users/JB/ to C:\Users\JB\Python\WPy64-31180\settings.
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0 Henrik.Skovbjerg over 1 year ago

Sorry if I was unclear.

The only reason I can think of that would cause the Python-based startup to look for .acar.cfg in that directory is that $HOME must be set to point to this directory somewhere.

If you want to control it, you can - in your Python script or in general - set the HOME environment variable to point to C:\users\JB
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0 jblok over 1 year ago

No, I didn't explain it enough.

It worked via Python but it created some acar.cfg on this path C:\Users\JB\Python\WPy64-31180\settings. However, it was different acar.cfg from this one it's normally used when I click on the icon and launch the GUI (and where are all the databases what I need).

Thank you for your help and discussion!
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