FlatCAM_beta_8.992_x64_installer.exe contains DEV_build with hardcoded paths

[Samppa Tolvanen]

And therefore won’t start.

Best Regards, Samppa

Nice tool by the way

[Marius Stanciu]

The issue title say one thing. The body show an error.

1. The encoded paths are due of the package that I’m using to freeze the program. If that is bothering you, you can try to report it here:
   https://github.com/anthony-tuininga/cx_Freeze/issues
2. The error in the picture is due of missing the required VC redist from you system. By the look of the windows I’d say you are trying to run it in Windows Vista (or Seven, who knows? Maybe if you put more info in the description?). The installer will try to install the required VC++ redistributable 2019 x64. But those redistributable needs a later operating system.

The x64 version of FlatCAM will need the latest OS from Windows. If you need to run FlatCAM in older Windows (Vista, Seven, 8 ) then you need to run the X86 installer even if your OS is 64bit. That is because I can’t create a installer for each OS out there so for older Windows OS I prepare the x86 installer (based on Python 3.5 which runs in Vista and later and using older Python packages suitable for the older OS) and for the newest OS from Windows I prepare the x64 installer (currently based on Python 3.7.6 with latest Python packages)

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[Marius Stanciu]

This error shows that the users OS does not have the required VC++ redistributable. Solved by installing VC++ 2019 redistributable X64 from Microsoft site:

https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redist.x64.exe

If this installation does not work, upgrade your OS or use FlatCAM x86 installer which will work on older Windows OS.

[Samppa Tolvanen]

Thanks for the pointers,

The Manual install of the vc_redist.x64.exe 2015-2019 works for the application launch.. but there are issues at image import that don’t need to be adressed as I’m running the old dated and the last working Windows .. ever

Building to Windows from multi targeted sources is a bitch! I appreciate Your work, and the previous version works just fine.

What I was looking for was a free tool to turn Target3001! XGerber to gcode.. and that doesn’t work (need a sample?), but importing an image and creating isolation routing and cutout routing did work splendid!

Thank You! Samppa

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[Marius Stanciu]

Hello Samppa,

Yes, in order to fix the Gerber parser so it will work for the Target3001 output, I would need a pair of files: Gerber + it’s Excellon (just in case if there are issues with that one too).
You can post a Google Drive/Dropbox/Mega etc link or upload here: https://filedropper.com and post the link.

But please, create a new issue so we can keep the tabs on the issues. Thanks!
-Marius.

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