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RE: [AutoTrace] Need installation help

It's been a while, but I think the only way I got it to work via Delineate was to run it under Linux ( or maybe Cygwin).
It seemed that the Java just didn't want to work properly. {Shrug}
 
I also had a lot of trouble from the command line. Below is what I ended up with. This converts to SVG.
Put this in a .bat file and save it in the autotrace folder. (I know it works like that...)
Drag and drop your sourcefile (ie: image.bmp) to the batch file or a shortcut of the batch file.
The output file should land in the same folder as the source file.
 
REM ---------------Start--------------------------------
set file1=%~1
set options=-preserve-width -output-format svg -output-file
"C:\AutoTrace\autotrace.exe"  %options% "%file1%.svg" "%file1%"
REM ---------------End------------------------------------
 
I also had troubles with PoTrace. I think I got it working in Delineate, under Windows ONCE :-)
I believe Autotrace's Kung Fu is better...


From: autotrace@yahoogroups.com [mailto:autotrace@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of plalbrecht
Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2007 12:00 PM
To: autotrace@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [AutoTrace] Need installation help

Can somebody help me get this stuff going? I have been wrestling with
Autotrace, Potrace, and Delineate for the better part of a day, and
have been unable to get anything to work.

The system is Windows 2000.

I have autotrace and potrace installed in their own folders under WINNT.

I have added these to the PATH variable: C:\WINNT\autotrace and
C:\WINNT\potrace.

I have downloaded and installed j2sdk-1_4_2_15 and installed it in
C:\Program Files\Java\j2sdk-1_4_2_15

I have added the environment variable
C:\Program Files\Java\j2sdk-1_4_2_15

This stuff doesn't work. If I run delineate.bat, I get a black window
named C:\WINNT\System32\cmd.exe
and an error box
"Cannot find the file 'C:\program' (or one of its components). Make
sure the path and filename are correct and that all required libraries
are available."

My understanding was that when first run, delineate it would offer
autotrace or potrace as options. Neither of those seems to do anything
when I try to start them manually from within their folders, either.

What's wrong here?

Thanks in advance,

Pete



Sun Jul 22, 2007 5:28 pm

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Can somebody help me get this stuff going? I have been wrestling with Autotrace, Potrace, and Delineate for the better part of a day, and have been unable to...
plalbrecht
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Jul 21, 2007
4:59 pm

It's been a while, but I think the only way I got it to work via Delineate was to run it under Linux ( or maybe Cygwin). It seemed that the Java just didn't...
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Jul 22, 2007
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... Delineate ... Thanks anyway. This is hackerware. Useless for the vast majority of potential users. Whose idea was it to use a command line interface for...
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Jul 29, 2007
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I'm curious if anyone out there is using Delineate successfully under Windows? Version? Java version? Delineate was rather nice to have for tweaking options. ...
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