[Scilab-users] Problem with ATOMS

[Stéphane Mottelet]

Hello,

this problem is fixed in the current developpement version of the 
plotlib, a new version will be released this week.

S.

Le 28/01/13 08:52, Vincent COUVERT a écrit :
> Hello,
>
> It seems that this error is due to plotlib since the error message 
> indicates that the error occurred at line 46 of uicontrol and this 
> line does not exists in Sciab uicontrol function (which is a C function).
>
> Can you report this issue to the author 
> (http://atoms.scilab.org/toolboxes/plotlib)?
>
> Regards.
>
>
> Le 27/01/13 22:54, René Grognard a écrit :
>> In my professional work I had access and used MATLAB for many years.
>> Now retired I have to switch to some free/less expensive equivalent
>> software and I just downloaded Scilab that seems to offer more
>> toolboxes.
>>
>> However ATOMS does not seem to work.
>>
>> My PC is a HP ProBook 4730s running Windows 7. (Cygwin 1.7 is
>> installed and coud be used to run WScilex.exe.)
>>
>> When I started Scilab-5.4.0 all appeared to be well:
>>
>> Startup execution:
>>    loading initial environment
>>   -->atomsSetConfig('Verbose','True')
>>   ans  =
>>      1.
>> -->atomsGetConfig()
>>   ans  =
>>     downloadTool: "curl"
>>     Verbose: "True"
>>
>> The  window Main categories - ATOMS was functional and allowed me to
>> install say the Plotting library particularly promising to a MATLAB
>> ex-user --- I get the message:
>>
>> Installation done! Please restart Scilab to take changes into account.
>>
>> OK restarting:
>>
>> Startup execution:
>>    loading initial environment
>>
>> Start plotlib toolbox 0.43
>> Load macros
>> Load help
>>
>>    !--error 999
>> 'background' property does not exist for this handle.
>> at line      46 of function uicontrol called by :
>> at line     207 of function atomsGui called by :
>> ms") then atomsGui(); else disp(gettext("
>> while executing a callback
>>
>> The error message itself seems garbled!
>>
>> The next one seems clearer:
>>
>> -->atomsGui()
>>   !--error 999
>> 'background' property does not exist for this handle.
>> at line      46 of function uicontrol called by :
>> at line     207 of function atomsGui called by :
>> atomsGui()
>>
>> The window Main categories - ATOMS  which appears is now empty and
>> indeed as "dead" as a dodo.
>>
>> I checked that I have full control over the SCIHOME folder and its 
>> contents.
>>
>> I regularly update the free JAVA which I believe is used by Scilab.
>>
>> What did I do wrong/missed in installing Scilab-5.4.0?
>>
>> Any help/info will be appreciated.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> René.
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