[OpendTect_Developers] Issue with setting Opendtect 4.6 Data Root location

[Aneesh]

Hi Ömer

As you have checked out the code directly from svn repository,  so by 
default the odSettings file in the data folder is read-only, which is 
actually copied to the .od/settings folder, thus it fails to write to 
this file in .od folder.
This has now been fixed by removing the svn:needs-lock property for this 
file.

For you the easiest is to browse to .od folder where you will find the 
"settings" and "settings.bak" files. Right click on each of them and 
click properties and check whether they are read only. If read only is 
checked, uncheck that and press Apply and then OK. After that run 
OpendTect, and this time it will be able to write its settings properly.

The source code if installed from developers package available from the 
installer should not have this problem.

Regards
Aneesh

Aneesh Tiwari
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On 28-09-2013 14:30, Genc, Ömer wrote:
>
> Hey there,
>
> I am facing problems while trying to set the OpendTect Data root 
> (DTECT_DATA environment variable) location. It seems
>
> that Opendtect has problems writing into the 
> %USERPROFILE%\.od\settings file.
>
> I am on Windows 7 using Visual Studio 2010 Professional.
>
> Here is what I did:
>
> I checked out the source for OpendTect 4.6 from here:
>
> https://svn.opendtect.org/od/branches/od4.6/
>
> I used all libraries, like mentioned here:
>
> https://svn.opendtect.org/od/branches/od4.6/relinfo/RELEASEINFO.txt
>
> I am able to build and start OpendTect.
>
> However, when OpendTect starts the "Set Data Directory" dialog opens. 
> Then I click on "Select" and the "File Selection"
>
> dialog opens. In this dialog, I navigate to the %USERPROFILE%\Desktop 
> I right-click and create a brand new directory and name it "ODData".
>
> I select the "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\ODData" directory and press "OK" 
> in the "File Selection" dialog.
>
> Now I am back to the "Set Data Directory" dialog and I can see that 
> the Path in the "Opendtect Data Root Directory" input
>
> field is set to "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\ODData". This is the directory 
> I have create right now. Now, when clicking "OK" in
>
> the "Set Data Directory" dialog I got the following error message:
>
> -----------Error----------
>
> Cannot write the user settings defining the OpendTect root data dir
>
> ---------------------------
>
> I stepped through the code and I can see, that OpendTect is not able 
> to write the field "Default DATA directory" into the
>
> %USERPROFILE%\.od\settings file. Why is this? When is set it manually, 
> OpendTect starts and shows me also the Surveys in
>
> my specified DTECT_DATA directory.
>
> I am administrator on my machine and I also start my Visual Studio 
> Instance as administrator, when building OpendTect.
>
> Any help on this would be nice! I tried several different machines and 
> it is always the same with this. Am I the only one
>
> who experiences this problem?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ömer
>
>
>
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