XP x64 Errors

[Syracuse]

Hi, I really like Orphalese, I had been using it for about a year until I upgraded to the x64 version of Windows XP. I like the ability to chose and share decks, which is missing from the nonregistered version. Unfortunately, none of the versions I can download will register correctly on x64. The Windows 98 version says "Unspecified Error", and there are errors in 8.4 that prevent it from registering correctly as well.

I was going to start a project about creating a deck from scratch that I could share, but like I say, I can't seem to get the program to register correctly. I have the 64 bit edition of dotNet 2.0, which seems to be incompatible. When it starts up it gives an ubiquitous error about an "pointer not pointing to an instance of an object," perhaps because it doesn't exist in the 64 bit dotNet 2.0. Then it says it won't be able to register due to an error.

I'm willing to be a tester, if you are willing to tackle this issue. But right now, I may be forced to run Orph on my laptop, which is slow and cludgy and not where I like to use it.

Let me know if you can help me out--I'm willing to go through hoops to get it to work on this machine. I know x64 is different for a lot of programmers and software is just starting to show up for a lot of different things that were missing before, and dotNet is one of the things that breaks everything in Vista and XP x64.

Best wishes,
Bryce

[Programmer]

Hi Bryce,

Thanks for alerting me about this issue with Window XP 64-bit edition. I read up on the subject and I discovered that by default .NET 2.0 programs are built to run on the 64-bit or X86 version of the framework, and this is decided at runtime depending on the hardware. Apparently not everything runs perfectly on the 64-bit platform, as you have discovered. I have compiled a version of the program using a command switch which should force it to run as an X-86 program. Hopefully this will mean you can run it without errors, even if you don't get all the benefits of 64-bit processing. I have just uploaded it as a beta so far. You can download it here:

http://www.orphalese.net/downloads/tarotbeta.zip

Fingers crossed, I hope it gets rid of the errors (or at least changes the errors for different ones, which is a kind of progress!).

Cheers,
Richard