CFast still not running under windows 7 - 64bit

[mc.greg]

Hi there,

i just tried several times to install a proper working version of CFast under windows 7 - 64bit. There always appears the following message after hitting the "GEOMETRY" or "RUN" button:-(

See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
   at CEdit.CeditMain.RunSMVGeometry()
   at CEdit.CeditMain.MainGeometry_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)


************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.269 (RTMGDR.030319-2600)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v4.0.30319/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
CEdit
    Assembly Version: 6.2.0.291
    Win32 Version: 6.2.0.291
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/CFAST6/CEdit.exe
----------------------------------------
System.Windows.Forms
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.278 built by: RTMGDR
    CodeBase: file:///C:/windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Drawing
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.282 built by: RTMGDR
    CodeBase: file:///C:/windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
----------------------------------------
System
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.269 built by: RTMGDR
    CodeBase: file:///C:/windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
----------------------------------------
Microsoft.VisualBasic
    Assembly Version: 10.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 10.0.30319.1 built by: RTMRel
    CodeBase: file:///C:/windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Microsoft.VisualBasic/v4.0_10.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Core
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.233 built by: RTMGDR
    CodeBase: file:///C:/windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Core/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Core.dll
----------------------------------------
C1.Win.C1Report.4
    Assembly Version: 4.6.20112.54408
    Win32 Version: 4.6.20112.54408
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/CFAST6/C1.Win.C1Report.4.DLL
----------------------------------------
C1.C1Report.4
    Assembly Version: 4.6.20112.54408
    Win32 Version: 4.6.20112.54408
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/CFAST6/C1.C1Report.4.DLL
----------------------------------------
System.Xml
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.233 built by: RTMGDR
    CodeBase: file:///C:/windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Data
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.237 (RTMGDR.030319-2300)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_32/System.Data/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Data.dll
----------------------------------------
ReachFramework
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.1 built by: RTMRel
    CodeBase: file:///C:/windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/ReachFramework/v4.0_4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35/ReachFramework.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.1
    CodeBase: file:///C:/windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization/v4.0_4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35/System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Configuration
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.1 (RTMRel.030319-0100)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Configuration/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Configuration.dll
----------------------------------------
ndzycgnc
    Assembly Version: 4.6.20112.54408
    Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.269 built by: RTMGDR
    CodeBase: file:///C:/windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
----------------------------------------
Accessibility
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.1 built by: RTMRel
    CodeBase: file:///C:/windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Accessibility/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Accessibility.dll
----------------------------------------
C1.Win.C1FlexGrid.4
    Assembly Version: 4.6.20113.636
    Win32 Version: 4.6.20113.636
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/CFAST6/C1.Win.C1FlexGrid.4.DLL
----------------------------------------
NPlot
    Assembly Version: 0.9.10.0
    Win32 Version: 0.9.10.0
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/CFAST6/NPlot.DLL
----------------------------------------
C1.Win.C1Sizer.4
    Assembly Version: 4.1.20113.61
    Win32 Version: 4.1.20113.61
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/CFAST6/C1.Win.C1Sizer.4.DLL
----------------------------------------

************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

<configuration>
    <system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.


Anybody knows a trick to solve that and get a working software?

Thanx a lot!
Regards mc.greg

[CFAST Development]

The first thing to try is to verify that your are using US english units for the program. See

http://www.nist.gov/el/fire_research/cfast-faqs.cfm#Q6

for details.

If that does not work, please post a file listing of the CFAST programs directory (usually c:\Program Files(x86)\CFAST6) so we can make sure things got installed correctly.

Rick Peacock

[CFAST Development]

This seems to be an unfriendly error message that you get when you try to run (Run button) or visualize (Geometry button) a simulation when you haven't created any simulation.  You need to either open an existing input file or create a simulation (adding compartment(s), vent(s), and fire(s) to the simulation before you try to run it.

That said, the program should be more friendly about this.  We'll fix it so that it's more recognizable as a lack of inputs for the next version.

Rick Peacock

On Monday, August 27, 2012 3:29:51 PM UTC-4, mc.greg wrote:

[mc.greg]

Hi Rick,

Thanx a lot for fast answering! It seems to be solved - the US english units were the problem! So I just have to change my homesettings (german units) to that one...
Installation of CFast is running under Win 7 64bit....

Regards
mc.greg

[Richard Peacock]

Glad it worked.  An easy solution is to set up a user account on the machine that is set to US English since it is a per user setting.  That way it doesn't mess up your entire machine with different language settings.