Convert with ReAdW.exe doesn't work but msconvert.exe does

[rprambo]

Hi,

Has anyone seen this problem?

I am using windows XP and have TPP installed as well as msconvert from
ProteoWizard. I am using the libraries from Thermo-Finnigan and have
them loaded using the regsvr32 command. What is interesting is that
msconvert.exe works just fine for converting the *.RAW files to mzXML
however, ReAdW.exe can't do it and provides the following error:

Unable to interface with Thermo Library

Any thoughts,

Thanks,

Rob

[Jimmy Eng]

ReAdW.exe uses the Xcalibur libraries (xrawfile2.dll + others) which
is different from what's supplied by MSFileReader and used by
msconvert.

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[Matthew Chambers]

Just to keep you on your toes, MSFileReader provides the exact same
files as Xcalibur (Xrawfile2.dll, fileio.dll, fregistry.dll), but
they're not interchangeable. One is in the Xcalibur namespace and the
other is in the MSFileReader namespace. Or whatever COM calls it when
the object is identified by "MSFileReader.Xrawfile.1".

Msconvert doesn't require COM (regsvr32) registration, and pwiz is able
to redistribute the DLLs in the binary archive now: a separate
MSFileReader installation is no longer necessary.

If you've registered Xcalibur's Xrawfile2.dll with regsvr32, readw
should work. Otherwise, it won't.

-Matt

[rprambo]

Thanks Matt and Jimmy for the information.

I have the Xcalibur dll files installed and loaded using regsvr32.
I've tried reinstalling everything (TPP) and nothing seems to make
readw.exe work. My DLL viewer shows it is properly loaded. I've also
tried this on our other Windows XP machine and same problem.

Any recommendations?

Thanks,

RPR

On Dec 9, 3:45 pm, Matthew Chambers <matthew.chamb...@vanderbilt.edu>
wrote:

> Just to keep you on your toes, MSFileReader provides the exact same
> files as Xcalibur (Xrawfile2.dll, fileio.dll, fregistry.dll), but
> they're not interchangeable. One is in the Xcalibur namespace and the
> other is in the MSFileReader namespace. Or whatever COM calls it when
> the object is identified by "MSFileReader.Xrawfile.1".
>
> Msconvert doesn't require COM (regsvr32) registration, and pwiz is able
> to redistribute the DLLs in the binary archive now: a separate
> MSFileReader installation is no longer necessary.
>
> If you've registered Xcalibur's Xrawfile2.dll with regsvr32, readw
> should work. Otherwise, it won't.
>
> -Matt
>
> Jimmy Eng wrote:
> > ReAdW.exe uses the Xcalibur libraries (xrawfile2.dll + others) which
> > is different from what's supplied by MSFileReader and used by
> > msconvert.
>

[Matthew Chambers]

What version of Xcalibur?

-Matt

[rprambo]

Hi Matt,

I am using the latest release of MSFileReader libraries from Thermo.

RPR


On Dec 9, 6:03 pm, Matthew Chambers <matthew.chamb...@vanderbilt.edu>

[Matthew Chambers]

Quoting from earlier in the thread (caps added):

Just to keep you on your toes, MSFileReader provides the exact same files as Xcalibur (Xrawfile2.dll, fileio.dll, fregistry.dll), but THEY'RE NOT INTERCHANGEABLE.

To use ReAdW, you must have Xcalibur, which is not the same as
MSFileReader! And it's not free. So if you don't have Xcalibur,
msconvert is your ticket.

-Matt

[rprambo]

Matt,

Thanks! Is it possible to recompile ReAdW using the MSFileReader
library?

RPR


On Dec 10, 12:56 pm, Matthew Chambers

[Matthew Chambers]

Probably. Find where it says "Xrawfile.Xrawfile.1" and replace it with
"MSFileReader.Xrawfile.1".

-Matt