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Howard_Casto:
Vpt files ARE visual pinball tables.  They need to be associated with visual pinball of course.  If they aren't, my wrapper isn't going to work, nor is any other method of launching vp tables. 

And modifying the association properties in windows won't fix it, the vp install has to do it. 
ppilot:
Thank you for your help, Howard.  I figured out what I was doing wrong, and wanted to post about it and maybe help someone else.

Anyway, my visual pinball software was something I downloaded from http://www.pinballsim.com/ called 'pinballpack.zip'.  It contains vpinmame, visual pinball, the vbs scripts, a few tables, and a windows front end called 'visual pinball launcher'.  It works fine, but it installs everything to the same directory, and does not contain the visual pinball install program.

The package associates the .vpt files with visual pinball, but clicking on them just brings up the editor, it doesn't load the tables.  I assume this was the problem the wrapper was having.  The only install program that comes with the package is for vpinmame.  I was trying to re-install using this, and not having any luck.

Anyway, I uninstalled and deleted the package and downloaded everything seperately using the instructions found at http://www.vpforums.com/modules.php?s=&name=FAQ&myfaq=yes&id_cat=2#5.  I noticed there is an error on the instructions, in that they say 'The Table ZIP file contains a .vpt file that you unzip into the C:/VPinMAME/Tables directory' where they should say 'C:\Program Files\Visual Pinball\Tables directory.'

So anyway, it all works fine now.  Thank your for your help and for taking the time and effort to code the wrapper.
Howard_Casto:
let this be a lesson to you.... never, EVER download emulators/sims from a thid party site.  Only use official download packages from the app's homepage. 

glad you got it working :)
headkaze:

--- Quote from: ppilot on November 28, 2005, 08:33:06 am ---I noticed there is an error on the instructions, in that they say 'The Table ZIP file contains a .vpt file that you unzip into the C:/VPinMAME/Tables directory' where they should say 'C:\Program Files\Visual Pinball\Tables directory.'
--- End quote ---

Actually your wrong, C:\VPinMame\Tables would be the correct folder to place the tables.
Howard_Casto:
umm no...  pinmame doesn't have any tables, it has roms, which go in c:\vpinmame\roms  by default.  tables are a visual pinball thing.

please don't "help" if you are going to give bad advice  :police:
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