Lazarus 'Run-time error 53'?

[Chazz]

Can anyone help me with this error?  

[SirPoonga]

you have the new list gen?  check HC's news archives.

[Howard_Casto]

No file not found errors mean just that.  Check to make sure your mame.cfg is setup in your cfgs folder for lazarus and it points to a valid mame.exe.  The initial part of the listgen is created by mame itself.  

[Chazz]

My 'mame.cfg' file looks fine.  

I get this, then it crashes with the runtime error.

[Howard_Casto]

My 'mame.cfg' file looks fine.  

I get this, then it crashes with the runtime error.

Your directory structure is crazy, I think that has a lot to do with the problem.  Did you try running the list gen outside of lazarus?  

Also post your cfg file.  Judging by that output there is something wrong with it.  

[Chazz]

This is the message I get from both inside Lazarus, and out.

This is my 'mame.cfg'

[Howard_Casto]

delete both the listinfo.bat and listdetails.bat and retry

[Chazz]

Hi Howard,
That didn't work.  Thanks for you patience with me.  I just received my card from Andy and Lazarus has always been the FE I wanted to run when I got Windows going.  

Thanks again, and any more ideas and help would be great!

[Howard_Casto]

The problem with your error is it gives output that it shouldn't be able to give.  The listgenerator passes the dat in short filename format and thus this shouldn't be possible.  

First off make sure you have the latest listgen as sirp originally said, that's not the issue but it couldn't hurt.  Secondly rename your mame dir to lzmame rather than lzmame61... I think the parser is having issues with the folder name.  

[Chazz]

I have the latest version of listgen, I've renamed the lzmame61 folder to just lzmame, and I also moved all the programs closer to the root so it wouldn't be so deep in folders, but nothing worked...  

[Howard_Casto]

I have the latest version of listgen, I've renamed the lzmame61 folder to just lzmame, and I also moved all the programs closer to the root so it wouldn't be so deep in folders, but nothing worked...  

Well all I can tell you is reinstall from scratch and start over.  I assure you this is a isolated case so it has something to do with your specific setup.  


Sorry

[Chazz]

GOT IT!!!  

It looked like I was having a problem with the space in between 'List Generator" in the path.

Let the games begin!!!!

Thanks for all the help!

 ~ ChaZz

[Chazz]

Success!!  Big Time!

Neogeo Xtreme

[SirPoonga]

Why is everything in the list there 3 times?

[Howard_Casto]

SirP this is just a guess but probably he has three versions of emulators that will run mame games.  They would each have the same name.....


I've been thinking in a future version I should check for descriptions and if they are exactly the same as another, tack on the emulator name on the end.  Just a thought.  

[Chris]

Ooh, how about an option that will remove parenthesis and everything in between them?    I try to make sure that there is only one set for each ROM, so I don't need to see (Set 1) or (World) or anything like that....

Oh, and while I'm requesting features, how about an option that, for the list sort, uses the second word for the sort if the first word is "The "?  

--Chris