Unable to write netscan config file

Started by Srikant

Unable to write netscan config file   20 February 2018, 21:37

dear team,

We have purchased a license of Netscan 7.13.
I am unable to save or open an existing config file. The error message is "Unable to write config: Assertion failure (G:[Dev]\netscan\GUI.MainView.pas, line 3641)". Please refer the attached and help resolving. I have this problem on Windows 2012 Server
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Re: Unable to write netscan config file   22 February 2018, 15:24

Thank you for reporting this issue. We've found what causes this and are working on a solution.

I will post an update here shortly.
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Re: Unable to write netscan config file   26 February 2018, 11:47

We have resolved this issue in version 7.1.4, which can be downloaded from Network Scanner home page.

Basically this error occurs when a config file is shared between multiple instances of the application while at least one instance has non-standard column count. In other words, when one instance is launched with /maxcols:X to increase the number of columns, their configuration will be saved normally with X columns written, but other instances don't process this config file correctly.

Version 7.1.4 fixes the issue by disregarding extra columns in a config file, but we recommend to use the app with the same column count in each instance. If a higher column count is required, please launch all your instances with that count, e.g. netscan.exe /maxcols:20.

Re: Unable to write netscan config file   27 February 2018, 00:46

This explains some of the issues we are having. Each tech uses a different /maxcols:X and we all share configuration files, especially if someone figures out a new way to scan for something. Is there a way to add the /maxcols:X to the config files and eliminate the need for the command line switch? Or code it for 100 and then use the command line switch if you need something beyond that? Thoughts?
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Re: Unable to write netscan config file   27 February 2018, 12:21

Yes, this makes sense - thank you. I guess something like this should work:
  • Save the number of columns into a config file.
  • When reading a config file, if it's present, create that number of columns.
  • If it's not present, use the default number of columns as it is now.
Does this sound good?

Re: Unable to write netscan config file   28 February 2018, 17:27

Sounds great thanks. -WS

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