Another way to solve that on a Mac is to open the Scid package (ctrl- click) and create a "books" folder in the given path (Scid.app/ Contents/Resources/bin/books).
If Scid cannot find a previously used folder it will report an error without prompting for an alternative. It also acts this way when a base has been trashed. Charly On 25 mai 09, at 19:40, Danny wrote: > Hi Alexander > > Thanks for that. I tried this and error dialog boxes come up. Here > is one of the error messages - > > bad directory "/Applications/Scid.app/Contents/Resources/bin/books" > bad directory "/Applications/Scid.app/Contents/Resources/bin/books" > while executing > "tk_chooseDirectory -initialdir $scidBooksDir -mustexist 1" > (procedure "setBooksDir" line 3) > invoked from within > "setBooksDir" > (menu invoke) > > > There is no way to choose a directory. > > This is a new software installation and I haven't stored any books > or Bases yet. > > > many thanks > Danny > > > > > > On 25 May 2009, at 16:17, Alexander Wagner wrote: > >> Danny wrote: >> >> Hi! >> >>> I have just downloaded the mac version (3.7.3, 30.5mb). When I >>> open the application up, two dialog boxes appears saying - 'Bases >>> directory not found' and 'Books directory not found'. When I skip >>> these dialog boxes, everything is OK and opens up fine. Is there >>> anyway to stop this from happening? After installing into the >>> applications folder, I did move the file to another location, >>> which I wish I didn't now. I have tried deleting/reinstalling the >>> software, but the warning dialog boxes are still there. >> >> Go to Options / Book Directory and Options / Bases Directory and >> point them to the dir where you stored your opening books (in >> polyglot/fruit format) and the scid-DB's for tactical training. >> These dirs may even be empty but they should point to a valid >> directory. >> >> (BTW: This is not a MAC specific issue but a general one.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-side developers & brand creativity professionals. Meet the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, & iPhoneDevCamp asthey present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian Group, R/GA, & Big Spaceship. http://www.creativitycat.com _______________________________________________ Scid-users mailing list Scid-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scid-users
