+KiltCacher Posted January 1, 2004 Share Posted January 1, 2004 I recently downloaded MacCMConvert/Cachemate to upload waypoints from my Palm Tungsten to my eTrex. When I try to convert the .loc files using MacCMConvert on my desktop, it gives me an error that CMConvert could not convert the file. Am I doing something wrong or am I missing a piece of the puzzle? Quote Link to comment
+Maeglin Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 Are these .loc files straight from Geocaching.com (XML), or saved from EasyGPS (binary format)? Only the former will work. If you need to use a file saved from EasyGPS, save it as a GPX file. This is actually the first FAQ entry for CacheMate Quote Link to comment
+KiltCacher Posted January 3, 2004 Author Share Posted January 3, 2004 These are straight from GC.com. I tried .loc before I had a premium membership, and now I've tried GPX, but I get the same error for both. From what I've read, CMConvert works internally of MacCMConvert, and the error says "sorry, there was an error running CMConvert, your file was not converted", and then I get an applescript error. I tried re-downloading the ap, but I am still getting the same error. Plus I didn't think EadyGPS ran on Macintosh. Quote Link to comment
+Maeglin Posted January 3, 2004 Share Posted January 3, 2004 Ah... mind must have hiccuped when I mentioned EasyGPS there. That's the typical problem under Windows, though, in cases like this. As author of CacheMate/CMConvert, I could help you if I had the exact error message from CMConvert, but it seems like the MacCMConvert wrapper is hiding that. Send the file to support (at) smittyware (dot) com and I can probably tell you what's going on. Quote Link to comment
+KiltCacher Posted January 3, 2004 Author Share Posted January 3, 2004 Sorry, I'm not the most computer-saavy person, so I'll try again to get the results. The specific applescript error is "the variable scriptOut is not defined (-2753)" How would I find the error file for CMConvert? Quote Link to comment
+Maeglin Posted January 3, 2004 Share Posted January 3, 2004 I mean the .loc file You might want to check with the maintainer of MacCMConvert as well (JeremyA... there may be an email address in the package or on the web page for it). That error sounds familiar... there was a problem before with loading files with spaces in the file or directory names. Quote Link to comment
+JeremyA Posted January 3, 2004 Share Posted January 3, 2004 Hi, This sounds like a problem with my wrapper - scriptOut is the variable that is used to hold the text output from CMConvert, if all goes well this just tells you how many waypoints were successfully converted. That scriptOut is not defined means that CMConvert has not run properly which is probably due to something wrong in my applescript. Contact me (jeremy at jfatherton dot co dot uk) and I'll try to work through it with you to find where the problem is. Jeremy Quote Link to comment
+KiltCacher Posted January 3, 2004 Author Share Posted January 3, 2004 Thanks everyone for helping. Jeremy, I did email you the same time I was posting this, by the way. Quote Link to comment
+mtnmunch Posted January 3, 2004 Share Posted January 3, 2004 Digiferret, Where is the GPX file located that you are trying to convert? I found that if it was located on my desktop or in a folder that had spaces in the name, it would spit back errors. If I put in the same folder as MacCMC Convert, or made a special folder for it, it would work fine. --- Currently I had to redo my Mac, and now Mac CMC Convert won't run, it spits back that I don't have administrative access :-( Quote Link to comment
+KiltCacher Posted January 3, 2004 Author Share Posted January 3, 2004 Well, gave that a shot, but no luck. Location doesn't seem to make a difference. Quote Link to comment
+robert Posted January 3, 2004 Share Posted January 3, 2004 Something nobody has suggested yet (at least I didn't see it), is to request ZIPPED files for the .loc or .gpx I always had troubles w/o the zip option but with zip it's been error free! Quote Link to comment
+KiltCacher Posted January 3, 2004 Author Share Posted January 3, 2004 I take that last post back. I just didn't try enough locations. Turns out the gpx file needed to be in the documents folder. So problem #1 solved! Now, how do I transfer the waypoints from my Tungsten to my Legend? I must be missing the obvious. And, do I need to change any settings on my Legend to make it work correctly? Quote Link to comment
+JeremyA Posted January 3, 2004 Share Posted January 3, 2004 Hi, The 'spaces in the name' bug was a problem with my applescript in older versions of MacCMConvert. I have since fixed it, and in all my tests with the latest version (1.3.1) it does not cause any problems. mtnmunch - could you email me as I'd like to try to get to the source of your problem too. thanks, JeremyA Quote Link to comment
+JeremyA Posted January 3, 2004 Share Posted January 3, 2004 I think that I have worked out what has been going wrong here: In the current version of MacCMConvert it is possible to manually enter a file name into the file name field. If you do this then, unless you include the full directory path (in POSIX format), cmconvert does not know the directory that the file is in and so uses the default directory. If the file is not there cmconvert will not see it and cannot perform the conversion. This is not what I intended. What I meant to happen is that you would select a file by clicking on the 'Add File' button to the right of the file name field. This way you can select a file in any folder and cmconvert will know where the file is. The next release of MacCMConvert will have the UI updated to make this more obvious. JeremyA Quote Link to comment
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