Oziexplorer woes
Submitted: Thursday, Jan 22, 2004 at 15:03
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Willem
Help the old fella please.
I have been for a drive with my Magellan and Laptop with Oziexplorer Moving Map and have saved 4 .plt files to my hard drive. When I go to open the file. a dialog box tells me " filename .plt is not a valid Win32 application" and won't open it. I have gone to Windows Help, Oziexplorer Help and various luminaries in the computer field and to no avail. So far I have accumulated the the following advices re fixing the problem.
Go to View
Click Folder options
Click File Types
Click Edit
Click Actions
Click Open
Click Edit
In Application Click program you want to use to open the files.......
(which program ?????????) I cannot seem to find the right one.
Click OK....... and all should be
well...but it isn't.
Anyone out there with a younger brain who knows the answer?
Cheers,
Willem
Always going somewhere
Reply By: Richard Kovac - Thursday, Jan 22, 2004 at 16:37
Thursday, Jan 22, 2004 at 16:37
Willem
You Have to open these files IN OziExplorer (you must have a map open) go to open m*** tracks and fined the file *.plt (your file) click and it will open.
If you want to open in note pad with Windows 9X right click on the file at the same time as holding down the Ctrl key and click open with, be carefull with this you must untick the box "Always use this program to open this file" scrol down untill you fine notepad and double click, the file will open as text file and will save as a text file, if you save as *.plt OziExplorer will filed it and open it.
Win32 does not see this file as it is used as a cad program file mostly you can open all most anything in notepad if you want but you will not be able to under stand it
hope this Helps if not we can try again
like the G60
Regards
Richard Kovac
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Follow Up By: Willem - Thursday, Jan 22, 2004 at 20:21
Thursday, Jan 22, 2004 at 20:21
THanks Richard...I'll go and have a play. Thanks for the Notepad advice..I'll try that.
Cheers
Willem
Always going somewhere
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Reply By: Pluto - Thursday, Jan 22, 2004 at 19:09
Thursday, Jan 22, 2004 at 19:09
Willem,
Are you trying to edit the plot file or edit it?
Either way you will find it easier to run
OziExplorer and load it from there. All the talk of text editors and word processors is fine, IF you have a good working knowledge of the file format (You can find the format details in the
OziExplorer help).
Ozi has all of the editing tools required to tidy a plot file up, as well as viewing, replaying it, etc.
Keep in mind that
OziExplorer was never intended to be auto-executed like most windows applications. It has too many interelated data files to make that practical.
Pluto
Get out there & have Fun!!!
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Follow Up By: Willem - Thursday, Jan 22, 2004 at 20:28
Thursday, Jan 22, 2004 at 20:28
Hi Pluto,
Initially I was trying to view the .plt files to see if my system was working. I have now gone into Ozie and have seen at least one saved .plt
I have to learn how to do these things so that I can send .plt files here to EO for inclusion in treks. I suppose I have to take the time to study all the features...remember when I wasa kid there were only wirless' which operated with valves :-) All this high tech stuff is difficult to understand. Once one has a grasp of it, it is easy....I think:-) I am running Windows 98.
Cheers,
Willem
Always going somewhere
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Follow Up By: Pluto - Friday, Jan 23, 2004 at 08:58
Friday, Jan 23, 2004 at 08:58
No worries Willem,
You can rely on the online help in Ozi. It's well written and very comprehensive.
Wherever you have the "?" button it will give you the relevant help page for that window.
If your still interested in auto excecution of Ozi, there is a help page called "Special Keys and Stuff" which has all of the Startup Parameters you can use to alter the way Ozi starts up. You can change these parameters by opening the shortcut properties you use to open Ozi (right click the icon and select Properties) and editing the Target field (The Line that refers to OziExp.exe).
PlutoGet out there & have Fun!!!
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Follow Up By: Willem - Friday, Jan 23, 2004 at 14:32
Friday, Jan 23, 2004 at 14:32
Once again, thanks for your help, Pluto...much appreciated.
Cheers,
Willem
Always going somewhere
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