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Hero Lab v3.6b released

Colen

Ex-Staff
We've just released Hero Lab 3.6b, which is now available for download here or in the updates mechanism within the product.

This release fixes a number of bugs we've encountered, including several crash bugs which people have been reporting, so we recommend all users upgrade as soon as possible.

We've also released an update to our PDF plugin, which should fix issues some users were having with printing multiple images and error messages when windows was set to use a foreign language.

Enjoy! Please let us know if you run into any issues.
 
I just found an issue while updating the PDF plugin on Win XP. It downloaded the update, but when I tried to run it I received a popup asking me which user to run the installer as. I selected my normal user account, but it gave me the following error:
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Could not initialize installation.  C:\~GLC1034.TMP The system cannot find the file specified.

I had to navigate to the downloads folder and run the installer directly, and this worked fine.
 
Zero values in arrays?

Collen, Rob
I see that you fixed negative numbers in the editor last update but zero values are still sanitized. Did you leave this out on purpose? If you need an example see below. If you want more real world examples I can elaborate.

Note: This is easier to follow using the monster class as animal companion rules don't apply.

For example in this pathfinder data file I have included in this post I have created an animal companion and a monster class called "aaa test" and "aaa ctest". The Animal companion and monster class should have a strength progression of 8,9,10,11,12 but I see no way to do that if you sanitize 0 values(I.E. Row 2 should be "0"). As it is now the progression is 8,9,9,11,12 since I cannot enter a zero. If the reason behind this is possible divide by zero errors or something similar we instead need a mechanism by which we can set an array progression back to the default value which is 10 for pathfinder. Say a constant like "$default" or whatever you like. Any thoughts?
 

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huntercc: I just installed the PDF plugin on one of our demo machines, and I got the "Which user do you want to run as?" message, but then it worked fine afterwards. I'm not sure why you got that error, but glad to know you could install it manualy.

Mindcloud: A blank row should be a 0. If you leave the row blank, it should count as 0 which would mean "no increase".
 
huntercc: I just installed the PDF plugin on one of our demo machines, and I got the "Which user do you want to run as?" message, but then it worked fine afterwards. I'm not sure why you got that error, but glad to know you could install it manualy.

Mindcloud: A blank row should be a 0. If you leave the row blank, it should count as 0 which would mean "no increase".

OK maybe I am not understanding something. The way I understand it is that all stats are based off a value of 10 in pathfinder and d20. So each row is a modification of 10 so if row 0 is a -2 my result is 8 then if I leave Row 1 blank it is still 8 then if I put a 1 in row 2 my value is 11 correct? So after I have deviated from 10 how do I get back to 10? if I enter a blank in row 3 my value is still 11 or if I put a -1 the value is 9 as I see it I can never go back to the base value of 10. Is this not correct?
 
Oh! Now I see what you mean. Sorry for the confusion - Hero Lab is doing everything correctly, but the Pathfinder data files are interpreting a "0" as "use the last value". I was just thinking of what HL was doing, not what the data files were doing.

Sorry about that - we'll get this fixed in the next update. Thanks for explaining it to me in detail.
 
huntercc: I just installed the PDF plugin on one of our demo machines, and I got the "Which user do you want to run as?" message, but then it worked fine afterwards. I'm not sure why you got that error, but glad to know you could install it manualy.

I'm not sure either, but I tried it three times and got the same result each time
 
OK maybe I am not understanding something. The way I understand it is that all stats are based off a value of 10 in pathfinder and d20. So each row is a modification of 10 so if row 0 is a -2 my result is 8 then if I leave Row 1 blank it is still 8 then if I put a 1 in row 2 my value is 11 correct? So after I have deviated from 10 how do I get back to 10? if I enter a blank in row 3 my value is still 11 or if I put a -1 the value is 9 as I see it I can never go back to the base value of 10. Is this not correct?

I just talked to Mathias about this - we're working on a better way to do this, but for now just set the rows that should be 0 to -0.1. That will get rounded up to 0, which will count as 10.

Hope this helps!
 
Yay, with the update to Hero Lab and PDF Creator(Canvas?) I can now export to pdf without having to change language for non-Unicode programs to English.

Thanks a bunch!
 
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I just talked to Mathias about this - we're working on a better way to do this, but for now just set the rows that should be 0 to -0.1. That will get rounded up to 0, which will count as 10.

Hope this helps!

That works. Thank you!
 
I also had the same errors as huntercc, and following his posted suggestion was able to fix it by manually installing from your download page.
 
I just updated and it wont let me reauthorize my licence. This is the 3 time this has happened during an updates and its getting really annoying. I love the product but have to wait a week to use the software after an update is getting old. something needs to be done about this.
 
I just updated and it wont let me reauthorize my licence. This is the 3 time this has happened during an updates and its getting really annoying. I love the product but have to wait a week to use the software after an update is getting old. something needs to be done about this.

This sounds like something very odd is going on with your computer. If Hero Lab was running fine and fully licensed, installing an update will require you to re-authorize your license, but there should be zero problems with the process. The only thing that would cause the process to fail is if the "identity" of your computer changes, and that should only occur if you have made a fundamental change to your environment.

The only exception I've seen before is a couple of times with weird security software configurations. The security program spoofs information that Hero Lab relies on, which it changes. This results in Hero Lab thinking the configuration has changed, because the security software is telling Hero Lab that it is different.

This is something that probably try to sort out via email, since I'll need to ask you for more details about your license and your computer configuration. Please send as much detail as you can about your system to me at helpdesk at wolflair dot com. I need to know what version of Windows you're running, what security software you're running, etc. I also need to know your license number to check some details on our server.

Also, it should *not* be taking a week to get your license sorted out each time. If you use the mechanism Hero Lab offers at the completion of the Reactivate License wizard, you should be back up and running within 24-48 hours. Is that not occurring? If not, I need to know the details so I can find out what's going wrong with the process on our end.

Please note: I'm on the road and will have minimal internet access until I get back to the office late Wednesday night. So I may not be able to get back to you until then. Thanks in advance for your patience.
 
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