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• Rabtok

  Thanks for the reply,

  Doesn't work with the / switch either, just removed and reinstalled it but still won't run. Windows gives a warning "HDDVDValidator.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close....".

  At least the simulator still works, are there other files/programs the validator needs

  
  

• ackermsb

  Are you sure you are running the validator with the correct command line arguments The implementation has changed over the last year - the input format and the output format. Personally, I like version 2 from a year ago (I have every install from the last year, so if you need something, let me know). Its not perfect, but the newest version tends to output _way_ too much unless you drastically turn down the warnings (half the time, IE crashes trying to launch the log because its just too big). And, the lastest version seems to miss some PNG format errors that v2 catches. (I am mostly ranting here in the hopes that one of those awesome, brilliant developers working on the validator sees this and takes notice because the validator is actually really useful and so very important).

  But, back to the issue that installing IE may have clobbered your JScript.dll - This is from last February's JumpStart release notes...

  • This version of the HDDVDValidator comes with a version of Jscript.dll that is complaint with the ECMA 327 Compact Profile restrictions outlined in the HD-DVD specification, in addition to the “no automatic semi-colon insertion” restriction. The JScript.dll that comes with HDDVDValidator replaces the JScript.dll that is currently used by Windows XP/2000/2003 and provides the compact profile of JScript in addition to the standard version that already exists. This version of JScript is not official Microsoft release code. It is provided by Microsoft solely for the purpose of iHD authoring validation. Therefore, DO NOT overwrite your existing JScript.dll in order to install the one provided with HDDVDValidator. We have provided instructions below showing how to install the new JScript.dll. It is not necessary to install/uninstall the new Jscript.dll with every HDDVDValidator session; once registered, the new JScript.dll remains installed until you uninstall it, and it will be used for all JScript functions (e.g., web browsing) on the machine. If you run into issues with the new Jscript.dll you can uninstall it by following the uninstallation instructions below.

  Installation:

  1. To safely install the JScript.dll that comes with HDDVDValidator, first extract all files in the HDDVDValidator to your local drive. WARNING: DO NOT COPY JSCRIPT.DLL TO YOUR “WINDOWS,” “SYSTEM,” OR “SYSTEM32” FOLDER. ANY OTHER FOLDER ON YOUR LOCAL DRIVE WILL DO.

  2. Register jscript.dll using %SYSTEM32%\regsvr32.exe , e.g.

  %SYSTEM32%\regsvr32.exe c:\HDDVDValidator\jscript.dll

  Uninstallation: If for any reason you need to revert back to your original version JScript, follow these instructions:

  1. Run regsvr32 to unregister the new version of JScript.

  c:\> regsvr32 /u jscript.dll

  2. Run regsvr32 to re-register the original version of JScript.

  c:\> regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\jscript.dll

  3. Reboot

  
  
  

• _Matt Smith _

  Thanks DrumAllDay,

  I solved the problem by reparing .net framework 2.0 everything works fine again.

  
  

• TGirgenti

  Try re-installing; it *may* have installed a custom JScript.dll that was then clobbered by IE. That shouldn't really have happened though...

  Can you get it to work at al, eg just by running with a / command-line switch

  
  
  
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