Not a Bug scr not working

Scott · 10-11-2008, 05:19 AM

Unfortunately, I have Autocad software on my machine and it changed the "scr" so it doesn't work as it should for a screen saver. For previous versions of MA, I changed the "scr" to "exe" and then it can run on demand, but it doesn't seem to work for the beta.

Any thoughts on how I can see this program running?

Thanks.

Scott

Scott · 10-11-2008, 05:28 AM

Okay, got it working now. Looks totally amazing.

Quad core 4 2.66
ATI 1950 512 Ram
1900 x 1200 resolution

3 fish @ 110 fps

Tiny Turtle · 10-11-2008, 01:20 PM

IMHO, it's better to post what you did to fix the problem instead of just saying you got it sorted to help others with similar issues.

Scott · 10-11-2008, 03:02 PM

Sorry about that. When I first renamed the scr to exe, it hung. But after I got it restarted, it come up perfectly.

feldon34 · 10-11-2008, 05:34 PM

There is a script at the fan site which re-assigns SCR to screen savers. There's absolutely no reason for AutoCAD to hijack the SCR format since even avid AutoCAD users have no reason to double-click on an SCR file. It's just a support file.

Socrates · 10-11-2008, 10:49 PM

Holy God. This is still an issue with Autocad?

That is ridiculous that they are still doing that almost 2 decades later.

Jim Sachs · 10-11-2008, 10:55 PM

Yeah, it always baffled my why they would pick .scr as an extension. Seems like it should be something like .acd.

Ralph · 10-12-2008, 09:42 AM

script and screen kind of start with the first 3 letters. Scr. for script was in use long before there were screen savers.. Blame MS for using a file extension already in use. But... there is no reason for AutoDesk to continue this practice either.

feldon34 · 10-12-2008, 05:54 PM

The irony is you would never click an AutoCAD script file. That's not how you would ever open an AutoCAD document. So why they felt the need to register it is beyond me.

Ralph · 10-12-2008, 07:43 PM

Perhaps in the early 90's when AutoDesk was developing AutoCad, scripting was how you got things done... a carry over from the DOS days.. long before I became familiar with it for sure.
I suppose if the "right" people approached AutoDesk and made a request to drop it they might consider it... <

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Jim Sachs · 10-12-2008, 08:48 PM

They can still use the extension, they just have to stop taking it over (associating it).

Ralph · 10-12-2008, 08:52 PM

I agree... but someone with some pull...needs to get the programmers at AutoDesk to agree

Socrates · 10-12-2008, 10:48 PM

Originally posted by Ralph:

script and screen kind of start with the first 3 letters. Scr. for script was in use long before there were screen savers.. Blame MS for using a file extension already in use. But... there is no reason for AutoDesk to continue this practice either.

As I have said before.

The problem here is that the SCR for Autocad was for files for their version for DOS.

When creating a software for the a NEW operating system, Windows, they should have respected the rules fo the NEW environment.

What if someone had decided that .pif was something they had been using in dos so they decided it was OK for them to break every shortcut on your machine when they wrote their windows version?

10-11-2008, 05:19 AM	#1
Scott Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Toronto, ON Canada Posts: 20	scr not working Unfortunately, I have Autocad software on my machine and it changed the "scr" so it doesn't work as it should for a screen saver. For previous versions of MA, I changed the "scr" to "exe" and then it can run on demand, but it doesn't seem to work for the beta. Any thoughts on how I can see this program running? Thanks. Scott

10-11-2008, 01:20 PM	#3
Tiny Turtle is pleased Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 7,365	IMHO, it's better to post what you did to fix the problem instead of just saying you got it sorted to help others with similar issues. Thanks to Morgan, Tiny Snapshots is up and running again with "Tiny Järvafält" as the latest addition – Go have a look and tell me what you think. "We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another." /Robert Oppenheimer on witnessing the first thermonuclear detonation in history.

10-11-2008, 05:34 PM	#5
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,938	There is a script at the fan site which re-assigns SCR to screen savers. There's absolutely no reason for AutoCAD to hijack the SCR format since even avid AutoCAD users have no reason to double-click on an SCR file. It's just a support file. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

10-11-2008, 10:49 PM	#6
Socrates Sage Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: West Hills, CA Posts: 1,529	Holy God. This is still an issue with Autocad? That is ridiculous that they are still doing that almost 2 decades later. Bat rays? We don't need no stinking bat rays!

10-11-2008, 10:55 PM	#7
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,771	Yeah, it always baffled my why they would pick .scr as an extension. Seems like it should be something like .acd. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

10-11-2008, 05:28 AM	#2
Scott Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Toronto, ON Canada Posts: 20	Okay, got it working now. Looks totally amazing. Quad core 4 2.66 ATI 1950 512 Ram 1900 x 1200 resolution 3 fish @ 110 fps

10-11-2008, 03:02 PM	#4
Scott Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Toronto, ON Canada Posts: 20	Sorry about that. When I first renamed the scr to exe, it hung. But after I got it restarted, it come up perfectly.

10-12-2008, 09:42 AM	#8
Ralph Retired Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Edmonton Alberta Ca Posts: 2,438	script and screen kind of start with the first 3 letters. Scr. for script was in use long before there were screen savers.. Blame MS for using a file extension already in use. But... there is no reason for AutoDesk to continue this practice either.

10-12-2008, 05:54 PM	#9
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,938	The irony is you would never click an AutoCAD script file. That's not how you would ever open an AutoCAD document. So why they felt the need to register it is beyond me. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

10-12-2008, 07:43 PM	#10
Ralph Retired Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Edmonton Alberta Ca Posts: 2,438	Perhaps in the early 90's when AutoDesk was developing AutoCad, scripting was how you got things done... a carry over from the DOS days.. long before I became familiar with it for sure. I suppose if the "right" people approached AutoDesk and made a request to drop it they might consider it... <>

10-12-2008, 08:48 PM	#11
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,771	They can still use the extension, they just have to stop taking it over (associating it). Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

10-12-2008, 08:52 PM	#12
Ralph Retired Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Edmonton Alberta Ca Posts: 2,438	I agree... but someone with some pull...needs to get the programmers at AutoDesk to agree

10-12-2008, 10:48 PM	#13
Socrates Sage Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: West Hills, CA Posts: 1,529	Originally posted by Ralph: script and screen kind of start with the first 3 letters. Scr. for script was in use long before there were screen savers.. Blame MS for using a file extension already in use. But... there is no reason for AutoDesk to continue this practice either. As I have said before. The problem here is that the SCR for Autocad was for files for their version for DOS. When creating a software for the a NEW operating system, Windows, they should have respected the rules fo the NEW environment. What if someone had decided that .pif was something they had been using in dos so they decided it was OK for them to break every shortcut on your machine when they wrote their windows version? Bat rays? We don't need no stinking bat rays!