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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / Frequent Error Message in DBP:`Failed to 'CFileBuilder::AddPCKToEXE'

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ZestyPro
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Posted: 20th Sep 2011 02:26
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This message appears every time I try to execute my source code.

is there a solution? Will The Game Creators fix it?

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Mr Bigglesworth
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Posted: 20th Sep 2011 06:21
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It is your anti-virus messing with dbPro. Try adding the dbPro folder and your project folder to your anti-viruses exception list.
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JackDawson
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Its not the anti-virus. I too get this error come up. All I do is recompile it and it works just fine. Its random when it does it.

Others I have seen have had this issue and not been able to resolve it, but in admin mode you just recompile and it works.

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Mobiius
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Posted: 21st Sep 2011 00:18
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Delete the semi-compiled exe file it created and try again. It happens when the compiled, but un-linked exe file is open when the linker try's to add the pck file into the "player" part of the dbp exe.

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JackDawson
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Quote: "Delete the semi-compiled exe file it created and try again. It happens when the compiled, but un-linked exe file is open when the linker try's to add the pck file into the "player" part of the dbp exe."


Exactly right. When I did a search for the "exe" after a failure, it turned out the EXE was corrupted. So I just recompiled and it came up just fine.

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WickedX
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I have to agree with Mr. Bigglesworth. I have added "The Game Creators" folder to my anti-viruses exception list. As long as my project is in this folder or a subfolder, this error does not occur. I still get this error when compiling a project that’s not in “The Game Creator” folder but after clicking OK on the error message the program will still run.
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JackDawson
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Quote: "I have added "The Game Creators" folder to my anti-viruses exception list. As long as my project is in this folder or a subfolder, this error does not occur."


Weird, because I have tested it without an anti-virus installed and I still get this error. This is why I do not believe this is an Anti-Virus problem. Its a permissions problem. XP does not have this problem. Vista and Win7 do.

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French gui
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Quote: "Failed to 'CFileBuilder::AddPCKToEXE'"


I get this if I try to compile when the same already compiled program is running. Maybe try to open the task manager to check that...
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Brendy boy
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Quote: "Weird, because I have tested it without an anti-virus installed and I still get this error."

the same here, i get that error and i don't have any antivirus installed. Very often it happens 10 times in a row before i have a succesfull compile. I'm using windows 7 x64. On windows xp i didn't have this problems

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ZestyPro
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Posted: 22nd Sep 2011 00:31
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thanks everyone! it usually happens for a while, then i restart, and it doesn't happen(for a while).

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Posted: 25th Sep 2011 20:42
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Quote: "Weird, because I have tested it without an anti-virus installed and I still get this error. This is why I do not believe this is an Anti-Virus problem. Its a permissions problem. XP does not have this problem. Vista and Win7 do."


I have XP and have had this problem frequently (can't compile at all).Then i added the dbpro temp/exe/compiler dirs to exception list in avast and now works fine , but still get this error sometimes.

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RonsWare
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Posted: 17th Oct 2011 19:26
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I have the same problem.
I use windows 7 Ultimate

I use the ESET NOD32 Antivirus program.
When is temporarily disable antivirus and spyware protection there
is no problem compiling.
When i enable the protection the problem is back.

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Mobiius
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The problem is your antivirus is probably scanning the newly created exe file before it's been fully linked, which will give you this error.

You need to add the folder you're compiling to the "do not scan these files" folder.

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Any and all of the following can cause this problem:
- virus scanning (regular AV, MS Security essentials etc, especially with real-time protection active)
- auto-backup software
- searching tools (standard search indexing, desktop search programs etc)

The problem isn't limited to the above list, but they are the most likely to interfere with DBPro writing to the output file.

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Lucka
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I get this error when i compile and try to use the code on ANY computer but the one i use for programming..

I tried to keep off the AV, but it still happens.
Now i?ll try to get out "Search everithing", but..

In the past there was not this problem at all.
I, actually, cannot share my programs with friends, cause nothing work at all on any PC. I cannot tell'em to close AV, search engine, etc.

What is working on my PC, give this error everywhere else..

It's a BIG problem, guys..

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Braude Interactive
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Posted: 19th Oct 2011 19:09
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This happens to me too, but if I just recompile it runs fine
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TheComet
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This always happens to me when I haven't used my hard disc for a while on my laptop. The hard disk goes into an idle mode, and takes a while to spin up again. During the spin up DBP is trying to write to the hard drive, but can't, and that's when I get that error.

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Rudolpho
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Posted: 20th Oct 2011 15:17
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Quote: "I, actually, cannot share my programs with friends, cause nothing work at all on any PC. I cannot tell'em to close AV, search engine, etc."

If it's a compile time error, certainly it shouldn't happen if you manage to build an executable and give it to anyone else. Are you sure it's the same error?


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