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ADE v.1.65 internal compiler error C1003

dva51

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Hello everyone, and a BIG THANK YOU to anyone who can help us find a solution.

Let me start by saying that my friend GianMario and me (despite having many gray hairs and a lot of rust to clean) are dusting off our scenery creation skills after a break of over 10 years, after completing the free project VFR of Como Lake, as passionate italian amateurs.
We are now starting a new job (which will last us into old age, I hope) to cover ALL currently active Italian airfields.
The use of ADE, which we consider exceptional (we used AFCAD and GMAX), is at the heart of this work, and for this reason, we are having afull Italian translation of the manual, which we will provide (under the authors' permission) free of charge to anyone who needs it.
Now to the problem: I have personally installed ADE (I use FS9) on two PCs in a W7 environment and have already created some scenery without any problems. Today, after downloading ADE on GianMario's third PC, we unfortunately encountered the problem in subject. After saving a test scenario (very simple, with one runway and just three library objects, loaded without problems), the compilation did NOT run, resulting in the messages listed in the attachment.
We need to find a solution, hoping this request for help can be answered, allowing us to continue with this new project.
THANK YOU in advance, Aldo Della Vedova, dva51, and Gian Mario Verga
 

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This third PC most probably doesn't have msxml4.dll installed and registered. Attached is a command file you can run and it checks your Windows for the presence of msxml.dll versions. If msxml4.dll isn't present, then you'll need to obtain and install it. And possibly register it with Windows.
 

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thanks rhumbaflappy, from prompt reply
Following your advice, we checked the GMario third PC and found the various .msxml files present, as shown in the screenshots of the two Windows folders.
Unfortunately, the problem persists: ADE is installed, loads libraries, etc., and loads the latest work until it's saved. However, the compilation process doesn't proceed, with a similar message to the previous one mentioned above regarding msxml.
We're very disappointed that we can't continue with our work. Please help us. 🙏
 

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Make sure in your windows options you have the decimal point set to the period, not the comma.

And it wouldn’t hurt to try reinstalling MSXML 4.0.
 
My MSMXL4.DLL file is much newer than yours. Also it shows as being SP3. You might want to get the latest from Microsoft and install it. My ADE 1.79 compiles correctly.

msxml4.jpg
 
Microsoft no longer has this as a download I have discovered. But the msmxl4.msi installer is available from a legacy website. Just search for msmxl4 and you should be able to find it.
 
Hi all
mala tempora currunt ...
After a sudden computer shutdown last night, when restarted today I can no longer load ADE on my second PC (W7).
Can anyone suggest what to do, besides reinstalling the program?
I don't see the uninstall command, either in the ADE folder or on my PC in Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Programs and Features.
Do I have to delete it "brutally"?
 

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dva51 said:
Hi all
mala tempora currunt ...
After a sudden computer shutdown last night, when restarted today I can no longer load ADE on my second PC (W7).
Can anyone suggest what to do, besides reinstalling the program?
I don't see the uninstall command, either in the ADE folder or on my PC in Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Programs and Features.
Do I have to delete it "brutally"?
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Not finding any suggestions, I DELETED everything installed, after saving my works separately.
Unfortunately, when I reinstalled, the startup file (Airport Design Editor.exe) was not executable. (bad icon)
I read in the forum (ADE Crashes after system wide crash) of similar problem, and they recommended using version 165, which is considered more stable.
So I did (v. 1.66.5555), and the program seems fine even when compiling; I only see an error message as indicated in the attachments.
I "transferred" many of the saved parts (bgl, images, tumbs, etc.): now I'll try to create something, hoping I don't encounter any other problems.
Fingers crossed, hoping🙏 someone can help me to reinstall version 178.
I'll keep you posted on any developments.
 

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dva51 said:
Hello everyone, and a BIG THANK YOU to anyone who can help us find a solution.

Let me start by saying that my friend GianMario and me (despite having many gray hairs and a lot of rust to clean) are dusting off our scenery creation skills after a break of over 10 years, after completing the free project VFR of Como Lake, as passionate italian amateurs.
We are now starting a new job (which will last us into old age, I hope) to cover ALL currently active Italian airfields.
The use of ADE, which we consider exceptional (we used AFCAD and GMAX), is at the heart of this work, and for this reason, we are having afull Italian translation of the manual, which we will provide (under the authors' permission) free of charge to anyone who needs it.
Now to the problem: I have personally installed ADE (I use FS9) on two PCs in a W7 environment and have already created some scenery without any problems. Today, after downloading ADE on GianMario's third PC, we unfortunately encountered the problem in subject. After saving a test scenario (very simple, with one runway and just three library objects, loaded without problems), the compilation did NOT run, resulting in the messages listed in the attachment.
We need to find a solution, hoping this request for help can be answered, allowing us to continue with this new project.
THANK YOU in advance, Aldo Della Vedova, dva51, and Gian Mario Verga
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Hi all.
Problems getting to be solved ... step by step. ADE tutorial ITA just done: we are waiting for Author permission, to post it here :wave:
 
Hi everyone.
I would like to thank everyone 💪 who helped with suggestions and advice, and I am pleased to inform that we are starting the work...
Not knowing if or when 🫣 it might be completed, we have given it an auspicious name ...
intro

... but project VFR of Como Lake started in the same way more than 15 years ago ;)
 
dva51 said:
Hi all.
Problems getting to be solved ... step by step. ADE tutorial ITA just done: we are waiting for Author permission, to post it here :wave:
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Thanking Arno 🙏 for his kind help and advice,

I'm pleased to share here the translation of the ADE manual in Italian, free for anyone who needs to use it,
ADE v1.65 ITALIAN
along with an old keyboard control tutorial for the good old FS9.
FS9 commands

Happy scenary development, everyone! :wave:
aldo "dva51"
 
dva51 said:
Thanking Arno 🙏 for his kind help and advice,

I'm pleased to share here the translation of the ADE manual in Italian, free for anyone who needs to use it,
ADE v1.65 ITALIAN
along with an old keyboard control tutorial for the good old FS9.
FS9 commands

Happy scenary development, everyone! :wave:
aldo "dva51"
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Hi all
this to inform I just add in Resorces a free release of Static Aircraft .mdl Maker-ITA.pdf manual ITALIAN in addition to the previous LibraryCreatorXML_203_TUTORIAL EN-ITA
 
Hello friends
We (Gian Mario and I) started using ADE without any problems, loading libraries and starting the jobs (two of which have already been posted).
Gian Mario told me that yesterday his PC crashed unexpectedly while he was working with ADE.
Unfortunately, when he reloaded, he received this message that prevented him from proceeding
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Can anyone advise us on what to do?

We thank anyone who can help us, and look forward to hearing from you.
 
I think you can just delete the entire folder and reinstall... You could use Windows Explorer to search %APPDATA% and look for the ScruffyDuck folder and delete that as well. But, before any of that is done, is the actual problem ADE or is it the saved airport file that is corrupted?
 
rhumbaflappy said:
I think you can just delete the entire folder and reinstall... You could use Windows Explorer to search %APPDATA% and look for the ScruffyDuck folder and delete that as well. But, before any of that is done, is the actual problem ADE or is it the saved airport file that is corrupted?
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Many thanks Rhumbaflappy, problem solved 👍
The main important thing is understand the solving way, that was. The remaining to update libraries and other is only matter of "bit patience"
But, luckily, in our project we planned to have all libraries and related textures in a cloud storage, as you can read on following

BGL - TEXTURE (istruzioni LIBRERIE BGL-TEXTURE da ADE) PDF
BGL-TEXTURE

Have a nice night
aldo dva51
 
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