Fixed [BUG 3.20] Errors creating database

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Fixed [BUG 3.20] Errors creating database

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I'm having all kinds of problems generating databases with 3.20. Here is the typical error I encounter:
Bios mode : split
Sample mode : merged
Plugin : arcade.dll
Import datas
Database closed
**Error :Error during datutil conversion on command ["C:\Program Files (x86)\Romcenter\datutil.exe" -f genericxml -o "c:\users\XX\appdata\local\temp\rc_dat.xml" "C:\Users\XX\Downloads\Atari - 5200 (20081124_CM).dat"]
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It does this with several datfiles using the latest obtained from No-Intro:

http://datomatic.no-intro.org/

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Re: [BUG 3.20] Errors creating database

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Try to manually run the dos command:
Create a new text file and copy the command in the first line, add a 'pause' commande on the second line.
Save as text.bat and run it.

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"C:\Program Files (x86)\Romcenter\datutil.exe" -f genericxml -o "c:\users\XX\appdata\local\temp\rc_dat.xml" "C:\Users\XX\Downloads\Atari - 5200 (20081124_CM).dat"
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Re: [BUG 3.20] Errors creating database

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It appears to have worked for this dat but failed with the coleco and SuperGraphx Dats. Got an error saying the Datfile wasn't valid (yes, I did change the dat name in the .bat file.). Does this help you determine the cause I take it?
C:\Users\XX\Desktop>"C:\Program Files (x86)\Romcenter\datutil.exe" -f genericxml
-o "c:\users\XX\appdata\local\temp\rc_dat.xml" "C:\Users\XX\Downloads\Atari - 5
200 (20081124_CM).dat"
===============================================================================
DatUtil v2.44 (2 November 2008) - using DatLib v2.34 (2 November 2008)
Written by Logiqx (http://www.logiqx.com/)
===============================================================================
Processing C:\Users\XX\Downloads\Atari - 5200 (20081124_CM).dat:
Loading the file into memory (first 8.0KB)...
Identified the file as being 'MAME ListInfo' format.
Specified the save format as being 'Generic XML'.
Loading the file into memory (24.96KB)...
Calling the 'MAME ListInfo' pre-parser/tokenizer...
Storing the tokenized dat within the actual dat structure...
Processing complete!

Loaded 107 games (0 parents, 0 clones, 107 others) and 0 resources.

Note: Fixes were applied to the data file (see datutil.log for details).
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Saved c:\users\XX\appdata\local\temp\rc_dat.xml in Generic XML format.

C:\Users\XX\Desktop>pause
Press any key to continue . . .

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Re: [BUG 3.20] Errors creating database

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I need the log for the dat which failed. Run the bat file for coleco and post the result here. If the error occurs in datutil, I will tell logiqx to look at it.
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Re: [BUG 3.20] Errors creating database

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If it was a datutil problem, wouldn't I also have the same problems using the newest datutil with RC 3.11? I rolled back to 3.11 last night, installed the new datutil (2.44) and it works perfect. If you need me to re-install 3.20 and perform some tests, let me know :)

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Re: [BUG 3.20] Errors creating database

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Ok, thank you for reporting. It seems to be a rc problem. I will try and fix the problem.
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Re: [BUG 3.20] Errors creating database

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Give a try to the rc3.30 beta
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Re: [BUG 3.20] Errors creating database

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I haven't encountered database creation problems, but I have noticed a couple of things: when using the newest no-intro dat for NES games (20090218) clrmame dat, it shows all roms as red because it is apparently not skipping headers when calculating the CRC and when generating from the RC dat, it will show all roms as corrupt.

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Re: [BUG 3.20] Errors creating database

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The last problem is discussed here.
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