Parameters -k and -f not working properly in TextPad 7.6/8.0

tommy0910 · Post by **tommy0910** » Sun Dec 13, 2015 1:59 pm

I experience that the command line options "-k" and "-f" do not seem to work properly in TextPad 7.6 and 8.0 when using absolute path names.

For 7.6, "-k" is working ok. For 8.0, "-k" does not use the given folder but creates a subfolder tree "Helios/TextPad" within. I.e. with the parameter "-k c:\somewhere", the license file will be C:\somewhere\helios\textpad\TextPadPKE.xml" instead of "c:\somewhere\TextPadPKE.xml".

When the parameter "-f" is given with an absolute path name ("-f c:\somewhere"), the configuration is stored in the "samples" subdirectory of the TextPad program folder instead of the specified path. With a relative path name given, the "-f" parameter works properly.

Both bugs apply to both 32 and 64 bit edition.

tommy0910 · Post by **tommy0910** » Sun Dec 20, 2015 9:45 am

Can anyone confirm or disconfirm this problem? It would be kind if somewould could try to reproduce. Thanks.

Post by **bbadmin** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 5:22 pm

This will be fixed in the next maintenance release.

Keith MacDonald
Helios Software Solutions

tommy0910 · Post by **tommy0910** » Sun Jan 24, 2016 7:56 pm

I can confirm that with version 8.0.1, both options are working properly again.

There is only one small problem left: When *writing* the license file TextPadPKE.xml, it is still being written to a "helios\textpad" subdirectory within the specified license path. However, it is being *read* from the license path directly. This just fyi.