JanGunheD

Yupp, works perfectly again, thanks!

I have the same issue and installing over did not help. Only MAME games work. GameEX goes black, keeps playing the audio from the preview movie and using the back key you can simply go back to the previous menu (so it does not hang). log.txt GameEx.ini

Cool, thanks!

Yes, that's the problem. Converting back from linux (LF) format to windows (CR/LF) format solved the problem. However, would still be nice if that made no difference :-).

Yes, I always checkout the latest master from GIT and compile it, but I did not see any change in the XMLs in GIT. But speaking of GIT, it might be a CR/LF problem (linux/windows), as GIT sees not difference in those cases. The last visible change in GIT was 1 year ago however.

Like this basically:

This is the result of the c64_cart.xml:

Both files attached :-). How/where can I click "Update List"? I always wondered that anyway, the only way I can update the whole Mame-List is to confirm when GameEx asks me if I want to update the list, but I never found a button to do that manually. Anyways, that only updates the MAME Arcade/Machine List and not the Software Lists. I tried it anyway and it did not help. It is always the first game in the list that is still there, so maybe it is some string parsing problem between two game entries? I also attached one software list as a reference. GameEx.ini log.txt c64_cart.xml

Since the last two GameEX versions (14.74, 14.75) MAME Software Lists only show the first game in each list, while earlier versions showed the whole lists without problems.

Ok, but that should be easy to fix in the program code itself. Just when reading a "|" change it to "***Special***" (or something similar) and when displaying it change "***Special***" back to "|".

I had the problem of games getting lost from the Mame-List when updating the list in GameEx. It turned out that this was caused by a "|" in the description text of a game in history.dat, resulting in this game (carnevil) being the last game in my list. After changing all "|" in history.dat to ";", all the games came back. But as I have to do this every time I download a new history.dat, this is not a permanent solution. The problem is caused by gamelist.txt using "|" as a separator between data fields, and if any data field contains "|" itself things naturally go wrong. When reading history.dat etc. each "|" should be changed or coded as something else.

Wow, that finally solved it, so "regsvr32.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\msjtes40.dll" should become part of the installer! Thanks!

No, same thing: 22:02:21.8 27.02.2008: GameEx: Version 9.13: Starting Log 22:02:21.8 27.02.2008: Operating System Platform: Win32NT 22:02:21.8 27.02.2008: Operating System Name: Windows XP 22:02:21.8 27.02.2008: Operating System Version: 5.1.2600 22:02:21.8 27.02.2008: Checking for versions of .net Framework installed 22:02:21.8 27.02.2008: .net Framework 2.0 Installed 22:02:21.9 27.02.2008: Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 3.40GHz, 2047MB 22:02:21.9 27.02.2008: 3,4Ghz - 2 Cores or CPU's 22:02:21.9 27.02.2008: Running Randomize() 22:02:21.9 27.02.2008: Loading PlugIns 22:02:22.4 27.02.2008: Checking for applications to Launch On Startup 22:02:22.5 27.02.2008: Running Misc startup tasks 22:02:22.5 27.02.2008: Setting Menu types 22:02:22.5 27.02.2008: Opening Configuration File 22:02:22.5 27.02.2008: Getting Configuration Values 22:02:22.6 27.02.2008: Using Theme: Default - Media Center 22:02:22.7 27.02.2008: Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Default - Media Center 22:02:22.8 27.02.2008: Launching HideOS.exe 22:02:22.8 27.02.2008: Initialising Video/MNG DLL's 22:02:22.9 27.02.2008: Hiding Taskbar 22:02:23.0 27.02.2008: Is Media Center running? 22:02:23.0 27.02.2008: Checking/Creating LCD Registry values 22:02:23.0 27.02.2008: Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode 22:02:23.0 27.02.2008: Media Center Mode 2 22:02:23.4 27.02.2008: Video previews on. Warning: Only recommended on modern systems 22:02:23.7 27.02.2008: Snap Delay set to: 2 22:02:23.7 27.02.2008: Get other settings 22:02:24.2 27.02.2008: Reading MAME hall of fame 22:02:24.3 27.02.2008: Set: Find emulator artwork on best match basis 22:02:24.7 27.02.2008: Start work for Form 22:02:24.7 27.02.2008: Getting Original Screen Size 22:02:24.7 27.02.2008: Opening Database Connection 22:02:24.9 27.02.2008: --**-- 22:02:24.9 27.02.2008: Error: Die SELECT-Anweisung schlieÃ?t ein reserviertes Wort oder einen Argumentnamen ein, das/der falsch, mit falscher Zeichensetzung oder überhaupt nicht eingegeben wurde. 22:02:25.0 27.02.2008: bei System.Data.OleDb.OleDbCommand.ExecuteCommandTextForSingleResult(tagDBPARAMS dbParams, Object& executeResult) 22:02:25.0 27.02.2008: bei System.Data.OleDb.OleDbCommand.ExecuteCommandText(Object& executeResult) 22:02:25.0 27.02.2008: bei System.Data.OleDb.OleDbCommand.ExecuteCommand(CommandBehavior behavior, Object& executeResult) 22:02:25.0 27.02.2008: bei System.Data.OleDb.OleDbCommand.ExecuteReaderInternal(CommandBehavior behavior, String method) 22:02:25.0 27.02.2008: bei System.Data.OleDb.OleDbCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior behavior) 22:02:25.0 27.02.2008: bei System.Data.OleDb.OleDbCommand.System.Data.IDbCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehav or behavior) 22:02:25.0 27.02.2008: bei System.Data.Common.DbDataAdapter.FillInternal(DataSet dataset, DataTable[] datatables, Int32 startRecord, Int32 maxRecords, String srcTable, IDbCommand command, CommandBehavior behavior) 22:02:25.0 27.02.2008: bei System.Data.Common.DbDataAdapter.Fill(DataTable[] dataTables, Int32 startRecord, Int32 maxRecords, IDbCommand command, CommandBehavior behavior) 22:02:25.1 27.02.2008: bei System.Data.Common.DbDataAdapter.Fill(DataTable dataTable) 22:02:25.1 27.02.2008: bei j.n() 22:02:25.1 27.02.2008: bei l.a(Boolean A_0, String A_1, Boolean A_2) 22:02:25.1 27.02.2008: bei l..ctor() 22:02:25.1 27.02.2008: Closing database connection 22:02:25.1 27.02.2008: GameEx is exiting with errors 22:02:26.9 27.02.2008: ERRORS DETECTED: EXITING How about more debug info? For example the strings of the Database-Commands?

Sorry, no luck: 20:18:46.0 27.02.2008: GameEx: Version 9.13: Starting Log 20:18:46.0 27.02.2008: Operating System Platform: Win32NT 20:18:46.0 27.02.2008: Operating System Name: Windows XP 20:18:46.0 27.02.2008: Operating System Version: 5.1.2600 20:18:46.0 27.02.2008: Checking for versions of .net Framework installed 20:18:46.0 27.02.2008: .net Framework 2.0 Installed 20:18:46.1 27.02.2008: Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 3.40GHz, 2047MB 20:18:46.1 27.02.2008: 3,4Ghz - 2 Cores or CPU's 20:18:46.1 27.02.2008: Running Randomize() 20:18:46.1 27.02.2008: Loading PlugIns 20:18:46.6 27.02.2008: Checking for applications to Launch On Startup 20:18:46.7 27.02.2008: Running Misc startup tasks 20:18:46.7 27.02.2008: Setting Menu types 20:18:46.7 27.02.2008: Opening Configuration File 20:18:46.7 27.02.2008: Getting Configuration Values 20:18:46.8 27.02.2008: Using Theme: Default - Media Center 20:18:46.9 27.02.2008: Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Default - Media Center 20:18:47.0 27.02.2008: Launching HideOS.exe 20:18:47.0 27.02.2008: Initialising Video/MNG DLL's 20:18:47.1 27.02.2008: Hiding Taskbar 20:18:47.2 27.02.2008: Is Media Center running? 20:18:47.2 27.02.2008: Checking/Creating LCD Registry values 20:18:47.2 27.02.2008: Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode 20:18:47.2 27.02.2008: Media Center Mode 2 20:18:47.5 27.02.2008: Video previews on. Warning: Only recommended on modern systems 20:18:47.8 27.02.2008: Snap Delay set to: 2 20:18:47.9 27.02.2008: Get other settings 20:18:48.3 27.02.2008: Reading MAME hall of fame 20:18:48.4 27.02.2008: Set: Find emulator artwork on best match basis 20:18:48.4 27.02.2008: Start work for Form 20:18:48.4 27.02.2008: Getting Original Screen Size 20:18:48.5 27.02.2008: Opening Database Connection 20:18:48.6 27.02.2008: --**-- 20:18:48.6 27.02.2008: Error: Die SELECT-Anweisung schlieÃ?t ein reserviertes Wort oder einen Argumentnamen ein, das/der falsch, mit falscher Zeichensetzung oder überhaupt nicht eingegeben wurde. 20:18:48.7 27.02.2008: bei System.Data.OleDb.OleDbCommand.ExecuteCommandTextForSingleResult(tagDBPARAMS dbParams, Object& executeResult) 20:18:48.7 27.02.2008: bei System.Data.OleDb.OleDbCommand.ExecuteCommandText(Object& executeResult) 20:18:48.7 27.02.2008: bei System.Data.OleDb.OleDbCommand.ExecuteCommand(CommandBehavior behavior, Object& executeResult) 20:18:48.7 27.02.2008: bei System.Data.OleDb.OleDbCommand.ExecuteReaderInternal(CommandBehavior behavior, String method) 20:18:48.7 27.02.2008: bei System.Data.OleDb.OleDbCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior behavior) 20:18:48.7 27.02.2008: bei System.Data.OleDb.OleDbCommand.System.Data.IDbCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehav or behavior) 20:18:48.8 27.02.2008: bei System.Data.Common.DbDataAdapter.FillInternal(DataSet dataset, DataTable[] datatables, Int32 startRecord, Int32 maxRecords, String srcTable, IDbCommand command, CommandBehavior behavior) 20:18:48.8 27.02.2008: bei System.Data.Common.DbDataAdapter.Fill(DataTable[] dataTables, Int32 startRecord, Int32 maxRecords, IDbCommand command, CommandBehavior behavior) 20:18:48.8 27.02.2008: bei System.Data.Common.DbDataAdapter.Fill(DataTable dataTable) 20:18:48.8 27.02.2008: bei j.n() 20:18:48.8 27.02.2008: bei l.a(Boolean A_0, String A_1, Boolean A_2) 20:18:48.8 27.02.2008: bei l..ctor() 20:18:48.8 27.02.2008: Closing database connection 20:18:48.9 27.02.2008: GameEx is exiting with errors 20:18:50.7 27.02.2008: ERRORS DETECTED: EXITING

So, did that help you in any way solving the problem?