Run-time error 6? Options

[sgdavis]

I have received a couple of reports from users that they will see a Run-time error 6 when trying to replace rolling stock using Activity Master. I have never seen this error or caused it to occur. However I've seen it on other people's machines, and it is nearly always caused by a file or file structure error in the user's \TRAINSET folder. Our suggestion is to run Conbuilder or RouteRiter, both excellent and in my opinion "Must have" utilities, to check all the rolling stock files first, before using Activity Master to replace.

I will continue to try and hunt down this elusive run-time error and come up with a better way for Activity Master to dea with it or a better more informative error message, however so far every time I have seen this it has been curable by using Route Riter or ConBuilder.

Some users have reported this on only one route. In that case it's generally because the user is using TrainStore (which I use and also highly recommend), and, when the rolling stock giving the problems is "stored" (because the route is stored) then the problems go away, and when that rolling stock is unstored the problems appear.

If you DO get this error please post to this forum, I want to track it down. I'll want to know what route and what activity you were working on.

Thanks,

Steve

[highdesertdave2]

I have received a couple of reports from users that they will see a Run-time error 6 when trying to replace rolling stock using Activity Master. I have never seen this error or caused it to occur. However I've seen it on other people's machines, and it is nearly always caused by a file or file structure error in the user's \TRAINSET folder. Our suggestion is to run Conbuilder or RouteRiter, both excellent and in my opinion "Must have" utilities, to check all the rolling stock files first, before using Activity Master to replace.

I will continue to try and hunt down this elusive run-time error and come up with a better way for Activity Master to dea with it or a better more informative error message, however so far every time I have seen this it has been curable by using Route Riter or ConBuilder.

Some users have reported this on only one route. In that case it's generally because the user is using TrainStore (which I use and also highly recommend), and, when the rolling stock giving the problems is "stored" (because the route is stored) then the problems go away, and when that rolling stock is unstored the problems appear.

If you DO get this error please post to this forum, I want to track it down. I'll want to know what route and what activity you were working on.

Thanks,

Steve

Hi Steve,

I'm having a problem with AM it wouldn't let change out the rolling in an act. Keeps giving me Run-time error 6 overflow and shuts down.

The act. is MT Intermodal, it is part of V3actpk1 which is in the TS. library.

I had problems moving the consists,act,paths,services and traffic into the TS. XP kept saying there was something wrong with the compressed file. Then I got a error something wrong with a car or engine no. when using AM.

After I idenified a couple of car types and replace them AM wouldn't let change anything after that just kept giving me the run 6 thing. Something real funny, it kept losing the shape viewer every time I use it from then on.

I went into AE and found a service consist that was missing it's two engines which btw AE said it couldn't read. I fixed that and that took care of the error messsages and I can run the act. okay.

But AM still wouldn't let me in to change anything still get the run 6. but the shape viewer is lit back up now.

This act. is for the FBL. Hope you can find the problem. Dave