Re: gnuplot/wgnuplot launch failure on Windows Server 2008

Sorry, I meant version 4.6.7 is the last one that seems to be the last 
one capable of running on Server 2008 SP 2.

Regards,

Christian

On 2/11/2019 9:14 PM, Christian Jacques wrote:
> Thank you for you reply Tait.
>
> Based on your feedback I tested different gnuplot versions (64 bit 
> windows installer flavour)  and 4.6.6 seems to be the last one capable 
> of running on Server 2008 SP 2.  Version 5.0.1 suffered from the same 
> problem as 5.2.6.
>
> I will try 4.6.6 to see if it does what I need.
>
> Regards,
>
> Christian
>
> On 2/11/2019 7:09 PM, Tait wrote:
>> Hi Christian,
>>
>> The RaiseFailFastException function is not supported on Windows
>> Server 2008. Server 2008 R2 is the minimum supported version
>> (see 
>> https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd941688(v=vs.85).aspx),
>> and thus it appears 2008R2 (on the server side, and 7 on the
>> desktop side) is also the minimum supported version for gnuplot.
>> You can probably get by on 2008 with an older version of
>> gnuplot, from back when XP was supported. I don't know off the
>> top of my head what version that would correspond to.
>>
>> Tait
>>
>> Christian Jacques <[email protected]> said (on 2019/02/11):
>>> Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 15:58:53 -0500
>>> From: Christian Jacques <[email protected]>
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Subject: [Gnuplot-info] gnuplot/wgnuplot launch failure on Windows 
>>> Server 2008
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I am new to this mailing list so I apologize in advance if I am not
>>> doing things the way it is expected.
>>>
>>> I am presently happily using gnuplot 5.2.6 on my Windows 7 workstation.
>>> However I need be able to use it on a Windows Server 2008 Service 
>>> Pack 2
>>> machine (same code base as Windows Vista) and I get an error message
>>> whenever I attempt to start gnuplot or wgnuplot:
>>>
>>> "The procedure entry point RaiseFailFastException could not be located
>>> in the dynamic library KERNEL32.DLL"  (see attached screenshot).
>>>
>>> I tried both 32 bit and 64 bit installers, (gp526-win64-mingw_2.exe,
>>> gp526-win32-mingw_2.exe), accepting all default options.  I also
>>> downloaded the 32 bit and 64 bit complete packages
>>> (gp526-win64-mingw.7z, gp526-win32-mingw.7z)  but attempts to start
>>> produced the same results.
>>>
>>> Using the Windows Sysinternals Process Monitor I captured all file
>>> system and registry events from the gnuplot.exe process but that looks
>>> OK to me.
>>>
>>> I am hoping someone can help with this issue.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Christian
>>>
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