Paul Kitching
Dec 26, 2019
Edited: Dec 26, 2019

Can't get it to compile

Hi Francois, it's good to see the new version out :-)

I tried to run something, but I can't get anything to run. When I press the Run icon, I get an error about Chrome (I use a Chrome -based browser, but will need to change the exe name wherever that is so it runs my browser), and when I try from the command prompt I get this:

"E:/Data/My Documents/AOZ Studio Applications/applications/testaoz/main.aoz/manif

est.hjson:1:1: Error: application manifest not found.


Task failed, no code generated..."

I copied the new manifest, and it's with the main.aoz file.


Those are different examples, as one doesn't compile and I don't give any error messages, and the other creates the HTML, which I can run manually without it launching my Browser for me.

Francois Lionet
Dec 27, 2019

Hey Paul. The first versions had a lot of bugs. Can you try with version 0.9.2?

Paul Kitching
Dec 27, 2019Edited: Dec 28, 2019

I've tried from the command prompt with 0.9.2, but I'm getting the same 'manifest not found' error.


E:\Data\My Documents\AOZ Studio Applications\applications\TestAOZ>"E:\Program Files\AOZ Studio Beta\aoz-x64.exe" main.aoz


AOZ Transpiler Version 0.9.2 - 25/12/2019

By Francois 'Amos' Lionet (c) AOZ Studio 2019

Website: https://aoz.studio

Support the project on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/francoislionet

---------------------------------------------------------------------

main.aoz/manifest.hjson:1:1: Error: application manifest not found.


Task failed, no code generated...


E:\Data\My Documents\AOZ Studio Applications\applications\TestAOZ>dir

Volume in drive E is Main

Volume Serial Number is E877-C471


Directory of E:\Data\My Documents\AOZ Studio Applications\applications\TestAOZ


27/12/2019 11:39 <DIR> .

27/12/2019 11:39 <DIR> ..

26/12/2019 12:57 28,320 files_load.hjson

26/12/2019 09:10 <DIR> html

26/12/2019 09:07 61 main.aoz

21/12/2019 10:07 11,406 manifest.hjson

3 File(s) 39,787 bytes


I uninstalled the previous one, then installed the new one to 'Program Files' instead of the user profile that it defaulted to (I really don't like the idea of installing things to there instead of Program Files), then I tried running the exe from both the exe location and pointing to the application, and also from the application directory pointing to the exe file. Both said it could'n't find the mainfest.


The bit that looks strange to me is this bit: <path>main.aoz/manifest.hjson

It's as though it's looking for the manifest file in a sub-directory called main.aoz


Has everyone else been installing to the Windows profile instead of Program Files?

Chris Grillo
Dec 28, 2019

I too have so many problems. Very few of the programs run... Help 4 , 8 , 11 , 12 , 13 and 14 will stop with an error... here in the images below...

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Truls Osmundsen
Dec 28, 2019Edited: Dec 28, 2019

The images from Chris is the same error codes I get. I wonder if this has something to do not installing the program on the same drive as intended by the installer? #edit No. Installing it in the suggested place doesnt make a difference with the errors.

ising4jesus
Dec 29, 2019

I've been able to get it working in Windows 10 without too much trouble, but some of the demos won't compile. Most of them work. I was also able to get a "Hello World" program to compile, per the example. I'll probably do more testing tomorrow night. The only thing I did differently from the standard installation, was that I changed the folder names with spaces in them, replacing the spaces with underscores. If you want to try and see if that works for you too, you'll need to change the associated environment variables as well. I'm using the F2 & F1 to compile & run. Make sure you click in the source code window before activating the F2 & F1, otherwise they won't work. The run (play) button is working, but the compile button has problems.

Truls Osmundsen
Dec 29, 2019

By lissening to ising4jesus I have got it to work! When installing I removes the spaces in the suggested directory, and when compiling only pressing F2 og then F1 (not using the buttons up in the right corner). I hope others who has problems get it to work this way as well :)

Paul Kitching
Dec 29, 2019Edited: Dec 29, 2019

I think I'll leave it for now. Hopefully the next release will handle spaces (and other locations, if that's a problem, too). I can't be renaming "Program Files" or "My Documents" (where the programs now go), and I hate the idea of installing to somewhere other than Program Files.


Of course if this was an Amiga, I'd just set an 'assign' for aoz: and it would all work!

Francois Lionet
Dec 29, 2019

Hello all. Sorry for the problems. - compile from command line You have to indicate the path to the FOLDER where the manifest is. NOT the path to the .aoz file itself. I will change it so that it works IF the manifest is located just beside the .aoz file, but I cannot do more. I will also make sure you can compile by indicating the path to the manifest, should have done it first thing. So, this will work: aoz-x64 applications/demo This will not work: aoz-x64 applications/demo/main.aoz - F1 and F2 Yes, F1 and F2 are mapped to VsCode tasks that only work if the currently active file is a .aoz file. So make sure to do Ctrl-Tab to activate the file before using them. - spaces in path. I have made sure that all commands I send internally have quotes. And it works here, where I do have spaces in both binaries installation path and applications installation path. Of course, if you use the tool on the command line, you must also put quotes.. So it cannot come from that, or I have forgotten one place.. It is the first thing I will work on starting tomorrow Monday, solve those kind of problems, and will do my best to publish a corrected version tomorrow evening. I know what I will do. All the problems come from the fact that VsCode does not load for a reason the system variables %AOZPATH% and %AOZAPPS% that I create during installation. My solution will be to create a simple INI file with the path in the Windows/System folder during installation, and access it each time I need to run the tools. - demos not compiling. ???!!! They all compiled one day before publication, I must have done on extra modification just before the publication that screwed them... Sorry. Next version will have them all compile. AND I will make a batch to compile them all and test them that I will run before each new version. Please understand that in the rush we did not have much time to test on multiple configurations. If it does not work, just drop it for the moment and wait for the next version. But please don't leave the project! ;)

Paul Kitching
Dec 29, 2019

Thanks, Francois. I've got a bit further.


E:\Data\My Documents\AOZ Studio Applications>"%aozpath%\aoz-x64.exe" .\applications\testaoz\

AOZ Transpiler Version 0.9.2 - 25/12/2019
By Francois 'Amos' Lionet (c) AOZ Studio 2019
Website: https://aoz.studio
Support the project on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/francoislionet
---------------------------------------------------------------------
PATH->E:/Data/My Documents/AOZ Studio Applications/languages
Cannot read property 'length' of null
TypeError: Cannot read property 'length' of null
    at getDirArrayFromTree (C:\snapshot\aoz\compiler\utilities.js:0:0)
    at Object.getDirectoryArrayFromTree (C:\snapshot\aoz\compiler\utilities.js:0:0)
    at compileModules (C:\snapshot\aoz\compiler\aoz.js:0:0)
    at aoz (C:\snapshot\aoz\compiler\aoz.js:0:0)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\snapshot\aoz\compiler\aoz.js:0:0)
    at Module._compile (pkg/prelude/bootstrap.js:1261:22)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:787:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:651:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:591:12)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:583:3)

The above mentions a few places that don't exist:

I do have E:\Program Files\AOZ Studio Beta\languages, but not the one above that's mentioned.

I don't have a c:\snapshot


I'll try the next version, and let you know how it goes.

Francois Lionet
Dec 30, 2019

Thanks Paul... The "snapshot" directory is a temporary directory created by node.js or something like that. But have enough information to debug now... :) If you are OK with it, I will send you a version tonight or tomorrow morning for you to test (and all the people in this thread, I will put a link here only), to make that the version I publish tomorrow work before.


Paul Kitching
Dec 30, 2019

Sounds good. I'm sure I'll be able to try it out once you post the link. I'm off work, so just playing Death Stranding at the moment :-)


Would you recommend an uninstall of AOZ before putting on the new one, or can we just re-install over the top?

Paul Kitching
Dec 31, 2019

I saw the video for 9.2.1. I've just tried it, and I'm getting this:


AOZ Transpiler Version 0.9.2.1 - 31/12/2019
By Francois 'Amos' Lionet (c) AOZ Studio 2019
Website: https://aoz.studio
Support the project on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/francoislionet
---------------------------------------------------------------------
PATH->e:/Program Files/AOZ Studio Beta/languages

Compiling e:/Data/My Documents/AOZ Studio Applications/applications/TestAOZ, emulation: PC, speed: fast.
First pass...
Second pass...
Compiling images...
Compiling sounds...
Cannot read property 'length' of null
TypeError: Cannot read property 'length' of null
    at Object.compileBanks (C:\snapshot\aoz\compiler\banks.js)
    at compile (C:\snapshot\aoz\compiler\aoz.js)
    at aoz (C:\snapshot\aoz\compiler\aoz.js)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\snapshot\aoz\compiler\aoz.js)
    at Module._compile (pkg/prelude/bootstrap.js:1261:22)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:993:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:813:32)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:725:14)
    at Function.Module.runMain (pkg/prelude/bootstrap.js:1316:12)
    at internal/main/run_main_module.js:17:11

I get that when running from a command prompt, or pressing the test and run button.


If I press F2 in the code window, I get:


> Executing task: """E:\Program Files\AOZ Studio Beta/aoz-x64.exe" "e:\Data\My Documents\AOZ Studio Applications\applications\TestAOZ""" <

'""E:\Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
The terminal process terminated with exit code: 1


Paul Kitching
Jan 1

I've created another new application, and that one IS running, so it seems to be my previous code that won't compile.

I re-created the above test (hello world program), and that is now running. Previously it failed until I deleted the application and re-made it.

My other older ones are still failing (same errors as above; c:\snapshot, etc.) even when I made a new app and pasted the code into it.


Francois Lionet
Jan 1

Paul, can you ZIP your applications that do not work and send them to me?

Paul Kitching
Jan 1

@Francois Lionet I've just worked it out. There are two things causing the compile problems:

1) Restore - this gives:

First pass...
main.aoz:18:7: error: message not found crash_error:(pass: 1
undefined is not a function


2) The old ELSE IF problem that started happening again after February last year.

This code:

if pdir$="l"
  expx=ballblock(1,1)-1:expy=ballblock(1,2)
else if pdir$="r"
  expx=ballblock(1,1)+1:expy=ballblock(1,2)
else if pdir$="u"
  expx=ballblock(1,1):expy=ballblock(1,2)-1
else if pdir$="d"
  expx=ballblock(1,1):expy=ballblock(1,2)+1
else
  expx=ballblock(1,1):expy=ballblock(1,2)
end if

Gives:

First pass...
main.aoz:546:19: error: message not found crash_error:(pass: 1
undefined
undefined, , , )
main.aoz:548:19: error: message not found crash_error:(pass: 1
undefined
undefined, , , )
main.aoz:550:19: error: message not found crash_error:(pass: 1
undefined
undefined, , , )

There was a brief moment when else if's worked, then it broke again. I think you said it was a difficult one to fix.

Francois Lionet
Jan 6

Restore: corrected. Else If example too, and actually it was crashing because the array was not dimensioned (you have to do a Dim before using an array), and also the "array not dimensionned" error was not reported, only (too may) syntax errors. All corrected now.


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Truls Osmundsen
Jan 1

Well, my problems has gone away with this update. I installed it on a new computer though, and the problems where back. After uninstall and install again it got better and the only thing not working was the connection to the browser. So I started the browser first, compilet afterwards and then it worked. Really strange, but now I can start making things finally :)

Francois Lionet
Jan 1

The first time you launch an app, it can take a lot of time... I really do not know why...

Paul Kitching
Jan 1

I just got the error on my previously working thing. I had a 'then' on a multi-line 'if'. Once I realised and removed it, it started compiling again, so the problems I'm having are just something that used to compile in a previous version but now should probably be giving an error (or should compile normally), but is giving these other errors instead.

Francois Lionet
Jan 1

Can you post an example of code that does not work? Thanks... :)

Paul Kitching
Jan 1

@Francois Lionet

This works normally:

print "hello World"
a=1
if a=1
print "YES"
end if

but if you accidentally put THEN on the end of the IF statement, you get all the c:\snapshot errors. I'm assuming we shouldn't be getting those at all, and just the syntax error.


First pass...
main.aoz:6:6: error: syntax error
main.aoz:6:6: error: message not found crash_error:(pass: 1
cannot set property 'endifblock' of null
typeerror: cannot set property 'endifblock' of null
    at firstpass (c:\snapshot\aoz\compiler\compiler.js)
    at object.compile (c:\snapshot\aoz\compiler\compiler.js)
    at compile (c:\snapshot\aoz\compiler\aoz.js)
    at aoz (c:\snapshot\aoz\compiler\aoz.js)
    at object.<anonymous> (c:\snapshot\aoz\compiler\aoz.js)
    at module._compile (pkg/prelude/bootstrap.js:1261:22)
    at object.module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:993:10)
    at module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:813:32)
    at function.module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:725:14)
    at function.module.runmain (pkg/prelude/bootstrap.js:1316:12), , , )

Paul Kitching
Jan 2

This was a new one:


AOZ Transpiler Version 0.9.2.1 - 31/12/2019
By Francois 'Amos' Lionet (c) AOZ Studio 2019
Website: https://aoz.studio
Support the project on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/francoislionet
---------------------------------------------------------------------
PATH->e:/Program Files/AOZ Studio Beta/languages

Compiling e:/Data/My Documents/AOZ Studio Applications/applications/Fireworks, emulation: PC, speed: graphics.
First pass...
FATAL ERROR: Ineffective mark-compacts near heap limit Allocation failed - JavaScript heap out of memory

<--- Last few GCs --->

[9132:00000000003FA030]    79178 ms: Mark-sweep 2023.7 (2027.2) -> 2023.7 (2027.7) MB, 2178.1 / 0.0 ms  (+ 40.1 ms in 14 steps since start of marking, biggest step 3.1 ms, walltime since start of marking 2270 ms) (average mu = 0.144, current mu = 0.046) a[9132:00000000003FA030]    80912 ms: Mark-sweep 2026.1 (2029.2) -> 2025.6 (2029.2) MB, 1616.4 / 0.0 ms  (+ 70.7 ms in 11 steps since start of marking, biggest step 38.7 ms, walltime since start of marking 1722 ms) (average mu = 0.097, current mu = 0.027) 

<--- JS stacktrace --->

==== JS stack trace =========================================

    0: ExitFrame [pc: 00000001407701DD]
Security context: 0x03939fd008a1 <JSObject>
    1: /* anonymous */ [0000010DBAD3B741] [C:\snapshot\aoz\compiler\compiler.js:~0] [pc=000002423E905F97](this=0x03484ced6cb9 <information map = 0000017B7094C3C1>,0x0108457004a9 <undefined>)
    2: arguments adaptor frame: 0->1
    3: /* anonymous */ [0000010DBAD3B2E9] [C:\snapshot\aoz\compiler\compiler.js:~0] [pc=000002423E91DC9B](this=0x03484ced6cb9 <inf...


Writing Node.js report to file: report.20200102.192127.9132.0.001.json
Node.js report completed
 1: 000000013F67072F RC4_options+2829999
 2: 000000013F5EDF36 RC4_options+2295478
 3: 000000013F5EEEC6 RC4_options+2299462
 4: 00000001401517BE RC4_options+14237502
 5: 0000000140133121 RC4_options+14112929
 6: 000000013FF7EA7C RC4_options+12325372
 7: 000000013FF8DA20 RC4_options+12386720
 8: 000000013FF89364 RC4_options+12368612
 9: 000000013FF7AC03 RC4_options+12309379
10: 000000013FF78BA4 RC4_options+12301092
11: 000000013FFA7395 RC4_options+12491541
12: 000000013FBE74D9 RC4_options+8559705
13: 00000001407701DD RC4_options+20654429
14: 000002423E905F97

It took over 30 seconds I think and I was becoming worried, as my drive was being hammered, then it aborted with that. I realised I missed a bracket off the end of line 59 of the main.aoz that's included in the zip. It may be helpful to trap that happening in the future.

It might be something to do with a missing bracket and a comment after it, as this is the line (missing bracket in blue):


fwmisc(fireworks,2)=rnd(endtime-(maxlifespan+200))                   ' launch time'

Francois Lionet
Jan 6

Bad one this one. It was looping endlessly. Fixed for v0.9.2.2... :)


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