# Help using ADL workbench.

**Category:** [Implementers (archive)](https://discourse.openehr.org/c/implementers-archive/158)
**Created:** 2007-04-08 20:57 UTC
**Views:** 3
**Replies:** 3
**URL:** https://discourse.openehr.org/t/help-using-adl-workbench/14643

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## Post #1 by @system

I am lost in the adl\-workbench projects\. Maybe the simplest thing to do
is to provide a binary

I spent some time now in opening Eiffeprojects, Visual Studio projects,
etc, but have problems like, f\.e\. missing classes

Since it is not my primary task at this moment, and my primary task
takes huge lots of times, I would be delighted if I could just get a
running copyu of the most recent ADL\-workbench\.

I did not find a download link on the website, but maybe I overlooked\.

Thanks in advance
Bert

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## Post #2 by @Sam

Hi Bert

[http://svn.openehr.org/ref_impl_eiffel/TRUNK/project_page.htm](http://svn.openehr.org/ref_impl_eiffel/TRUNK/project_page.htm)

There is one icon missing in your environment - Eiffel is bad at coping with this. You can copy an icon in the icon directory and name it as the one that is missing and it should be fine.

Cheers, San

Bert Verhees wrote:

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## Post #3 by @thomas.beale

Sam Heard wrote:
> Hi Bert
>
> http://svn.openehr.org/ref_impl_eiffel/TRUNK/project_page.htm
>
> There is one icon missing in your environment \- Eiffel is bad at
> coping with this\. You can copy an icon in the icon directory and name
> it as the one that is missing and it should be fine\.
>
> Cheers, San
>

missing icons are nothing to do with Eiffel; there is probably just a
bug in our \.msi installer profile, and in our code somewhere\. What is
the problem?

\- thomas

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## Post #4 by @system

Thomas Beale schreef:
> Sam Heard wrote:
>> Hi Bert
>>
>> http://svn.openehr.org/ref_impl_eiffel/TRUNK/project_page.htm
>>
>> There is one icon missing in your environment \- Eiffel is bad at
>> coping with this\. You can copy an icon in the icon directory and name
>> it as the one that is missing and it should be fine\.
>>
>> Cheers, San
>>
>
> missing icons are nothing to do with Eiffel; there is probably just a
> bug in our \.msi installer profile, and in our code somewhere\. What is
> the problem?

The problem is:

When starting/installing \(?\) the workbench, it changes the registry to
connect the \.ADL file\-extension to the workbench\.
This is not the problem\. The problem comes now:

When the workbench is started by doubleclicking a ADL\-file, it gives an
error message, I think this is because, Windows gives the starting
application as startup directory the directory of the ADL\-file, instead
of the directory of the application\.

In this way the error messages comes up that it cannnot find the
icons\-dir\. At least, that is what happens on my Windows\-computer\.

\- \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-
There is a second small problem, not related to this\.
It seems that the workbench forgets the directory where it opened the
last time a ADL\-file, so every time you start the workbench again, you
hae to manually walk to the directory where the ADL\-files live\.
This should not be necessary, because, the Windws\-API which causes the "
File\-Open" dialog has in it the possibility to remember the directory
where it last has been, also when the computer is restarted\.

Both are small problems

Thanks
Bert

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