Hello,...

originally I started running in 2011 the QA tools compiled for windows (bxh_xcede_tools-1.9.9.5-4-win32.zip).  I wanted to update the tools but noticed that there are no more updates for winx64 but something else compiled/running under windows.  I have loaded cygwin to do this but cannot manage to run things correctly.  there are errors while loading shared libraries message.  

Can you include in the tgz file a little setup description on how to set this up correctly?  I have downloaded bxh_xcede_tools-1.10.7-mingw32.i386.tgz

thanks in advance,....

Piotr Wielopolski

>> I'm currently in the process of re-doing the windows builds. You can
>> extract that .tgz file with winzip or other extractors, it should
>> extract similarly to the .zip file you had previously. But a new
>> release should happen soon (with better support for Windows).
>

Hello again Syam,....

Thanks for your quick response...... :)

It would be fine for me to start running with the file that you are supporting currently. It is a lot of work to keep all this current and definitively Linux and Mac is best but definitively not suited in my environment at present.

I did use winrar to create the directory with your latest release a week ago but have encountered memory dumps so went back to the older 2011 version today and that is why I went back again to the forum for consultation.

* What would be the easiest way for me to start running your current version blindly?

* I just do not understand what to do with the mingw32.i386 bundle on my laptop. Maybe need just a minimal idea on what to do to run what you have compiled.

Regards,

Piotr

We have not tested on 64-bit Windows; we don't have any 64-bit windows
installations. But it's quite possible things will work. Please
download the preliminary build of the latest (32-bit) version here:

http://www.biac.duke.edu/home/gadde/bxh_...

It is a zip file, so should work the same as the previous release.
Whatever QA tool you were using before in the previous version, just use
the same-named tool in the new version, and see if it works. Once you've
extracted the .zip file, all the commands should be in the bin
directory. If you have the previous version in your path, you may need
to specify the full path to the new version to test it out, i.e.:

c:\path\to\bxh_xcede_tools-1.11.0alpha-mingw32.i386\bin\fmriqa_generate.pl

The following document has a brief intro to the usage of the QA tools:

https://xwiki.nbirn.org:8443/bin/viewrev...

If you are having trouble with a particular tool, please let me know
exactly the command you are using to run it and what error you are
getting. Thanks!

Dear Syam,...

Thanks once again for compiling the tool with the latest 32 bit version of the QA tools.... I will look into evaluating it during the coming days.... and let you know accordingly if there is a major difference in the execution. Originally, the 32bit version worked on the 32 bit and 64bit machines (the QA computer and my laptop, respectively).  The 32bit QA computer had crashed and well,..  given that the 2011 version had worked fine on my 64bit laptop,.. my guess it that your guess is also fine and it will work the same way..... Just wanted to have a more up to date compilation than the 2011 version. 
 
Thanks for pointing out the QA tool page,.. 

have a nice day... :-)

Piotr

Good morning Syam,....

I have started to use your new compiled alpha version bxh_xcede_tools-1.11.0alpha-mingw32.i386.  Although things have been renamed to .exe and other files are there... the execution is quite different at present than expected ....

1.- Instead of using dicom2bxh.exe (which does not exist anymore, I have to the bat file that defaults to bxhabsorb.exe (as seen below)  

C:\BXHtools\bin>dicom2bxh.bat example_fmri_phantom\*.dcm WRAPPED.xml

C:\BXHtools\bin>"C:\BXHtools\bin\bxhabsorb.exe" example_fmri_phantom\*.dcm WRAPPED.xml
Note: detected wrap-around in slice origins -- assuming 32 images per timepoint.
Added extra dimension: dimnum=3 dimname=t dimsize=100

2.-  However, when running the phantomQA tool I run into problems as it does not encounter an executable...... pgnuplot.exe does exist in the old QA tool but not in the new one....

C:\BXHtools\bin>fmriqa_phantomqa.pl WRAPPED.xml OUTPUTQADIR
Can't find required executable "pgnuplot"!
C:\BXHtools\bin>


What do you suggest as I do not know how to continue further on this?    The QA tool from 2011 provides outputs and completes making the OUTPUTQADIR (with plots and html files)....
 
I have installed cygwin on my laptop but I think it was mentioned that it was not recommended to run it under cygwin....???

thanks in advance...

regards,

Piotr

> Thank you for the detailed report. I will investigate this and
> respond as soon as I can...

Hi. I am also trying to run the fmriqa_generate.pl file and get a similar error: