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Command-line PNG export broken?
I'm on Windows XP using Mockups Desktop version 1.6.46. I'm trying to export a PNG of a mockup using the command:
No matter how I specify the location of Balsamiq Mockups.exe, the BMML file or the PNG file, it always fails to export a PNG, and the log file always looks like this:
Exporting a PNG from within Balsamiq works fine, and the paths always exist, despite the command-line version thinking they don't.
"Balsamiq Mockups.exe" export outlook.bmml outlook.png
No matter how I specify the location of Balsamiq Mockups.exe, the BMML file or the PNG file, it always fails to export a PNG, and the log file always looks like this:
17:48:00 GMT-0600 === Balsamiq Mockups version 1.6.46 - 11/13/2009 11:18 (Air). Logs for Sat Dec 5 2009 ===
17:48:01 GMT-0600 #APP# onShowLibraryChange: _model.sL:true
17:48:01 GMT-0600 ADDING LIBRARY
17:48:01 GMT-0600 #APP# addLibrary:true
17:48:01 GMT-0600 #APP# onShowLibraryChange: _model.sL:true
17:48:01 GMT-0600 ADDING LIBRARY
17:48:01 GMT-0600 #APP# addLibrary:true
17:48:01 GMT-0600 loading outlook.bmml from disk
17:48:01 GMT-0600 loadFileFromDisk:outlook.bmml
17:48:01 GMT-0600 loadDataIntoMemory:outlook.bmml
17:48:01 GMT-0600 ERROR: could not load:outlook.bmml
17:48:01 GMT-0600 setCurrentPath:?0
17:48:01 GMT-0600 invalid input file: outlook.bmml
Exporting a PNG from within Balsamiq works fine, and the paths always exist, despite the command-line version thinking they don't.
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Inappropriate?Hi Vitorio, try using the full path instead, let me know how it goes!
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this solves the problem
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Inappropriate?Okay, specifying complete paths for both the BMML and the destination PNG seems to work.
However, either of these relative paths make Mockups for Desktop hang:
C:\Documents and Settings\vmiliano\My Documents\bmml\objects>"C:\Program Files\Balsamiq Mockups\Balsamiq Mockups.exe" export "C:\Documents and Settings\vmiliano\My Documents\species\03.bmml" "\test.png"
C:\Documents and Settings\vmiliano\My Documents\bmml\objects>"C:\Program Files\Balsamiq Mockups\Balsamiq Mockups.exe" export "C:\Documents and Settings\vmiliano\My Documents\species\03.bmml" test.png
I have to kill the process in Task Manager before I can run Mockups for Desktop again.
This one makes Mockups for Desktop output a blank white PNG:
C:\Documents and Settings\vmiliano\My Documents\species>"\Program Files\Balsamiq Mockups\Balsamiq Mockups.exe" export 03.bmml "C:\Documents and Settings\vmiliano\My Documents\species\test3.png"
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