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Posted by jimspoon
Apr 19, 2014 at 09:43 PM
Hi Ken,
The download link I gave you is from the eccomagic site - I think that is run by the guy who goes by the name “yoursowelcomethanks” in the “ecco_pro” group. I don’t know why he makes that link so hard to find. I think he offers some ecco-related utilities on his site.
The other group “eccopro” (without the underscore) was taken over by a guy named Frederic Dohmann. He gets people to pay him an annual fee for an “installer”, which is really unnecessary. The group has very little activity, and my advice, stay away from that guy. The folks in the other group “ecco_pro” will give you all the help you might need, and wont try to get money out of you for something they didn’t create.
and by all means download and use the “ecco extension”. It improves Ecco in many ways. I just wish he could crack the limit on the total number of items in a file, which is about 64K.
jim
Posted by Ken
Apr 19, 2014 at 10:58 PM
Thank you both. This is a helpful update. Does the extension need my original disc, or does it contain the last release files of Ecco?
—Ken
Posted by jimspoon
Apr 19, 2014 at 11:14 PM
Ken, the zip file I linked you to contains the files of the last release of the Ecco program from Netmanage. It is better simply to download this zip file, unzip it into a folder, and run it, as opposed to running the original Ecco installation program. The Netmanage installer will search all your disks for an existing installation and this takes a very long time. Plus the zip file fixes a problem with the original default.ect template.
The zip file does not contain the “Ecco Extension”. That is a separate download. To get that, you need to go to the ecco_pro group files area, download that zip file, unzip it, and copy those files into the folder where you put the ecco program files.
you won’t be disappointed!
Posted by jimspoon
Apr 19, 2014 at 11:16 PM
oh, and by the way, after you put the ecco extension files in the ecco program folder - don’t start ecco using the original “ecco32.exe” command - start ecco by running “eccoext.exe” - that’s the way you get the extended version of Ecco rather than the original Ecco. good luck.
Posted by Ken
Apr 20, 2014 at 12:13 AM
jimspoon wrote:
Ken, the zip file I linked you to contains the files of the last release
>of the Ecco program from Netmanage. It is better simply to download
>this zip file, unzip it into a folder, and run it, as opposed to running
>the original Ecco installation program. The Netmanage installer will
>search all your disks for an existing installation and this takes a very
>long time. Plus the zip file fixes a problem with the original
>default.ect template.
>
>The zip file does not contain the “Ecco Extension”. That is a separate
>download. To get that, you need to go to the ecco_pro group files area,
>download that zip file, unzip it, and copy those files into the folder
>where you put the ecco program files.
>
>you won’t be disappointed!
The extra instructions are much appreciated. I am assuming that the program is just as stable and will read old files. And, I am also assuming it will create the alarm and database files in the Windows directory like the original version.
Thanks again,
—Ken