Workaround for RTB 1.1.1 crashing

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pirata
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Workaround for RTB 1.1.1 crashing

Post by pirata »

Hi all,

Seeing that many people have problems with RTB crashing, depending on foreign characters or not, I'd like to contribute a workaround that solved the issue for me.

I'm using RTB, too, and it crashes on me frequently (a few times per day). I'm running the station at http://pirata.biz/ and in order to keep the logging I am now using this little utility:

KeepAlive from Heimskringla.com found at http://heimskringla.com/software/keepalive/

It works like this: It keeps an eye out for a window being open and if that window disappears, it will start the other application again. You have to provide the class name for RTB which is:
"Radio Toolbox v1.x".

You must have the RTB window on the desktop for this to work (it cannot be minimized).

In my case, I put the keepalive.exe file in the same directory as where RTB is, so my commandline which I keep as target in a shortcut is like this:

"C:\Program Files\Radio Toolbox\keepalive.exe" Radio Toolbox v1.x / C:\Program Files\Radio Toolbox\rtb.exe / 10

which means that KeepAlive is checking for RTB every 10 seconds, and if it's not there, it will be started again.

Hope this helps anyone! :D

Captain Nilsson
Captain Nilsson
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Radio Pirata Managua Nicaragua
kauzey
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Re: Workaround for RTB 1.1.1 crashing

Post by kauzey »

I made this application because my Radio Toolbox kept crashing and I couldn't find anything on google to restart it automaticaly for me! Its very simple, it uses a Configuration file for your Radio Toolbox installation path. RadioTB does not have to be visible! It can be minimized in the system tray and the application will still know if it is running or not.
This is what the application does:

Hotkeys: To pause the application from checking press your [Pause/Break] Key
Hotkeys: To close the application press [END] Key.

1.Checks if you have a configuration file.
2.If you dont, it will ask you for the Radio Toolbox EXE location.
3.It will create the Configuration file and exit the application and ask you to start it again.
4.When started the application checks if process rtb.exe is open and running.
5. If its not running, it will launch the Radio Toolbox for you!

Please note: Radio TOolbox must be installed in the C:\ drive in order for the program to work (because im still noob at programing)

This application does not have a user interface! It runs on the Taskbar next to your clock!
Application was written in AutoIt. The source is included in the .rar file. You need WinRar to extract this.

http://www.mediafire.com/?z5hkjjzw0kt
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