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"AFPL ghostscript was not found on your system"
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 12:34 pm
by Michael
Hello,
i have just checked every single thread in this forum about using gs for displaying pdf/eps/ai files in xnview. I have reinstalled gs and xnview several times, i have checked the registry, rebooted my system several times ... with no success. gs is still not recognized by xnview. I can open the files with gs by using "Open with" but i can't preview the files in xnview.
After all the problems with xnview in association with gs I wonder why there is no possibility to point to the location of gs. I'm using gs with ACDSee and it works without any problems.
Any suggestions?
Thank you,
Michael.
Re: "AFPL ghostscript was not found on your system"
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 1:44 pm
by xnview
Michael wrote:Hello,
i have just checked every single thread in this forum about using gs for displaying pdf/eps/ai files in xnview. I have reinstalled gs and xnview several times, i have checked the registry, rebooted my system several times ... with no success. gs is still not recognized by xnview. I can open the files with gs by using "Open with" but i can't preview the files in xnview.
After all the problems with xnview in association with gs I wonder why there is no possibility to point to the location of gs. I'm using gs with ACDSee and it works without any problems.
Any suggestions?
With which version? Is it the AFPL version?
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:59 pm
by Michael
yes, i installed the latest AFPL version
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REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\AFPL Ghostscript]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\AFPL Ghostscript\8.54]
"GS_DLL"="C:\\Programme\\gs\\gs8.54\\bin\\gsdll32.dll"
"GS_LIB"="C:\\Programme\\gs\\gs8.54\\lib;C:\\Programme\\gs\\fonts;C:\\Programme\\gs\\gs8.54\\Resource"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\AFPL Ghostscript\Classes]
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:01 pm
by xnview
Michael wrote:yes, i installed the latest AFPL version
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REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\AFPL Ghostscript]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\AFPL Ghostscript\8.54]
"GS_DLL"="C:\\Programme\\gs\\gs8.54\\bin\\gsdll32.dll"
"GS_LIB"="C:\\Programme\\gs\\gs8.54\\lib;C:\\Programme\\gs\\fonts;C:\\Programme\\gs\\gs8.54\\Resource"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\AFPL Ghostscript\Classes]
And which version of xnView?
Field to state---
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:16 pm
by Clo
—> Pierre

Hello !
• A bit aside the topic, I guess that a field somewhere in the Options could allow to state the GS path…
• A while ago, when I installed XP, I had to install another GS in the new boot-HD, because the one in the old C:\…
was not found, while it was valid and worked quite fine…
- Result : Disk space wasteful…
- Just my 0.02 €…

KR
Claude
Clo
Re: "AFPL ghostscript was not found on your system"
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 7:31 am
by Michael
And which version of xnView?
1.9
Re: "AFPL ghostscript was not found on your system"
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 7:48 am
by xnview
Michael wrote:
And which version of xnView?
1.9
Could you send me the pdf? On which OS? User account?
Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 10:51 am
by tobias
what if I use
GPL 8.56?
Where can I tell xnview the path to look for Ghostscript?
System: XP Prof
xnview 1.90.3 de
GPL Ghsotscript 8.56
User Group: Main User
Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 10:59 am
by Guest
tobias wrote:what if I use
GPL 8.56?
fixed the problem:
Older version of Ghostscript left a registry key intact.
I deleted the old AFPL key and it works now!
perhaps that helps?
try looking in your registry
hkey local machine->software->afpl
and delete this key if using GPL version
TAS:
Re: "AFPL ghostscript was not found on your system"
Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 1:07 pm
by Guest
Hi; I'm having exactly the same problem as Michael: no pdf (no matter the location, path lenght, etc) is viewable in XNView, which returns the dialog box "GhostScript not found".
System:
Windows Vista 64-bit
XNView 1.91 full
AFPL GhostScript v 8.56
Please help ?
Re: "AFPL ghostscript was not found on your system"
Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 1:59 pm
by xnview
Anonymous wrote:Hi; I'm having exactly the same problem as Michael: no pdf (no matter the location, path lenght, etc) is viewable in XNView, which returns the dialog box "GhostScript not found".
System:
Windows Vista 64-bit
XNView 1.91 full
AFPL GhostScript v 8.56
Please help ?
What do you have in 'AFPL Ghostscript' key (registry)?
Re: "AFPL ghostscript was not found on your system"
Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 2:38 pm
by jwalker46
[/quote]What do you have in 'AFPL Ghostscript' key (registry)?[/quote]
HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/GPL Ghostcript/8.56
has three entries:
(Default)
GS_DLL
GS_LIB
all three of type "REG_SZ"
merci pour votre aide.
[OT] Tips
Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 2:59 pm
by Clo

Hello !
• Off topic :
1. Welcome aboard !
2. Please,
untick the box [ ] Désactiver le BB-code dans ce message (
Disable BB-code in that message)
3. There is a French section in that board…;)

Kind regards,
Claude
Clo
Re: "AFPL ghostscript was not found on your system"
Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 8:39 am
by xnview
jwalker46 wrote:What do you have in 'AFPL Ghostscript' key (registry)?
HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/GPL Ghostcript/8.56
has three entries:
(Default)
GS_DLL
GS_LIB
all three of type "REG_SZ"
You don't have HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/GPL Ghostcript/8.56??
Re: "AFPL ghostscript was not found on your system"
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 1:25 pm
by Guest
[/quote]
You don't have HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/GPL Ghostcript/8.56??[/quote]
Yes, my error, the path should be "local_machine" etc, with the entries noted above.