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TICSPRO-SW: Error in Initializing GUI ConfigFileParser: The first line is not a valid Section. The Encoding format of file reading is System.Text.UTF8Encoding

Jizheng He
Prodigy 10 points
Part Number: TICSPRO-SW
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: LMX2492

Tool/software:

Hi,

I am using a TICSPro_1.7.7.5_23-Jul-2024.exe version of TICS Pro on a Windows 11 Enterprise, 10.0.22631 OS. I was able to use the software three days ago, until today I encountered this problem:

Reinstalling TICS Pro yields the same problem. I am using it for LMX2492.

Best,

Daniel

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    TI__Mastermind 33830 points

    Something in one of the INI files in TICS Pro isn't UTF-8 encoding, and I don't know why. Please check the following files in notepad to determine the encoding - it should be presented in the lower-right - report which files are not UTF-8 (UTF-8-BOM is not UTF-8). Any files which are not UTF-8 should be save-as with encoding = UTF8, this can again be done from notepad.

    Files to check:

    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Texas Instruments\TICS Pro\settings.ini
    • C:\ProgramData\Texas Instruments\TICS Pro\Configurations\TICS Pro.ini
    • C:\ProgramData\Texas Instruments\TICS Pro\Configurations\Devices\PLL\LMX2492\*.ini (all INI files)
    • C:\ProgramData\Texas Instruments\TICS Pro\Configurations\Devices\PLL\LMX2492\LMX2492.tcb (if exists - if doesn't exist, that's fine)
  • 0 in reply to Derek Payne
    Prodigy 10 points

    Hi Derek,

    Thanks for the information. Seems like C:\ProgramData\Texas Instruments\TICS Pro\Configurations\TICS Pro.ini is in ANSI instead of UTF-8 encoding. I converted the file to UTF-8 using Notepad++ and it became blank. Now TICS throws error "Error initializing GUI" without additional information.

    After this I uninstalled TICS Pro and deleted C:\ProgramData\Texas Instruments\TICS Pro directory. Reinstalling TICS Pro worked. Thanks!

    Best,

    Daniel