Hi,
I've recently downloaded Houdini 12.5 and when I want to launch an example file by pressing “Launch” in the help, I always receive an error message whereas I can load them. Anyone else having this issue?

Here is the message displayed in the console :
Error running Python code:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “C:/PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.363/houdini/python2.6libs/loadHelpcardOTLExample.py”, line 8, in <module>
load_example(sys.argv)
File “C:/PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.363/houdini/python2.6libs\houdinihelp\__init__.py”, line 466, in load_example
launch = launch.lower() == “true”
AttributeError: ‘bool’ object has no attribute ‘lower’

I believe this was fixed in a recent Daily Build (make sure you're logged into the forum and choose Download > Daily Builds at the top of this website). Be careful not to download the “red” builds though as those have other problems.

I tried installing the latest daily build for Windows (12.5.363) and I'm still getting the same error. I'll try with the .365 as soon as it will be available. Any other ideas ?

Ah, my mistake, the bug is still open and hasn't been fixed yet. The only way is to use “load” instead of “launch” right now.

Ok, thank's anyway for your help. Hope this gets quickly fixed.

me too！！！

Exception in thread Thread-1:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “C:\PROGRA~1\SIDEEF~1\HOUDIN~1.347\python26\lib\threading.py”, line 525, in __bootstrap_inner
self.run()
File “CPROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.347/houdini/python2.6libs\hou.py”, line 37392, in __threadRun
self.__run()
File “C:\PROGRA~1\SIDEEF~1\HOUDIN~1.347\python26\lib\threading.py”, line 477, in run
self.__target(*self.__args, **self.__kwargs)
File “CPROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.347/houdini/python2.6libs\hdefereval.py”, line 141, in <lambda>
thread = threading.Thread(target=lambda: function(*args, **kwargs))
File “CPROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.347/houdini/python2.6libs\hdefereval.py”, line 161, in thread_code
it.next()
File “CPROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.347/houdini/python2.6libs\sas\localassets.py”, line 238, in check_for_asset_updates
raise e
URLError: <urlopen error getaddrinfo failed>