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329375 2005-03-15 02:52:00 Have you tried booting into dos and running the program?

If its real old or Windows wasn't taken into consideration when it was coded then there is no reason to believe it will run correctly within Windows.
Metla (12)
329376 2005-03-15 03:28:00 Yes, it's simplest by far to boot and run in DOS. You might need to make a CONFIG.SYS and an AUTOEXEC.BAT to get the EMM386 set up properly. Depending on the version of DOS that W98 runs under you might be able to us MEMMAKER and get that done automatically. ;) Graham L (2)
329377 2005-03-15 14:57:00 running win98se full version
ok booting into dos is not an option,,need to alt tab back too windows to run other programs...this program did run before...then it started getting the winoldap error..so reinstalled win98 and couldn't get emm386 to load so i need a good line in config to get it too work...ok i tried this: " device=c:\windows\emm386.exe 512 frame=d000 " and got the error " Option Rom or Ram detected within page frame "
now windows still boots up and the dos program runs but get the winoldap error and locks the computer..forces reboot.
i did get a person to give some help and he said:
" The WinOldApps are the DOS boxes your DOS apps use under Windows, change
your Shell call to the DOS apps to
Shell Environ( " comspec " ) & " /c " & " " & <your normal command line> "
and thats when i asked what is he telling me do do...not sure something with changeing the shell call???
TDKER (7470)
329378 2005-03-16 20:33:00 comeon theres got to be a smart dos guru somewhere!
please..n..thankyou :thumbs:
TDKER (7470)
329379 2005-03-16 21:37:00 home.earthlink.net

Why do you need to specify the page frame etc?
Is the program so very specific that it will not run with EMM defaults?
godfather (25)
329380 2005-03-16 21:45:00 The best answer would be to get VMware Workstation ($189) or Microsoft's Virtual PC ($129) and run a REAL copy of DOS on your XP workstation. It's simple and both have at least free 30 day download trials online. If that's too much money, the application may not important enough to fool with!

Shane Cribbs
http://www.southsolutions.com
scribbs (7415)
329381 2005-03-16 22:32:00 thanks for your replys
ok no worries about ems got it going...want to get rid of winoldap error that locks computer now.
still in the dark as to what this guy is telling me to do..do u know?
" The WinOldApps are the DOS boxes your DOS apps use under Windows, change
your Shell call to the DOS apps to
Shell Environ( " comspec " ) & " /c " & " " & <your normal command line> "
TDKER (7470)
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