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At 11 MAR 2003 01:47:03PM Daniel Rebich wrote:

AREV Specific

Can AREv 3.12 run under Windows XP?

thanks

Daniel

At 11 MAR 2003 02:01PM Don Miller - C3 Inc. wrote:

Yes ..

However, you may have to fiddle a little to get EMS support.

Don M.

At 11 MAR 2003 02:05PM Curt Putnam wrote:

It runs just fine for me - with 2 caveats.

Unable to resize the DOS window. The DOS window drives an LCD monitor that I bought absolutely nuts. Going to return monitor

At 11 MAR 2003 02:21PM Daniel Rebich wrote:

Don,

Thank you. What settings for EMS are you using? I have an XP box w/ 256Mg of memory and ran a program and received an "exceeded 64k limit…out of memory" The same process runs fine on my 95/98 box. Any help would be appreciated.

My current Memory setting are

Conventional - Auto

Initial Environment - Auto

EMS - 4096

XMS - None (Uses HMA is checked)

MS-DOS protected mode (DPMI) - Auto

Thank You…

Daniel

At 12 MAR 2003 12:24AM Daniel Rebich wrote:

Curt,

Can you let me know how you have the properties set on the executable? That is, on the Memory tab what settings do you have set and what are the settings?

I am currently using the following:

Conv.Memory - Auto

Init. Env. - Auto

EMS - 4096

XMS - None w/ HMA box checked

DPM Memory - Auto

The command line is as follows: \AREV.exe NAME /X /M4096

The XP box is 2.4Ghz w/ 256Mg of Ram, etc.

Thanks

Daniel

At 12 MAR 2003 08:54AM Don Miller - C3 Inc. wrote:

You need to make sure of the size of your DOS process window. Go to a Command prompt and type MEM /C/P (to pause the display). You need at least 570K conventional memory available and EMS enabled.

I also run the program in it's own memory space. Make sure that the Exclusive box is NOT checked and the Suspend box is NOT checked (otherwise background processing won't happen if AREV is swapped out).

I also uncheck the Screen Saver and PrtScr items. You may have to fiddle the Idle Sensitivity slider until things run right.

Don M.

At 12 MAR 2003 12:25PM Daniel Rebich wrote:

Don,

Thanks for the information. I am still having problems editing a program and then opening a TCL command line and using the PAINT utility. I receive the "not enough string space…out of memory error." Here is a screen print of the memory config; it appears to be okay. There is over 600k in conventional memory. Thank You for your time.

C:\Documents and Settings\daniel]MEM /C

Conventional Memory :
Name                Size in Decimal       Size in Hex
————- ——————— ————-
MSDOS              11968      ( 11.7K)       2EC0
KBD                 3296      (  3.2K)        CE0
HIMEM               1248      (  1.2K)        4E0
COMMAND             3696      (  3.6K)        E70
DOSX               34720      ( 33.9K)       87A0
FREE                 112      (  0.1K)         70
FREE              600128      (586.1K)      92840
Total FREE : 600240 (586.2K)

Upper Memory :
Name                Size in Decimal       Size in Hex
————- ——————— ————-
SYSTEM            212976      (208.0K)      33FF0
DOSX                 128      (  0.1K)         80
MOUSE              12528      ( 12.2K)       30F0
MSCDEXNT             464      (  0.5K)        1D0
REDIR               2672      (  2.6K)        A70
FREE                 896      (  0.9K)        380
FREE               32352      ( 31.6K)       7E60
Total FREE : 33248 ( 32.5K)

Total bytes available to programs (Conventional+Upper) : 633488 (618.6K)

Largest executable program size : 599200 (585.2K)

Largest available upper memory block : 32352 ( 31.6K)
 1048576 bytes total contiguous extended memory
       0 bytes available contiguous extended memory
  941056 bytes available XMS memory
         MS-DOS resident in High Memory Area
There is also a compatibility tab in the properties of the executable. Should AREV run compatible with some other operating system?

Thank You

Daniel

At 12 MAR 2003 01:31PM Don Miller - C3 Inc. wrote:

I note that you don't have any EMS memory, just XMS which can't be used by AREV. Therefore the /XM4096 parameter in the command line has no effect. You should also check your CONFIG.NT to make sure it has sufficient file handles (I use 200). Sometimes running AREV in compatibility mode (Win98) helps, although not having EMS can cause an out of memory condition if you're attaching large subdirectory structures.

Don M.

At 12 MAR 2003 01:48PM Daniel Rebich wrote:

Don,

Thank you. In your previosu response you mentioned turning EMS on. Everything I've seen for XP tells me that it does not use EMS. How did you turn it on for your PC?

Daniel

At 13 MAR 2003 03:36PM Kevin C Vanmiddlesworth wrote:

Daniel,

In the config.nt file:

EMM=RAM

Worked for me. In fact I find that after Installing my Novel client with the 'IPX only' method in custom install, It works just as well as 95/98.

Hope this helps.

At 13 MAR 2003 04:24PM Daniel Rebich wrote:

Kevin,

Thank You. I have done that, however, I am still receiving the error message…"PAINTFILE Line 1 B28Not enough string space - Out of Memory"

Line 1 RTP18 broke because of a runtime error

Is it possible that the hardware of this PC just won't support EMS?

thank you

Daniel

At 14 MAR 2003 01:56PM Kevin C Vanmiddlesworth wrote:

As a matter of fact it is possible. I could not EMS to work on a Dell notebook running XP pro. No matter what I tried, same result. A further suggestion: try running 'EMM386 auto' from a dos prompt. Thus will confirm whether EMM will work at all or not. Sorry I could not be of any real help.

Good luck

Kevinv@chsamerica.com

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