On the 03.12.05 at 00:52, Michael Heydekamp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Martin Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 02.12.05: >> On 02/12/2005 21:36, Michael Heydekamp wrote: [..] >> Please tell me what is the correct method of calling E-AGENT.EXE from >> UKAW.BAT under WinXP. > I would have thought it should be the same as under Win9x... Yep. >> I ask because I feel that this is where my problem lies as I don't yet >> understand how WinXP handles this sort of stuff. > As a first suggestion please tick the last two checkboxes under C/X/S > and see if FreeXP passes the correct command to WinXP. Yes, it does. > As a second suggestion please try to invoke E-AGENT.EXE directly rather > than via UKAW.BAT (change D/S/E/C/Client_call to "E-AGENT.EXE > $CONFIG"). Done that but it made no difference. > As a third suggestion please rename UKAW.BAT to UKAW.CMD (and change > the relevant entry under D/S/E/C/Client_call). That made no difference either. > Ehhmm - which FreeXP version are you using, BTW? RC4 > There is a problem with RC4 and UKAW because UKAW opens XP.EXE in R/W > mode. This doesn't work anymore as the former XP.OVR is now an integral > part of XP.EXE. Ah, aha! > There is an RC5 test version available (same as RC4 but XP.EXE and > XP.OVR reside as two different files again). See: > ftp://ftp.freexp.de/freexp/test/FXPOVR.ZIP OK, got it now and ..... > But this shouldn't be the problem in your case as you would get > different results then (UKAW would complain about a wrong XP version). ..... that was the problem. UKAW is now working perfectly again - Pheeeeeeew! ;-) > How exactly are you launching FreeXP? Some while ago I posted a first > attempt of a FAQ with a lot of detailed hints how to install/launch > 16bit CrossPoint versions under WinXP. Probably you should also follow > these hints (but they're in German, of course). Should you need any > help, please ask. > The FAQ is available in this group under the MsgID > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or at: http://www.mail-archive.com/support-l > [EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg01364.html Thanks for that and I'll have a look at it later. The main thing is that UKAW is working again. > Please revert and HTH, Yes it does and many thanks indeed for your help :-)) -- Martin --------------------------- FreeXP English Support Site http://www.freexp.co.uk ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FreeXP Support-Mailingliste [email protected] http://www.freexp.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support-list
