Windows XP + UKAW

[Martin Foster]

On the 03.12.05 at 00:52, Michael Heydekamp <my-news at freexp.de> wrote:

> Martin Foster <martin at bitzbox.org> 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
> <9FtNwCQppwB at my.freexp.de> or at: http://www.mail-archive.com/support-l
> ist at freexp.de/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

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