From: Radical NetSurfer Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: They do NOT run the same! W95/DOS! Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 08:36:53 -0400 Message-ID: X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 X-No-Archive: yes MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.202.134.189 X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.202.134.189 X-Trace: 27 Jun 2000 08:39:23 -0400, 216.202.134.189 Lines: 37 X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 64.31.79.51 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com PLEASE HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE FOLLOWING: Why is it I find that most things compiled from a Win95 DOS shell appear to work just fine... if allegro is used, the graphics and mouse support is perfect.... do into pure MS-DOS 6.22 and try to run the EXACT same program and you get CORE-DUMPS and the MOUSE will HANG-THE-COMPUTER! How can I be certain that my programs REMAIN DOS FRIENDLY ALL THE TIME. NON of my projects will ever require Win95 !! 1) most heard complaint I am getting: the program hangs. Problem appears to be directly related to whether Allegro MOUSE support is compiled in or not. OBSERVATION:if running from a Win95 DOS-SHELL...theres NO PROBLEM! 2) second heard complaint: trying to generate a list of files in a directory goes well,. but when trying to find_first/find_next the names are either not found, or attempting to strupr/strlrw results retuned by find_first/next causes a CORE-DUMP.... HOWEVER:the file-find_first/next works PERFECTLY if you run from a Win95 DOS-SHELL! what gives? PLEASE: to me this is crucial, I do NOT want Win95/98 to be required for DJGPP / ALLEGRO to function properly! HELP! THANKS! //the Radical NetSurfer Kind of Guy// as always, Email ON THIS TOPIC is MOST WELCOMED radsmail AT juno DOT com http://members.tripod.com/RadSurfer/