Re: win32 and win98

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I'm running IE 6.0.28.00 however I do use an older version of Outlook
Express (6.0) rather that office 2000 or xp. It is interesting that my
laptop does not have this problem.

george
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonas Temple" <jtemple at yhti.net>
To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
Subject: RE: win32 and win98


>
>
> George,
>
> When you mentioned that MS software is also getting hosed up, that made
> me think, and maybe you've been asked this question before in relation
> to this problem:
>
> - What version of IE do you have installed on your Win98 machine?  I
> remember having similar issues (although it's been a while) on Win98 and
> upgraded my IE and they went away.  I'm also using Win32lib 59.1 on a
> Win98 machine and have not run into any problems.  I'm using IE version
> 5.50.
> - If you're on a recent version of IE and you still have the problems
> then it could be that some other piece of software installed an older
> version of one of the system .dlls.  If all else fails...reinstall Win98
> and then try your EU programs before you put anything else on.
>
> HTH,
>
> Jonas
> George Walters wrote:
> >
> >
> > The programs are mostly launched from Medit (the one written in EU). I'm
> > not
> > using the IDE of Judith's. The programs are somewhat large, about 20
> > pages
> > w/o includes. I can't reproduce it repeatedly. I'm working all day and I
> > notice it about 3 to 4 times and then only when I check email or do
> > something different do I notice the corruption. Express flat tool bar
> > can
> > get dorked as well as MS start > programs. etc. MS explorer has also had
> > it's tool bar messed up. I will also say that I worked 3 days solid on
> > an XP
> > laptop w/o a single incident using the identical programs and
> > development
> > tools..... the apps are crashing and quite frequently as I write and
> > debug.
> > If you want one of these programs I'll try to package it up and send it
> > with
> > data and includes....let me know..
> >
> > thanks
> > george
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Derek Parnell" <ddparnell at bigpond.com>
> > To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 7:07 PM
> > Subject: Re: win32 and win98
> >
> >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "George Walters" <gwalters at sc.rr.com>
> > > To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
> > > Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 1:32 AM
> > > Subject: win32 and win98
> > >
> > >
> > > > I continue to have my desktop and other windows displays (i.e.
express,
> > > > explorer) being corrupted while developing programs using win32 59.1
and
> > EU
> > > > 2.3. It's a known problem and Derek hasn't been able to fix it
because
> > he
> > > > doesen't know what's causing it and can't reproduce it. I have to
reboot
> > to
> > > > fix it about 3 times a day. The problem doesen't corrupt any thing
> > > > seriously. A reboot has always returned things to normal.
> > > >
> > > > Anybody else seen this that could give Derek, etal. a hint on where
to
> > look?
> > > >
> > >
> > > Does this happen with apps NOT written with the IDE? Does it happen
only
> > when you launch apps from the IDE? Does it happen when apps crash but
> > not
> > when they complete normally?
> > >
> > > I ask these questions because this is my experience so far.
> > >
> > > Win32lib apps that I run that finish normally and are not launched
from
> > the IDE seem to be fine. I'd love an example code that shows otherwise.
> > Its
> > too hard to debug without being able to easily reproduce the problem.
> > >
> > > My gut feel is that when a program crashes, sometimes some system-used
> > fonts are not restored. Also, I'm not sure that the direct API work in
> > the
> > IDE is not causing a resource issue.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Derek
> > >
> > >
> > > TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE!
> > >
> > >
>
>
> TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE!
>
>

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