Re: win32 and win98
- Posted by George Walters <gwalters at sc.rr.com> Aug 01, 2003
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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! > >