Help w/ DOS foxbase app--won't start

[Sam K]

Help. I am trying to get a program written in DOS foxbase about 6-7
years ago to start. It seems to start, but then I get a message that
says "Preparing files ... Please be patient"

Then it drops to a dos prompt. No other messages. I cannot get it to
do anything. The most puzzling part of this is that this program works
fine on an old computer running W98. That computer boots to dos and
then this legacy foxbase ap is used. When I copied all of the files
from that old computer to a new one, it did not work and is doing as I
described above.

I'm not sure this matters, but the new computer is using VirtualPC on
XPPro. The virtualPC boots to dos and only loads w98 when asked.

I duplicated the config.sys and autoexec.bat settings. I cannot think
of anything else.

Any help would be much appreciated.

PS: if you email an answer, use r...@drrws.com as the adr.

Thanks

[Dan Freeman]

That's not a Foxbase message, so you're getting at least far enough in to
have some code running.

Not MUCH help, I know, but it isn't failing because Foxbase isn't running.
Something inside the app is failing.

Is there any sort of error log?

Dan

[Sam K]

Not that I can find.

[R.K.Softwares]

There are following possible cause for this behaviour :

1. Developer has put some kind of lock on hard disk no. etc. so that when
it can't find correct hard disk serial no., it hangs.

If this is the case than you should contact software developer.

2. Index files are corrupt : Try deleting IDX or CDX files and re creating
it.

3. Memory problem : Some times when EMM386 is not loaded than this type of
behaviour can occur.

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[Rob Solomon]

I am a little rusty on the params of EMM386. What is the startup line
for this. Is it in config.sys or autoexec.bat? It's been so long since
I used it.

Thanks for answering

[Bill Browne]

Make sure you copied any hidden (attrib +h) files that might be part of the
app.

Look for obscure files/folders that seem to belong to nothing...they may be
some sort of software key.

Did the original run on a networked PC?. It may be looking for a specific
drive mapping.

Is source code available? That would be the biggest help.

--
Bill Browne
www.edgefinderstudios.com

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[R.K.Softwares]

In config.sys write
device = c:\windows\emm386.exe
dos=high,umb

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