Crystal Reports, W2k, and a DOS Program

[SUSANVV]

We are running the DOS version of Skyline. Crystal Reports interfaces with Skyline for custom reports. Since upgrading computers to W2k when the Print Preview is about to be shown an error message is displayed that "NTVDM has encountered a system error. The Parameter is incorrect." If you click "Ignore" another message is displayed "Run-Time error '6' overflow" and the report closes as does Crystal Reports. I know that this is a long-shot but I hope someone has an idea to try. We will eventually upgrade to the Windows version of Skyline but for now we need help. TIA.

Sue Van

 

[MColeman]

I found this in my MSDN library:

Error Message:
NTVDM has encountered a System Error

User Action:
The Windows 2000 operating system function that failed will be displayed with the message. Write it down. Then terminate the application and restart it. If you still get this message, contact your technical support group.

 

[synapsevampire]

There are a few known problems that might cause this, check the following link:

http://www.powerbasic.com/support/forums/Forum6/HTML/003789.html

Also DOS boxes have properties, such as buffer size and number of buffers, you might try increasing those as well.

Have you asked Skyline if they run under Win2K?

-k