dBase IV ver. 1.5 Runtime problems

[aprildsi]

Hi,
I wrote and manage a warehouse application and also a order tracking/production control app that we use here at work. I have in the past distributed a generic version of the warehouse app using Runtime and I want to do that again for a friend of mine.

I'm currently running Win98. To make sure I had all the required files included, I installed runtime to a folder and added the warehouse app files. My problem is that when I try to run the app (mainmenu.dbo) with Runtime I get the error message "File does not exist: mainmenu.dbo" The app file needs to be in the same folder as the runtime files and it is.

I'm not sure if this is a Win98 problem, a Runtime problem, or a problem with the app (it works fine when I use dBase to run it). Any suggestions?

Thanks,
April

 

[tviman]

When you built the original app, by chance did you explicity call any file using the absolute path to the file? (c:\folder\appfile.name) If so, then there is your problem - and solution.

There's always a better way...

 

[aprildsi]

tviman,

Well, I went back and checked - no calling of any files by path, I even re-compiled mainmenu.prg after I manually "set path to" and I still get the message "File does not exist mainmenu.dbo". Runtime will run the file dbruncmd.dbo by default so I wrote dbruncmd with the single comand "do mainmenu" and if I start Runtime and let it run that dbo by default, I get the Runtime title screen and then Runtime finishes so I get the DOS message " *** END RUN RunTime " I even rewrote dbruncmd to be just a simple stand alone program (clear the screen, wait for any key press) and I get the same thing - Runtime finishes with out seeming to execute the program.

I was leaning more towards a conflict with Runtime and Windows 98, but I've also tried the same things on a machine in the building running Windows 95.

Any other suggestions?

April

 

[max7mustermann]

1) You can set a PATH in AUTOEXEC.BAT to the directory with RUNTIME.EXE (SET PATH=%PATH%;<runtime-dir>).
An .EXE file will be found on the PATH, a .DBO file will be not.
2) Check the CONFIG.DB in your DBASE directory. Is there a PATH statement? If yes, copy the CONFIG.DB to the RUNTIME directory.
3) Why not put all program files in one directory? There are only 4 files of the RUNTIME environment.

 

[dbsam1]

You can compile the code if you get dBASE V1.0 for DOS compiler - the compiler comes with dBASE IV Version 5.0

This will help...