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Re: Executor 1.99q12 fatal error
Mn Ctr For Philosophy Of Science <mcps@maroon.tc.umn.edu> wrote:
>On 4 Apr 1996, EADEANS wrote:
>> running Aldus SuperPaint 3.5--it happens on startup after reading
>> Preferences and displaying the logo. I don't know if it'll ever work under
>> Executor, but I wanted to let you guys know because I *really* want to run
>> it because for some items it's better than PhotoShop on WinOS2.
>>
>Aha!! I really want to use SuperPaint, too. I just tried V. 2.0. under
>E1.99Q12. It warned me that the app was not 32-bit clean and might not
>work at all...and then went on to work pretty darn good. Until...I tried
>to type text in the draw mode. Then it crashed with the following dump:
>eax=5f80001b ebx=00000000 ecx=00087768 edx=00000000 esi=00000000 edi=00000000
>ebp=001fa95c esp=001fa95c cs=00a7 ds=00af es=00af fs=00ef gs=00cf ss=00af
>Call frame traceback EIPs:
> 0x000b0c8e
> 0x0008d80a
> 0x0008db7b
> 0x000dace2
> 0x000ede64
>I should add, too, that the line width part of the draw palette is
>slightly skewed. Otherwise, it seems to work quite well. I tried it
>again, and was able to type text in the paint mode, and in fact, cut/copy
>that text to the draw mode. But when I tried to type text in draw mode
>again, it created a huge(like, down to the bottom of the page!) rectangular
>text frame, and wouldn't give me a stable cursor. Didn't crash again,
>though, although it looked for a few moments like it wanted to. I thought
>perhaps if I upgraded to 3.x I might be more successful, but now, dunno.
>Any guesses on the prognosis for this app?
>Steve Lelchuk
>Principal Secretary User Services Specialist
>Minnesota Center for Department of Philosophy
> Philosophy of Science University of Minnesota
>mcps@maroon.tc.umn.edu lelch001@maroon.tc.umn.edu
Try running from DOS only (not a Windows DOS box). I've noticed that
some programs crash in a dos box but run fine from strainght dos.
Hope this helps.
G.H.
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