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Date: Mon, 09 Mar 1998 23:34:00 -0600
From: Mark Evans <evans@gte.net>
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Ramon Pereda <rpereda@ringer.cs.utsa.edu>
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I just tried to show off my new VIB Icon program, and it bombed. The
trouble has something to do with the method of bundling the code as a
stand-alone executable. The bundling seems to create a dependance on
one or more hardwired file names.
To reproduce the bug:
Build an Icon VIB program as a stand-alone .exe. Note the drive letter
of the hard drive on which it was built.
Now, take the .exe file to another Windows PC that does not have any
Icon installation. Copy it to a hard drive on the second PC with a
*different* drive letter than the original build. Run the copied .exe
on the second machine, and...
Crash into the console. "Could not find a required file, press any key
to kill program" or words to that effect.
Could someone in the know please try this experiment and figure out a
fix.
Regards -
Mark