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Microsoft(R) Product Support Services Application Note (Text File)
PW1118: MICROSOFT WIN32S UPGRADE
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Revision Date: 5/95
1 Disk Included
The following information applies to Microsoft Win32s, version 1.25A.
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| INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS DOCUMENT AND ANY SOFTWARE THAT MAY |
| ACCOMPANY THIS DOCUMENT (collectively referred to as an Application |
| Note) IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER |
| EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED |
| WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR |
| PURPOSE. The user assumes the entire risk as to the accuracy and |
| the use of this Application Note. This Application Note may be |
| copied and distributed subject to the following conditions: 1) All |
| text must be copied without modification and all pages must be |
| included; 2) If software is included, all files on the disk(s) |
| must be copied without modification (the MS-DOS(R) utility |
| diskcopy is appropriate for this purpose); 3) All components of |
| this Application Note must be distributed together; and 4) This |
| Application Note may not be distributed for profit. |
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| Copyright (C) 1994-1995 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. |
| Microsoft, MS-DOS, Win32, and Win32s are registered trademarks and |
| Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. |
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Microsoft Win32s version 1.25A is the latest version of the software
that allows you to run Win32-based applications on Windows(TM)
or Windows for Workgroups versions 3.1 and later.
The "Microsoft Win32s Upgrade" Application Note disk contains the file
W32S125.EXE; the file LICENSE.TXT, which has legal information
regarding redistribution of Win32s files [please consult the Win32s
"Programmer's Reference," which is part of the Microsoft Win32
Software Development Kit (SDK), for further information]; and a
README.TXT file, which is the text of this Application Note.
The "Microsoft Win32s Upgrade" does not include OLE support. For OLE
support for Win32-based applications under Win32s, you need the Microsoft
Win32(R) SDK.
The Win32s upgrade is intended as an end-user upgrade and is not
intended for further redistribution.
The following are instructions for installing Win32s.
Decompressing the Setup Program Files
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The Win32s files are provided in a compressed state in the W32S125.EXE
file. This executable file decompresses the setup files for Win32s:
1. Create a directory on your hard drive for the decompressed files.
For example, you could create the directory "INSTALL" by entering
the following at the command prompt:
mkdir install
2. Copy W32S125.EXE to the new INSTALL directory, change directories to
the INSTALL directory, and type the following at the command prompt:
w32s125
This decompresses the Win32s files into an installation layout (setup
program) in the INSTALL directory.
Installing Win32s on Your System
--------------------------------
1. To install Win32s, run Windows and start the File Manager.
2. Open the INSTALL directory (the directory created in step 1 of the
setup instructions above).
3. Double-click SETUP.EXE. The setup program installs Win32s and
reboots the system to update system files.
Win32s is now installed or upgraded on your system, and any
obsolete Win32s files have been removed.
4. Delete the INSTALL directory and its contents.
Additional Information
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BUG: Win32s 1.25a Bug List [win32sdk]
ID: Q130138 CREATED: 11-MAY-1995 MODIFIED: 11-MAY-1995
1.25a
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Win32s, version 1.25a
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The following is a list of the known bugs in Win32s version 1.25 at the
time of its release.
- Incorrect context at EXIT_PROCESS_DEBUG_EVENT.
- Progman gets restored when debugger app exits.
- Using StartDoc() does not produce document from printer.
- EM_GETWORDBREAKPROC return code is incorrect.
- Int 3 cannot be trapped via Structured Exception Handling (SEH) on
Win32s.
- Win32s does not open all files in RAW mode, as Windows NT does.
- Cannot do ReadProcessMemory (RPM) on memory that has a hardware
breakpoint set on it.
- C Run-Time functions getdcwd()/getcwd() do not work.
- GetFullPathName() returns the root directory for any drive that is not
the current drive.
- PlayMetaFileRecord()/EnumMetaFile() contains incorrect lpHTable.
- Size of memory mapped files is rounded to a whole number of pages,
meaning that the size is a multiple of 4096 bytes.
- Functions chdrive() and SetCurrentDirectory() fail on PCNFS network
drives.
- GetExitCodeProcess() does not return exit codes for 16-bit Windows-based
applications.
- Memory passed to Netbios() must be allocated with GlobalAlloc().
- biSizeImage field of BITMAPINFOHEADER is zero.
- CreateFile() on certain invalid long filesnames closes Windows.
- Only the first CBT hook gets messages.
- Most registry functions return the Windows 3.1 return codes, not the
Windows NT return codes.
- GlobalReAlloc(x,y,GMEM_MOVEABLE) returns wrong handle type.
- GetVolumeInformation() fails for Universal Naming Convention (UNC)
root path.
- ResumeThread while debugging writes to debuggee stack.
- GetShortPathName() doesn't fail with a bad path, as it does on
Windows NT.
- CreateDirectory()/RemoveDirectory() handle errors differently than on
Windows NT.
- SetCurrentDirctory() returns different error codes than on Windows NT.
- FindText() leaks memory.
- Win32s doesn't support language files other than default (l_intl.nls).
- spawnl does not pass parameters to an MS-DOS-based application.
- Win32s does not support forwarded exports.
- GetDlgItemInt() only translates numbers <= 32767 (a 16-bit integer).
- Changing system locale in Win32s will not have an effect until Win32s
is loaded again, unlike on Windows NT.
- Module Management APIs missing ANSI to OEM translation.
- When WS_TABSTOP is passed to CreateWindow(), this forces a
WS_MAXIMIZEBOX.
- Stubbed API FindFirstFileW() does not return -1 to indicate failure.
- SearchPath() and OpenFile() don't work properly with OEM chars in the
filename.
- GetSystemInfo() doesn't set correct ProcessorType for the Pentium.
- FormatMessage() doesn't set last error.
- FormatMessage() fails with LANG_NEUTRAL | SUBLANG_DEFAULT, but works
with LANG_ENGLISH | SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US.
- After calling CreateFile() on a write-protected floppy GetLastError()
returns 2, instead of 19, as it should.
- VirtualProtect() with anything other than PAGE_NOACCESS, PAGE_READ, OR
PAGE_READWRITE yields unpredictable page protections.
- COMPAREITEMSTRUCT, DELETEITEMSTRUCT, DRAWITEMSTRUCT, AND
MEASUREITEMSTRUCT incorrectly sign-extend fields.
- GetWindowTextLength() & GetWindowText() incorrectly sign-extend the
return value.
- MoveFile() fails on Windows for Workgroups when the source is remote and
the destination is local.
Additional reference words: 1.25 1.25a
KBCategory: kbprg kbbuglist
KBSubcategory: W32s
FIX: Win32s 1.25a Fix List [win32sdk]
ID: Q130139 CREATED