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- DOSError V2.0
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- This program is not public domain, nor shareware, but what I choose to
- call "USEWARE", meaning that I want people to use it ! Shareware is a
- little painful because you are morally obligated to pay if you use it,
- meaning you would rather use a PD one....so I want you to use it, and
- if you want me to write more, then send money, but DON'T in ANY WAY
- feel obligated. It is not PD, because I hold the copyright over it.
- I've included the source in the release, so that people may learn
- assembly...the best programming language....or so that they may edit
- it to suit themselves, but my name MUST remain somewhere in the program,
- and it may not be used for any commercial or money-gaining venture without
- my written permission. I also take no responsibility for damage done
- with my program or source. If you would like to send $20 to me, I'll
- send you the latest version of DOSError, and a list of my current programs
- written, and you will notified by mail of new programs by me, or updates
- of older programs...so I hope that's worth your while !
-
- DOSError is a neato program I wrote a little while back to help me when
- the stupid DOS yelled something like "DOS ERROR #221" or something
- equally as stupid.....I would then simply type DOSERROR 221 and my neat
- program would output a small message.
-
- Ok, so that was V1.0, and very little has changed. I was a little annoyed
- one time when the error description didn't help one little bit, meaning
- I had to go to the DOS manual, defeating the program's purpose. So, the
- descriptions have been verbosified (?) a bit. Also, to serve the public,
- a request from Gavin Williamson has been fulfilled, DOSError now runs
- from the workbench.
-
- So, using from workbench, you double click the neat icon and up pops a
- CON: window, asking for the argument. You can type ALL to get a full
- list of errors, ? to get a usage message, or the number to get the error
- description.
-
- The ALL descriptions fly off the screen, and its no intention of mine to
- fix this. The only reason I put the ALL command in is to allow you to
- make a DOS Error list of your own by :
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- DOSError >Ram:ErrorList ALL
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- and then you have a file called ErrorList containing all the errors, or
- you could do
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- DOSError >prt: ALL
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- and get a printout of the errors.
-
- From the CLI, you can just type DOSError and enter the argument the same
- way as from the Workbench, or you can enter the argument on the same line
- (this is the way I use it, since I'm a CLI freak....)
- e.g.
- DOSError 121
-
- Will output:
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- DOS Error 121 : FILE NOT OBJECT
- The called file cannot be executed.
-
- and so now its all up to you to copy my program to your c: directory and
- use it when you need it. I've used it many times, but in my recent
- decision to go public with some of my programming, well, here it is !
-
- If you have any problems, demos, suggestions, money, porsches,
- or anything else to send to me, then please do so !!!
-
- Robert Lang
- (EDGEWARE)
- P.O. Box 127
- CARDIFF NSW 2285
- AUSTRALIA
-
- All sensible letters will be answered. Alternatively, you can netmail me
- on Cybertron BBS, I'm the Assistant SYSOP there, so around a lot....
-
- CYBERTRON BBS Ph: 049-602383 (AUSTRALIA)
- FidoNet 3:711/496 Signet: 28:2100/104
-
- Or as a last resort, ring me on 049-508189....but doing a Computer
- Engineering degree at Newcastle Uni keeps me on the move, so I'm hard to
- catch, and please don't expect return calls that are long distance,
- because I just can't afford it....sorry !
-
- Well, to finish, all my programs are dedicated to Suzanne Day,
- my girlfriend, who puts up with a lot of me and computers somehow....
- authors dedicate books, so I'm going to dedicate programs.
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- Please USE it, and let me know what you think !!!!!!!
-
- Robert Lang.
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