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- From: cambria@smaug.enet.dec.com (Michael C. Cambria)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer
- Subject: Re: Watcom C/386 9.1d and the WorkFrame -> Help!
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.145123.18652@nntpd.lkg.dec.com>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 13:38:42 GMT
- References: <C1DzxK.J6n@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu>
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- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
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- In article <C1DzxK.J6n@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu>, scdrye@napier.uwaterloo.ca (Stephen Drye) writes...
- >Hi!
- >
- >I just got the WorkFrame off of the November PDK, so I've been trying
- >to set up WTC/386 with it.
-
- I only have the 9.1c patches, so keep in mind that our environments
- are different by one patch level.
-
- >I've run into two problems:
- >- When you choose the 386 as your target processor, the compiler options
- >dll passes garbage on the end of the string "/3r" which causes the compile
- >to fail.
-
- First, try using Workframe without modifying the .prf(?) file that
- Watcom supplies. See if that works in any way, shape or form. It's
- been a while, but I had success starting with what Watcom claims to
- work, and customizing from there.
-
- As of 9.1c, the selecting 386 as your target processor doesn't work.
- Use 486. It doesn't break anything (I asked Watcom about this. One
- would assume that it will be fixed someday. Maybe after they are
- finished with their NT effort.)
-
- >- When I try to use the makefile generator, it complains about being
- >unable to open the compiler options dll (error 127), although the dll
- >is in a directory ref'd in my libpath (also, I'm able to use it
- >at all other times). So, I can't generate a makefile.
-
- Makefile is not supported for OS/2 2.x (again according to watcom, at
- the time I asked (OS/2 2.0 GA) an I haven't asked since.)
- (BTW, try finding that written down somewhere!)
-
- To save you some more time, *don't* use wvideo from an OS/2 window
- to debug PM applications. It will hang with a breakpoint inside
- the routine dispatched to by the msg dispatch loop. Use a FULL
- SCREEN OS/2 window. (They know about this too.)
-
-
- You may email Watcom tech support yourself. Their address is:
- tech@watcom.on.ca
-
- I have mail from watcom relating to problems you described. I can
- send it to you if you like.
-
- Since you have the PDK (I have the released version, so again my
- version of WF is different than yours), try using the C/Set compiler.
- At least it has *manuals* related to OS/2.
-
- Good Luck
- /Mike
-