On Mon, 14 Feb 2000 18:43:57 -0800, Clarence Verge wrote:

> Bernie wrote:

>> BTW: It's obvious that the person that made this ZIP is a UNIX user
>> (probably Linux). Most UNIX zip/tar/gzip-ed files contain the name of the
>> directory in which they should be put. (No free choice there). The
>> incredibly stupid filenames are another sure giveaway - pdf2txt would be a
>> much better name instead of pdftotex. But since the program works (for me
>> atleast) I'm not complaining :-)

> Hi Bernie;

> But WHY does it work for you ?

> The really strange thing here is how many people it DOES work for who
apparantly
> are using either a 32bit DOS extender or a Protected Mode Interface without
> being aware of it.

> Is everyone using DOS in a Window box ??

 The attached file _should_ clear things-up (a little bit anyway)<g>
(report created by WATCH.EXE)

BTW, it also indicates the importance of _all_ files needed by an
"application" being located in the same directory.


--
Glenn McCorkle [EMAIL PROTECTED] North Jackson, Ohio, USA
DOS prog. for QV cameras http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/qvplay.html
Other stuff http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
            Arachne, The Web Browser for DOS
   Open the 'DOOR' to the WWW. Keep the 'windows' closed.
      http://arachne.browser.org/ http://arachne.cz/
$19 Get current drive - (C:)
$3E Close handle 5 - Fail, Invalid handle
$3E Close handle 6 - Fail, Invalid handle
$3E Close handle 7 - Fail, Invalid handle
$3E Close handle 8 - Fail, Invalid handle
$3E Close handle 9 - Fail, Invalid handle
$3E Close handle 10 - Fail, Invalid handle
$3E Close handle 11 - Fail, Invalid handle
$3E Close handle 12 - Fail, Invalid handle
$3E Close handle 13 - Fail, Invalid handle
$3E Close handle 14 - Fail, Invalid handle
$3E Close handle 15 - Fail, Invalid handle
$3E Close handle 16 - Fail, Invalid handle
$3E Close handle 17 - Fail, Invalid handle
$3E Close handle 18 - Fail, Invalid handle
$3E Close handle 19 - Fail, Invalid handle
$4D Get return code
$47 Get current directory - OK, ()
$3D Open file pdftotex - Fail, File not found
$4E Find first file matching C:\xpdfdos\pdftotex.exe - [RHS   ]
$4B Exec program C:\XPDFDOS\PDFTOTEX.EXE
Command line :  \pdf\act9911.pdf \temp\act9911.txt
$30 Get DOS ver. - ( 6.0 )
$3E Close handle 19 - Fail, Invalid handle
$3E Close handle 18 - Fail, Invalid handle
$4B Exec program C:\XPDFDOS\CWSDPMI.EXE
$4B Exec program \CWSDPMI.EXE
$4B Exec program C:\1BATCH\CWSDPMI.EXE
$4B Exec program C:\1COMMON\CWSDPMI.EXE
$30 Get DOS ver. - ( 6.0 )
$3E Close handle 0 - OK
$3E Close handle 1 - OK
$3E Close handle 3 - OK
$3E Close handle 4 - OK
$3D Open file EMMXXXX0 - OK, Handle =  0
$3E Close handle 0 - OK
$3E Close handle 2 - OK
$4D Get return code
$3D Open file C:\XPDFDOS\PDFTOTEX.EXE - OK, Handle =  5
$3C Create/ Truncate file c:\cwsdpmi.swp - [      ] - OK, Handle =  6
$3E Close handle 5 - OK
$30 Get DOS ver. - ( 6.0 )
$19 Get current drive - (C:)
$43 Get file attributes, file = \pdf\act9911.pdf - OK - [     A]
$43 Get file attributes, file = \temp\act9911.txt - Fail, File not found
$3D Open file /.xpdfrc - Fail, Path not found
[ repeated * 1 ]
$3D Open file \pdf\act9911.pdf - OK, Handle =  5
$3D Open file \temp\act9911.txt - Fail, File not found
[ repeated * 1 ]
$3C Create/ Truncate file \temp\act9911.txt - [      ] - OK, Handle =  7
$3E Close handle 7 - OK
$3E Close handle 5 - OK
$3E Close handle 4 - OK
$3E Close handle 3 - OK
$3E Close handle 6 - OK
$41 Delete file c:\cwsdpmi.swp - OK
$4C Exit with return code - ( 0)
$19 Get current drive - (C:)
$3E Close handle 5 - Fail, Invalid handle
$3E Close handle 6 - Fail, Invalid handle
$3E Close handle 7 - Fail, Invalid handle
$3E Close handle 8 - Fail, Invalid handle
$3E Close handle 9 - Fail, Invalid handle
$3E Close handle 10 - Fail, Invalid handle
$3E Close handle 11 - Fail, Invalid handle
$3E Close handle 12 - Fail, Invalid handle
$3E Close handle 13 - Fail, Invalid handle
$3E Close handle 14 - Fail, Invalid handle
$3E Close handle 15 - Fail, Invalid handle
$3E Close handle 16 - Fail, Invalid handle
$3E Close handle 17 - Fail, Invalid handle
$3E Close handle 18 - Fail, Invalid handle
$3E Close handle 19 - Fail, Invalid handle
$4D Get return code
$47 Get current directory - OK, ()

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