The name 'medidata' is used by multitudes of developers (apparently with limited imaginations). If you cannot determine the vendor or author of the software then you are probably not going to get support or further information on the run-time environment requirements. I assume the app is being run in a window under Windows? Have you tried tweaking the dos environment settings for the application? If you look at the properties for the shortcut created under Windows there are a number of settings which may help, e.g. compatibility mode settings (does 98 have that?), or dos display options - sometimes limiting the fonts to bitmap-mode only can make a difference (depending on the type of executable being run). Les Ferguson Business Analyst Medtech Software Ltd Auckland, New Zealand
________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Dr Michael Daly Sent: Thu 2007-01-18 02:46 To: 'General Practice Computing Group Talk' Subject: [GPCG_TALK] Medidata.exe - refuses to start Hello again Does anyone know of 'Medidata'? A colleague who wishes to continue using this 1990's locally developed DOS-based database program has manually transferred all files across to his new computer but is having problems getting it to do what its supposed to do. The installation discs are missing. He does not want to upgrade The program starts in a dos shell, but the DOS screen is mashed up and won't accept input. I tried transferring it to another windows 98 box, but the result was the same. I presume it may be a security / licensing issue, but cannot find relevant entries in regedit Any advice would be appreciated Regards Michael Melbourne
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