I'm pretty sure that John was right, that the CD drive letter reference was built into the .EXE. I don't think it was if a drive letter was skipped (on the machine that built the .EXE). I just don't remember all the details as I haven't dealt with a FPW app since 1996. (though I am still working with FPD apps even today)
Fred On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 2:09 PM, John Weller <[email protected]> wrote: > That explains a lot! I always configure my machines to have a system > partition and a data partition, Drive D:. Ob her machine drive D was the > CD > drive. > > Thanks. > > John Weller > 01380 723235 > 07976 393631 > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf > > Of John Harvey > > Sent: 24 June 2011 21:54 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: RE: FPW26 Freezing > > > > When the exe was compiled, it bound that drive into the exe. There is a > fix > > out there somewhere that will remove it. I'm sure someone on the list has > > it. > > > > John > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf > > Of John Weller > > Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 3:45 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: RE: FPW26 Freezing > > > > Hi Malcolm, > > > > I had a FPW26 app which a user transferred to another machine and then > found > > that it would only work if she had a CD in the CD drive - why should that > > be? > > > > John Weller > > 01380 723235 > > 07976 393631 > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [email protected] > > > [mailto:[email protected]] > > On Behalf > > > Of Malcolm Greene > > > Sent: 24 June 2011 19:06 > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: FPW26 Freezing > > > > > > Jeff, > > > > > > Make sure there's formatted physical media in all your CD/DVD drives. > > > > > > Does that make a difference? > > > > > > Malcolm > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
