From:	"Nate Gaida" <ngaida AT jasc DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	dos memory fun
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Date:	Wed, 10 Jan 2001 17:12:30 -0600
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To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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Ok, here's my problem:

Wrote a program, complied with djgpp, works fine.  (ran into that whole
win2000 crash thing.  ick)

Program is targeted to run in a DOS only environment, using the standard
CWSDPMI.

Anyway, I need to launch a program, and once i've launched that, I'm done.
problem is, i run into
"CauseWay error 12 : Not enough memory to load application" which is a DOS
error.

Now, this error is a result of there being only about 430K left below 640K
while my program is running.  The program I need to call requires around
600K free.  Runs fine without my program running, but errors when called
from inside my program.

Running this situation in a DOS box under Win95 works fine, but that won't
work for the end result.

Now, am I just screwed or is there memory management tricks I can use to
make this work?
I'm very un-familiar with memory management from a programming standpoint,
but a few tips (if this is even possible) should point me in the right
direction.

Thanks!
Nate Gaida

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