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From:	Ben Crain <bcrain AT bellatlantic DOT net>
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Subject:	Re: RHIDE startup error
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Date:	Fri, 30 Mar 2001 12:31:27 GMT
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Andris Pavenis wrote:

> On Fri, 30 Mar 2001, Ben Crain wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > pavenis AT lanet DOT lv wrote:
> >
> > > On 28 Mar 2001, at 14:58, Ben Crain wrote:
> > >
> > > > I have just downloaded zip files recommended on the delorie.com web
> > > > page, unzipped them etc.  I try rhide.exe, and get the error message:
> > > > "RHIDE has detected that the environment variable DJDIR has not been set
> > > > (or not correct)....Read the File README.1st from the DJGPP
> > > > distribution."
> > > > Little problem:  I can find nothing in README.1st about any DJDIR
> > > > environment variable.  It contains info for setting the environment
> > > > variable DJGPP=C:\DJGPP\DJGPP.ENV, which I have done, along with the
> > > > PATH variable, following the Installation Instructions for winNT on the
> > > > DJGPP Zip File Picker Results web page.  (I use Win2000).  go32-v2
> > > > executes from a dos prompt in any directory, as does compilation of a
> > > > c++ program.
> > > >
> > > > So what's with this DJDIR, and why won't RHIDE work?
> > > >
> > >
> > > Try
> > >
> > >         redir -eo rhide -da >output.txt
> > >
> > > simply quit RHIDE after  it starts. After that You can browse output.txt
> > > and look for lines like GetVariable(DJGPP,1) and GetVariable(DJDIR,1)
> > >
> > > Andris
> >
> > ok, then what?  The PATH and DJGPP variables are correctly set, as best I can
> > tell, and djgpp properly compiles my programs.  Why does RHIDE tell me they
> > aren't, and what should I do about it? Just browsing through this file doesn't
> > fix anything!
> >
>
> It may give You some hints about source of problem. I'm not using WIN2000
> so I cannot even guess anything without information complete enough.
> Somebody who tries to use RHIDE on Win2000 should find the problem

>
> Andris
>
> PS. Even if You'll fix it, You'll have different problems with RHIDE which
>     may make it mostly useless under Win2000. Search DJGPP mailing list
>     archive (+rhide +win2000) to get more information

Ok, I'll wait to see if you find anything.  And thanks for making the effort.
BC

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