From: Andrew Cottrell <andnews AT ihug DOT com DOT oz DOT au>
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Subject: Re: a little over whelmed, could use a hand
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In the original email you say:-

> After all that I'm STILL getting:
> On an attempt to Compile "Bad command or file name", "no errors"
> If I try to Run it I get "Program Exit Code: 0 (0x0000)"  and it whurfs...er... crashes
What are you running when you get the "bad command......"? Looks like
a path problem.
What are you trying to run when you get the program exit?

BTW: Do you knopw how to use RHIDE? If not I suggest that you read the
Rhide docs and especially about projects and compiling as these are
probably where the prohblem is.


..SNIP...
>Make sure you use the djgpp's unzip32, or some other unzip that doesn't
>support long file names. If you install with WinNT long file names, C++
>programs won't compile. Another option is to use pkunzip
>instead (see the MS-DOS install instructions) or read the FAQ about the
>NameNumericTail registry key. 
This is wrong!!!!!
On 2K and XP make sure you use a ZIP that DOES support LFN. 
On NT 4.0 make sure you either:-
	a) Use a ZIP program that only support SFN
	b) Use a ZIP program that support LFN and the NT 4.0 LFN tsr

>Rather than edit your autoexec files and/or global environment, you may
>wish to create a djgpp shortcut instead. To do this, create a
>c:\djgpp\djgpp.bat that has lines like this: 
>
>@echo off
>set PATH=c:\djgpp\bin;%PATH%
>set DJGPP=c:\djgpp\djgpp.env
>chdir c:\djgpp\mystuff   (or any other directory) 
>command

On W2K and XP use command.com and not cmd.exe as you will get less
problems with command.com.

Andrew