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From: "Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT inti DOT edu DOT ar>
Organization: INTI
To: David Jenkins <me AT jenkinsdavid DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 1997 15:16:34 +0000
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Subject: Re: How to change the "load error : No dpmi Get cwsdpmi*b.z
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David Jenkins <me AT jenkinsdavid DOT demon DOT co DOT uk> wrote:
> In article <m0wttwQ-000S1mC AT inti DOT edu DOT ar>, "Salvador Eduardo Tropea
> (SET)" <salvador AT inti DOT edu DOT ar> writes
> >"Foo Wah" <jgfw AT usa DOT net> wrote:
> >
> >> Whenever I run my own djgpp compiled program without a dpmi server or 
> >> without the file cwsdpmi.exe I get a message "load error : No dpmi Get 
> >> cwsdpmi*b.zip". Is it possible for me to change the message in the source 
> >> code to something else like "DPMI server or CWSDPMI.EXE not found" ?? 
> >> If possible, how ??
> >Just get the sources of the libc (djlsr201.zip) install it and go to the 
> >src/stub directory of the package. The sources are there and the change of this 
> >message is trivial.
> >
> Wouldn't it be possible to just use a Hex editor to alter the text thats
> printed??

Yes if your message is shorter than the original, but if it's longer ...
Having the sources I think is much more easy modify it. I did it to translate 
the messages to spanish ;-)

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