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c++.dos.32-bits - DOS 32-bit extender program failing to run under Windows XP

reply Emil Maskovsky <mx0 seznam.cz> writes:
I try to build DOS 32-bit extender programs, I'm able to build it (using dmc
-mx), but if I try to run the program, it always fails with the GUI message
box "The ntvdm cpu has encountered an illegal instruction". Maybe I'm missing
something clearly obvious, but I cannot figure how to get it work.

Maybe the problem could be connected with the OPTLINK warning that I always
become:

link
obj\test\Except,obj\test\Except.exe,,cppfw+x32+user32+kernel32/noi/nologo/nomap;
OPTLINK (R) for Win32  Release 8.00.1
Copyright (C) Digital Mars 1989-2004  All rights reserved.
OPTLINK : Warning 148: USE16/USE32 Mismatch : DGROUP

maybe it is because the libs user32+kernel32 are added to the command line,
but I don't know how to get rid of these libs (I don't use the optlink
directly, but through calling dmc, because of different syntax of the optlink
command line which is not compatible with the makefile system I use), even
tried with the option dmc -L/exetype:DOS or DOS4 with no luck (user32+kernel32
still present on the command line and the program is failing).

But I'm able to build and normally run the DOS-16 programs (dmc -mm) without
problems, even when the user32+kernel32 is still present on the optlink
command line
May 07 2009
parent Heinz Saathoff <newshsaat arcor.de> writes:
Hello,

Emil Maskovsky wrote...
 I try to build DOS 32-bit extender programs, I'm able to build it (using dmc
 -mx), but if I try to run the program, it always fails with the GUI message
 box "The ntvdm cpu has encountered an illegal instruction". Maybe I'm missing
 something clearly obvious, but I cannot figure how to get it work.
Try to compile a simple "Hello World" program with dmc. Mybe you get the same error message I get: D:\TEMP>dmc -mx hello.c link cx+hello,hello/noi; OPTLINK (R) for Win32 Release 8.00.1 Copyright (C) Digital Mars 1989-2004 All rights reserved. cx.obj Error 2: File Not Found cx.obj --- errorlevel 1 The CX.OBJ file is missing here. I don't have it in the dm\lib path anymore because I use the external library from http://www.dosextender.com/
 Maybe the problem could be connected with the OPTLINK warning that I always
 become:
 
 link
 obj\test\Except,obj\test\Except.exe,,cppfw+x32+user32+kernel32/noi/nologo/nomap;
 OPTLINK (R) for Win32  Release 8.00.1
 Copyright (C) Digital Mars 1989-2004  All rights reserved.
 OPTLINK : Warning 148: USE16/USE32 Mismatch : DGROUP
 
 maybe it is because the libs user32+kernel32 are added to the command line
X32 and the windows libs user32 and kernel32 should not be mixed. If you use the -mx switch with dmc no windows libs are passed to the linker. If you want to call the linker yourself the line should look like this: link CX+hello,hello.exe,,X32/noi; CX and X32 must be in the found in the dm\lib or in a directory that is specified in the environment variable LIB
 but I don't know how to get rid of these libs (I don't use the optlink
 directly, but through calling dmc, because of different syntax of the optlink
 command line which is not compatible with the makefile system I use), even
 tried with the option dmc -L/exetype:DOS or DOS4 with no luck (user32+kernel32
 still present on the command line and the program is failing).
dmc command line should not add windows libs when the switch -mx is used as memory model switch.
 
 But I'm able to build and normally run the DOS-16 programs (dmc -mm) without
 problems, even when the user32+kernel32 is still present on the optlink
 command line
As long as there is no reference to a symbol in the windows libs they will be ignored. - Heinz
May 12 2009