Invalid win32 Application in Windows2000

[Mike Trader]

Hi guys,


I proudly shipped my latest and greatest only to have the user tell me under win2000 he gets the error message:


Myapp.exe "is not a valid Win32 Application!"


Where do i start?

PS testing the code HTML instruction

FUNCTION PBMAIN
LOCAL TmpAsciiz AS ASCIIZ*255
CALL GETMODULEFILENAME(BYVAL 0&, TmpAsciiz, SIZEOF(TmpAsciiz))
CHDIR LEFT$(TmpAsciiz, INSTR(-1, TmpAsciiz, "\")) ' Change Directory to the one this app resides in
    AppName = " Convert"
    DIALOG NEW 0 , "", , , 200, 100, %WS_POPUP OR %WS_DLGFRAME TO sDlg ' Splash Screen
    DIALOG SHOW MODELESS sDlg CALL SplashScreen
    SLEEP 500
        Wdth = 110 : Hght = 190 : BtnW = 90 : BtnH = 14   : BtnS = Wdth/2-BtnW/2 : FrmS = 4 : FrmW = Wdth-2*FrmS 
        TxtH = 12  : TxtS = 10  : TxtW = Wdth-TxtS-FrmS-2 : Disp = 104 
        DIALOG NEW 0,                       "          Convert Data",   100,      60,  Wdth,  Hght, 0 TO hDlg
        DRAGACCEPTFILES       hDlg, %True 'Registers window to accept dropped files.  
        CONTROL ADD COMBOBOX, hDlg,  99,

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Kind Regards
Mike

[This message has been edited by Mike Trader (edited July 01, 2001).]

[Eric Pearson]

Mike --

> PS testing the code HTML instruction

Click your message's "Edit/Delete Message" icon and change \code to /code.

-- Eric

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[Nathan Evans]

Have you tried compiling it on a Win2k system?

-Nathan.

[Semen Matusovski]

Nathan --
> Have you tried compiling it on a Win2k system?
Guess, that this code is not possible to compile on any system

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[Eric Pearson]

Nathan --

I am 99.44% certain that compiling under Windows 2000 would make no difference at all. I am not aware that anybody, anywhere has ever reported a problem that was caused by compiling a PB/CC or PB/DLL program under a certain version of Windows. (I suppose compling with a buggy version of Windows -- or a buggy Windows service pack -- could cause a problem, but the resulting EXE or DLL almost certainly fail to operate on all versions of Windows, not just 2000.)

-- Eric

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[This message has been edited by Eric Pearson (edited July 01, 2001).]

[Mike Trader]

Thx Eric,
I wondered how you guys got the code to tab out in your postings


Now, How do get it to retain the tabs when you copy and paste it into PBEdit?

Nathan,
I dont have Win2k. I thought the compiler compiled 32bit clean code that would run on win 98x / win2k / winNT. Am i wrong?

I have win89SE on a 400Mhz e-machines box. Runs perfectly here.


I dont know where to start with this. I have quite a few API calls in my program for things like a progress bar, Drag and Drop, open dialog etc. Do I need a new version of "WIN32API.INC" or "Comdlg32.INC" or something?


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Kind Regards
Mike

[This message has been edited by Mike Trader (edited July 01, 2001).]

[Nathan Evans]

Sorry, just a spur of the moment type of thought.

[Fred Oxenby]

Mike, You start your trubleshooting by asking your customer to
return the exe file to you for investigation.
Because I am 100,01% sure you have sent him the wrong file.....


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[Semen Matusovski]

Some mail clients like to insert additional symbols (CRLF, for example).
If I am not sure that another side has Outlook Express, I attach files as zip only.


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[Sven Blumenstein]

I have a little Programm, which changes the PE Header to make a PE Executable Win2K-compatible. Send me a E-Mail and I mail it to you (but I think, compiling on a Win2K machine would be the best solution).

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[This message has been edited by Sven Blumenstein (edited July 01, 2001).]

[Michael Meeks]

Ok guys, I'll probably get stomp'd on!

(I get different symptoms for different situations in win2k)

Windows2000 has always'd caused me problems with PowerBasic!
I won't go into any extreme details, but let's just say that
I have to reboot just about every hour or so, when using
PowerBasic with Win2k! TaskManger is the only way out without
restarting... Since PB autosaves before compilation, my source
is never effected! Sometimes when running the stand-alone exe,
after compiling, the program GPF's, or some other symptoms that
show that your program has gone hay-wire!

Although, I haven't found why or the reasons, I do know that
when I first purchased this 1.4Ghz (Dell) about 2 months ago,
that PowerBasic worked fine! It was the only program on the
new computer. However, since that time, Visual Studio, Delphi
5 & 6, Java Compilers etc...the list goes on. About 30GB worth,
with (3x40Gb) HD's.

So, at the moment (reinstalling is not an option)! Too many
activations (controls) and hassels! :rolleys:

My solution: I install System-Commander Deluxe, Install Win98 as
a second o/s and use it solely for PowerBasic on the same (DELL).
All programs I have created with Win98 work perfectly on Win2k
without any problems! This was my solution!

So, there's something adrift in the Win2k O/S! And service pack
2 didn't help any!

Later
MWM


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mwm

[Steve Hutchesson]

That has the sniff of yet another Microsoft messup, I still use
win95b and get other people to test for me on later versions.

There are a few minor differences with code that runs on NT4/win2k
with things like return values in dialog procs but I have found
that PowerBASIC EXE files generally have no problems running on
any version, as long as the API calls in the code are available
in the OS version being run.

Regards,

[email protected]

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[Fred Oxenby]

Guys, correct me if I am wrong!
I think this thread is about a guy, who has a program, compiled on
a WIN/9x-system witch run OK on Win/9x systems.
ONE USER (or THE USER) says it does not run on WIN/2K
The best thing to do, is to get the file back from the user and
find out if the file still runs OK on Win/9x systems.
Mike dosent say how his "shipping" is done, but I am sure he tested
his application before shipment



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[jcfuller]

Michael,
I use Win2K for all my PBDLL/CC work and have never had a problem, altough
I use my PBWinADP for an IDE.
I get GPF's all the time when I write bad code but it has never brought Win2K down.

James




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[Borje Hagsten]

Most likely, file is trashed. Send new file. Not sure if eventual
OPTION.. metastatement can have anything to do with it, but should
not. If eventual dependency file is missing/old/wrong, there should
be another message..?

Otherwise - should be enough to see Declares section and PBMAIN
to see why this happens, since it must be at startup sequence.


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[Guest]

Could it be that a DLL was created with a .EXE extension?
Do what Fred recommended...

[Bern Ertl]

mike,

now, how do get it to retain the tabs when you copy and paste it into pbedit?

either edit the message containing the code before copying, or
check out semen's utility:
http://www.powerbasic.com/support/pb...ad.php?t=22962




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bernard ertl

[Lance Edmonds]

There is no real need to get carried away - the "problem" only affects IE users, and the solution is simple:

When you want to copy/paste from a BBS message into PBEDIT, just click the EDIT MESSAGE button in the header of the target message, and highlight/copy the code from the edit window. Finally, paste that into PBEDIT/CCEDIT.



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Lance
PowerBASIC Support
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[Gregery D Engle]

Lance,

You act like IE isn't the #1 browser on the market? All the
source code provided on MSDN I can copy and paste fine, why
can't you just get ride of UBB and go with something home grown?

Just a suggestion.

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-Greg

[Nathan Evans]

I have found that copying code from the BB into Microsoft Word will format
it correctly, then copy that into PBedit.

Thank you Lance for pointing out the Edit Post method

-Nath

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