DonS, how do I manage multiple WINXXCommon.DLLs

[gmclam]

I use WIN92, WIN93, WIN95 and WIN97. Yes I have all of the scanners to go with those programs as well. I hadn't run WIN92 on one specific machine in a while, and when I tried it tonight it came back with a fatal error. The message basically said "... cannot find entry point ... in WINXXCommon.DLL...".

I realized quickly that the DLL file had recently been updated to support the newer WIN97. When I 'replaced' the new .DLL file with the original file that came with WIN92, that solved the problem in getting WIN92 to work.

So that makes me wonder, what is the best long term solution to this issue? Is there a way to have both WINxxCommon.DLL files on my hard drive and be able to open WIN92 or WIN97 (or both at once) without problems?

DonS, any suggestions?
Thanks.

[tonyclark]

Do they each have their own folder?

[gmclam]

Originally Posted by tonyclark

Do they each have their own folder?

DOOOH!!!

Why didn't I think of that?! LOL. I had all of the WIN9x programs in the same folder since they shared the DLL file. Now that they don't all share the same DLL file, I guess separate directories are in order. Thanks.

So the next question; what DLL should I be using for WIN92, WIN93 & WIN95? I know I need the newest version for WIN97. Should these 3 programs be using the same DLL file? What is the date of that file (or those files)? Thanks.

[tonyclark]

My win93 & win95 didn't have a DLL file.But the other files do and have the same name but I think are written different for each program. I tried to switch 92 with the 97 and got a error message. You may need to download again each program to it's own folder. Hope this helps.

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Charles

[fmon]

Originally Posted by tonyclark

My win93 & win95 didn't have a DLL file.But the other files do and have the same name but I think are written different for each program. I tried to switch 92 with the 97 and got a error message. You may need to download again each program to it's own folder. Hope this helps.

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Charles

Correct on 93/95. 92 dll is 5/7/04.
97 is 8/26/09 which 'Fixed RR conventional import for channels that contain 'CSQ'.

[gmclam]

Originally Posted by tonyclark

My win93 & win95 didn't have a DLL file.But the other files do and have the same name but I think are written different for each program.... You may need to download again each program to it's own folder.

I keep the original zip files of everything installed on my computers. They are also backed up so that I could reinstall everything if needed from scratch. I saw that the WINXXCommon.DLL was not present with WIN93 & WIN95, but not certain if they did not require it. Other programs downloaded (from Starrsoft?) did require that a DLL be downloaded separately.

Anyway, it was no problem to create folders, move the necessary files and change properties where needed. After doing so I had WIN92 & WIN97 open side by side.

Originally Posted by fmon

Correct on 93/95. 92 dll is 5/7/04. 97 is 8/26/09

Thanks. That's what is in the original zip files I downloaded.

[tonyclark]

Is everything OK now, gmclam?

[DonS]

Just saw this thread today. The below is probably just a "review" of the above posts, but I thought I'd post it anyway...

Any of the WinXX programs that require that DLL should include it in their downloaded ZIP files. In case any of the particular programs require different versions of the DLL, the only (at present) solution is to put each EXE/DLL pair in its own folder.

When I say "at present" above, I'm referring to the fact that all of the EXE files could use the same DLL file - if I re-build all of the apps to reference the current DLL's entry points, etc.

[dleamon]

Probably that I am a complete novice is the problem but for some reason all my efforts to download and use the latest Win96 program have failed. I am running Windows Vista Home Premium on an Acer Extensa 4630. As was suggested, I downloaded the Microsoft .NET 1.1 software. I unzipped the download file using Vista's unzip software and I have no idea whether it truncates file names. I put the
WinXXcommon.dll file in the same folder with the Win prigram. And I still get the error message "Cannot find import; DLL may be missing, corrupt or wrong version File "WinXXCommon.dll, error 126." Any suggestions?

[gmclam]

Originally Posted by DonS

Any of the WinXX programs that require that DLL should include it in their downloaded ZIP files. In case any of the particular programs require different versions of the DLL, the only (at present) solution is to put each EXE/DLL pair in its own folder.

Thanks Don. I didn't realize WIN93 & WIN95 didn't need the DLL. I just figured they were all sharing the same DLL. Upon separating WIN92 & WIN97, problem solved.

[AlabamaRS]

Originally Posted by dleamon

Probably that I am a complete novice is the problem but for some reason all my efforts to download and use the latest Win96 program have failed. I am running Windows Vista Home Premium on an Acer Extensa 4630. As was suggested, I downloaded the Microsoft .NET 1.1 software. I unzipped the download file using Vista's unzip software and I have no idea whether it truncates file names. I put the
WinXXcommon.dll file in the same folder with the Win prigram. And I still get the error message "Cannot find import; DLL may be missing, corrupt or wrong version File "WinXXCommon.dll, error 126." Any suggestions?

You also need to be a premium member to use the import feature from RR

[wayne_h]

Originally Posted by dleamon

Probably that I am a complete novice is the problem but for some reason all my efforts to download and use the latest Win96 program have failed.

You'll get better help if you create your own thread. People won't view this thread expecting to see something different in topic.