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Re: Mathcad 4.0 for Windows, anyone?

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From: Rob Khan
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1993 03:32
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In article <1993Jun1.123302.1@phcu.helsinki.fi> aalto@phcu.helsinki.fi (Erkki '\\rkki' Aalto, University of Helsinki) writes:
>I have been trying to install Mathcad 4.0 for Windows in our Netware 3.11
>server. It works under local Windows 3.1 but not under Windows from the
>network. Windows from the network believes it to be a DOS application and
>tries to run it as such. How could I persuade Windows to believe it is a
>Windows application?

** Caveat emptor: This is a real shot in the dark (can anyone confirm?)

The most recent ads for MathCad (BYTE) seem to indicate that it uses Win32s 
DLL's for 32-bit flat addressing etc. Win32 use a new executable format so it's
quite possible that the network copy of Windows 3.1 doesn't have the DLL's
necessary to load the executable; or even recognize it for that matter as a
Windows application.

You could try checking for DLL's that MathCad installed in the local Windows
directory; you might have to copy them to the net Windows directory.

Frankly, I'm not even sure if Win32s has been cleared for release yet.

Rob K
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Subject: Re: Mathcad 4.0 for Windows, anyone?
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