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Date:	Sun, 6 Jan 2002 09:57:00 PST7
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Watcom C/C++ version 11.0c download

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In <3C384790.28027552@attglobal.net>, on 01/06/02
at 07:48 AM, Harry Chris Motin said:

>I am now able to run it and select various targets. Also, I now have
>online help. Apparently, the file,

> C:\WATCOM\BINP\BATSERV.EXE,

>has to been run at OS/2 initialization, via the CONFIG.SYS. It cannot be

Not true. In config.sys RUN= is equivalent to DETACH from the command
line. You missed the other example which showed using DETACH.

>for that file, and for C:\WATCOM\BINP\NMPBIND.EXE, in the CONFIG.SYS. I
>also placed all the environmental variables in the CONFIG.SYS, instead of
>a batch file.

FWIW, if this is your only compiler and you are going to use it a lot,
there's no reason not to do this.

> 1. Is it true that I still need the Watcom version 11.0 CDROM install??

See previous reply. :-)

> 2. I notice that I cannot change the environmental variables, using a
>batch file, by simply double clicking on the icon for the file. Instead,
>I have to run the batch file from the commandline. Anyone know anything
>about this (why)?

This is how OS/2 works. When you run a program object, OS/2 starts a
process. Any environment changes are local to the process and its
children. To make the settings avialable to an application, create a
program object with:

Program *
Parameters: setwat & appname

where setwat is the .cmd file that sets up the environment. You can
prefix the parameters with /c or /k to change what happens to the session
when the app exits.

Steven

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