Wont run in Win 8.1

[Bill-Bo]

LarryMc,

I cannot get my IWB+ 2 (1. to run properly in Win 8.1. It will not recognize
compiler directories for either IWBasic 2.5 or the new 3.00.

Bill

[LarryMc]

I know LarryS had a lot of problems getting IWB to run in WIN8.1 but he said he finally got everything to where he could compile programs.

He said there is something about the directory the exe resides in and the directory it runs from not being the same directory.  Maybe when he sees this he'll elaborate.  In the mean time I'll see if I can find some info myself.
And I'll see if my wife will let me turn her new 2 in 1 laptop she watches movies on into a temporary testing machine.

This is an issue we HAVE to resolve.

[LarryMc]

I've done a preliminary look and the problem in this case is with IWB+ reading directory entries.
I'm wondering if it has something to do with the FileExist command. 
I'll have to do some testing.

[Rock Ridge Farm (Larry)]

It appears that in Win 8 as soon as you open a file - that dir becomes the current dir.
Also having lots of problems with the C++ code that tries to find where he program originates.
It returns the path in a buffer - but as soon as you try to mod that path it appears that there
are trash chars in the buffer as well. Appears to be a boundary issue.
Even char accesses such as thing[14] will return the char at that pos plus some trash.
I am now playing with short char as opposed to char. They seem different in the 64 bit Win 8.

Anyway - still working on it.

Larry

[Bill-Bo]

LarryMc,

Just downloaded and installed your new IWB+ 1.09.
Works great.

Bill

[Rock Ridge Farm (Larry)]

In Win8 it appears that pointers are processed a bit differently.
The problem I had finding the local .ini file turned out that the returned
value in a C++ routine would fail - it was due the lib function having been changed
to use a static value for a local buffer - strange thing is that the return value
could be displayed but not copied or modified. Ended up writing my own dirname function.

One strange issue down - now moving to another.

Lary