Erstellt : Sonntag dem 12.04.98                         Erhalten am 15.04.98
von      : *Vic Bates@2:250/167* an *Peter Heberer*
Hallo Vic,
VB> BTW, if a dosbox is opened and a dos app is run in this box, then
VB> shell out from the app, it doesn't give an error.  It's as though 4dos
VB> isn't trying to use UMB's when a shell is started from another dos
VB> app.
So the program you're shelling out from is a dos application? That would make 
 
it clear. Shell out and do a mem /c | more to check how often 4dos is loaded  
at that time. When I shell out from Crosspoint (the Program I'm writing with  
at the moment) 4dos is loaded three times. One from config.sys, the other  
from crosspoint (because started from a batch) and the third from shelling  
out. The last produces the following:
Mit EXIT geht's zurueck zu CrossPoint.
4DOS EMS swapping initialized (48K)
4DOS running under Windows 95
No upper memory available, low memory will be used for resident portion
4DOS 6.01A   (Win95) DOS 7.10
Copyright 1988-1998  Rex Conn & JP Software Inc.  All Rights Reserved
which i would consider normal if you see the following mem output too
Module mit Zugriff auf Arbeitsspeicher unter 1 MB:
  Name           Gesamt      =  Konventioneller  + oberer Speicher
  --------  ----------------   -----------------  ----------------
  SYSTEM      35.392   (35K)      9.792   (10K)     25.600   (25K)
  HIMEM        1.168    (1K)      1.168    (1K)          0    (0K)
  EMM386       4.032    (4K)      4.032    (4K)          0    (0K)
  4DOS         5.952    (6K)      2.624    (3K)      3.328    (3K)
  WIN          2.320    (2K)      2.320    (2K)          0    (0K)
  vmm32       53.488   (52K)        576    (1K)     52.912   (52K)
  4DOS         7.296    (7K)      7.296    (7K)          0    (0K)
  CrossPoint          39.584   (39K)     39.584   (39K)          0    (0K)
  CFOS        62.976   (62K)     62.976   (62K)          0    (0K)
  4DOS         3.232    (3K)      3.232    (3K)          0    (0K)
  SETVER         832    (1K)          0    (0K)        832    (1K)
  IFSHLP       2.864    (3K)          0    (0K)      2.864    (3K)
  KEYB         6.944    (7K)          0    (0K)      6.944    (7K)
  Frei       521.392  (509K)    521.392  (509K)          0    (0K)
- mfg *Claus* -
 * Life is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel. - Racine
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