Coridon Henshaw wrote in a message to All:

 CH> What's the trick to compiling PM programs with Watcom C that
 CH> don't bomb when the execute?  I have tried to compile both
 CH> my own and other's code, but all the resulting .EXEs either 
 CH> sys3175 on startup or, even worse, crash the system when they 
 CH> are minimized.

 CH> I'm using version 10.0 with no patches applied if that
 CH> matters.

Ha!  You should watch one of those things on the debugging kernel!  You
must apply the 10.0a patches at least.  (The current patch level is 10.0b,
which adds some very minor fixes over 10.0a.  Either one will work.)

The Watcom OS/2 startup code is seriously munged in the original release,
and is basically worthless if you do certain things in your program which
are not worth going into in detail.  It is possible to kludge up the linker
DEF file to make the executable run, but the patches to the compiler are
the proper solution to this.

You can get the patches free from Watcom on the Internet at
FTP.WATCOM.ON.CA, or from their BBS.  They are also available on Hobbes,
and even from me by FReq (1:323/107) or download (+1 401 944 8498):

C_A.ZIP      4934K  9-22-94  Watcom C/C++ v10.0 patch level A
C_B.ZIP       530K  1-11-95  Watcom C/C++ v10.0 patch level B
 
-- Mike


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