simnet@ssc-vax.UUCP (Aileen Hsu) (10/18/90)
I want to call the SYSTEM function inside my Microsoft Windows Application whenthe user select a particular menu item. The problem is every time the
application attempts to execute the statement, a window comes up with
the Command title and says "Not enough memory to run".
I'm using Windows 286 ver. 2.0 and Windows SDK ver. 2.0 running on an
Everex 386 machine. I have 640K conventional memory, 2 MB expanded
and 4MB extended. My config.sys file has the following entries:
DEVICE=EMM.SYS AT 208 ND
BREAK=ON
BUFFERS=10
FILES=20
LASTDRIVE=E
SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM /P /E:512
DEVICE=C:\SMARTDRV.SYS 512
DEVICE=C:\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:DOS\ANSI.SYS
INSTALL=C:C:\DOS\FASTOPEN.EXE C:=(50,25)
DEVICE=QUIKMEM2.SYS 256
DEVICE=C:\UTIL\OX.SYS
IF I do the mem command after window is brought up, the machine still
has 450K conventional, 1.8MB expanded and 0 extended (don't know why)
memory left. Is this not enough to call SYSTEM. The Windows
application with the SYSTEM call is very simple, I created just to see
if it would work.
Can anybody out there help me with this since Microsoft no longer
provides free support for their SDK?
Any kind of help will be greatly appreciated.
Aileen Hsumutchler@zule.EBay.Sun.COM (Dan Mutchler) (10/18/90)
In article <3506@ssc-bee.ssc-vax.UUCP> simnet@ssc-vax.UUCP (Aileen Hsu) writes:
I want to call the SYSTEM function inside my Microsoft Windows Application whenthe user select a particular menu item. The problem is every time the
application attempts to execute the statement, a window comes up with
the Command title and says "Not enough memory to run".
I'm using Windows 286 ver. 2.0 and Windows SDK ver. 2.0 running on an
Everex 386 machine. I have 640K conventional memory, 2 MB expanded
and 4MB extended. My config.sys file has the following entries:
DEVICE=EMM.SYS AT 208 ND
BREAK=ON
BUFFERS=10
FILES=20
LASTDRIVE=E
SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM /P /E:512
DEVICE=C:\SMARTDRV.SYS 512
DEVICE=C:\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:DOS\ANSI.SYS
INSTALL=C:C:\DOS\FASTOPEN.EXE C:=(50,25)
DEVICE=QUIKMEM2.SYS 256
DEVICE=C:\UTIL\OX.SYS
IF I do the mem command after window is brought up, the machine
still has 450K conventional, 1.8MB expanded and 0 extended (don't
know why) memory left. Is this not enough to call SYSTEM. The
Windows application with the SYSTEM call is very simple, I created
just to see if it would work. Can anybody out there help me with
this since Microsoft no longer provides free support for their SDK?
Any kind of help will be greatly appreciated. Aileen Hsu
Try making it "FILES=99". Windows appears to give "Not enough memory"
when it runs out of any system resource. I ran into this problem under
Windows 3.0 and changing the number of files seemed to fix it.
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In article <MUTCHLER.90Oct18081743@zule.EBay.Sun.COM> mutchler@zule.EBay.Sun.COM (Dan Mutchler) writes: >Try making it "FILES=99". Windows appears to give "Not enough memory" >when it runs out of any system resource. I ran into this problem under >Windows 3.0 and changing the number of files seemed to fix it. One of the worst things you can do to a system is add files=99 to the enviroment. There is a big trade-off between memory and performance when you do this. I would suggest that you make buffers and files equal to 30. That is what windows expects to see. Steve Misrack steve@ucsd.edu
marcs@crpmks.UUCP (Marc Snyder) (10/22/90)
In article <20960@ucsd.Edu> steve@wintermute.ucsd.edu ({Darkavich}) writes: >In article <MUTCHLER.90Oct18081743@zule.EBay.Sun.COM> mutchler@zule.EBay.Sun.COM (Dan Mutchler) writes: >>Try making it "FILES=99". Windows appears to give "Not enough memory" >I would suggest that you make buffers and files equal to 30. >That is what windows expects to see. From what I remember from my Windows 3.0 installation, MicroSoft wanted the buffers set to 10 for optimum windows performance under enhanced mode. -- Marc Snyder UUCP: ...philabs!crpmks!marcs System Administrator ...gaboon!crpmks!marcs Ciba-Geigy Corporation Hawthorne, New York Work: 914.785.2284 Play: 914.347.6440
greggy@informix.com (greg yachuk) (10/25/90)
When just using Extended Memory, SMARTDRV.SYS must be loaded *after* HIMEM.SYS. RAMDRIVE.SYS should also be loaded after HIHMEM.SYS, but you don't seem to be using it. If you load SMARTDRV.SYS before HIMEM.SYS, it will end up with zero memory for buffering. This might be the cause of your problem. I'm not sure how SMARTDRV.SYS interacts with Expanded Memory (assuming that's what EMM.SYS is for). Also, could there be contention between SMARTDRV.SYS and QUICKMEM2.SYS? simnet@ssc-vax.UUCP (Aileen Hsu) writes: > I want to call the SYSTEM function inside my Microsoft Windows Application whenthe user select a particular menu item. The problem is every time the > application attempts to execute the statement, a window comes up with > the Command title and says "Not enough memory to run". > I'm using Windows 286 ver. 2.0 and Windows SDK ver. 2.0 running on an > Everex 386 machine. I have 640K conventional memory, 2 MB expanded > and 4MB extended. My config.sys file has the following entries: > DEVICE=EMM.SYS AT 208 ND > BREAK=ON > BUFFERS=10 > FILES=20 > LASTDRIVE=E > SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM /P /E:512 > DEVICE=C:\SMARTDRV.SYS 512 > DEVICE=C:\HIMEM.SYS > DEVICE=C:DOS\ANSI.SYS > INSTALL=C:C:\DOS\FASTOPEN.EXE C:=(50,25) > DEVICE=QUIKMEM2.SYS 256 > DEVICE=C:\UTIL\OX.SYS >IF I do the mem command after window is brought up, the machine still >has 450K conventional, 1.8MB expanded and 0 extended (don't know why) >memory left. Is this not enough to call SYSTEM. The Windows >application with the SYSTEM call is very simple, I created just to see >if it would work. >Can anybody out there help me with this since Microsoft no longer >provides free support for their SDK? >Any kind of help will be greatly appreciated. >Aileen Hsu -- Greg Yachuk Informix Software Inc., Menlo Park, CA 92025 greggy@informix.com | {uunet,pyramid}!infmx!greggy (415) 926-6300 --- I ask my brain for some assistance ... ---