From: Alan Horkan (horkana_at_maths.tcd.ie)
Date: Sun Nov 09 2003 - 18:01:24 EST
On Sun, 9 Nov 2003, Justin wrote:
> Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2003 14:18:35 -0500 (EST)
> From: Justin <j_freak_at_myway.com>
> To: abiword-user_at_abisource.com
> Subject: Error message when installing on Win95
>
>
> I just attempted to install abiword on a Compaq LTE ELITE 4/40CX laptop
> running windows 95, and after the select language box popped up, it gave
Abiword can run on Windows 95 but not a clean out of the box version as it
needs some extra files.
If you have Internet Exlorer 4 (maybe 5) I think you will have an
adequately up to date version of msvcrt.dll (I'm pretty sure that is the
relevant file). As far back as I can remember windows 95 users have
needed to have a reasonably up to date version of Internet Explorer
> me the "This program has performed and illegal operation and must be
> shut down" error. It installed just fine on my Windows 98 computer. Is
It's a shame that the error message does not suggest a reasonable solution
but - shrug - what can you do? We've got people running abiword on all
manner of systems (most flavours of unix, most versions of windows,
twisted people like me trying to run it on top of Wine, OS/2 users running
it on top of Odin which is 'a cousin' of Wine, a Mac X11 version and a Mac
Cocoa port being quietly worked on), so help with testing is always very
much appreciated
> there any way to fix this, or a different version I should try? (I have
> version 2)
An older version of Abiword (1.0.x or older) might have less problems but
I really doubt it and I'm sure the developers dont want to exclude windows
95 users if it is does not require any radical changes.
So try upgrading Internet Explorer (maybe you have a magazine coverdisk or
an ISP disk lying around to save you downloading it) and if that doesn't
work and you have the patience we would really appreciate if you could try
a debug build (which you should be able to find from the websites that
carry Abiword nightly builds, I'll look up links for you later if I have
time).
Gotta go, really should be studying, deadlines, deadlines, deadlines.
Hope that helps.
Sincerely
Alan Horkan
http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/
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