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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / can't run DBPro prog on comp that does'nt have DBPro installed

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evan
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Posted: 21st Jul 2003 01:19
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I have just tried 2 DBPro progs on another comp which does'nt
have DBPro installed,and neither would work.
1st one (spheremapping prog) came up with "bitmap does not exist line 6".Line 6 is "sync on : sync rate 60 : backdrop off : hide mouse".
2nd one (a card game) said "bitmap does not exist line 8".
Line 8 is "SET DISPLAY MODE 1024,768,16".
I tried copying the project file(the pymamid icon),then proj file
and all bmp's,then the whole folder to the 2nd comp,but still the
same.
I thought DBPro progs could run independantly of DBPro after they've been compiled.
Any ideas
Thanx.
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MrTAToad
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Posted: 21st Jul 2003 01:23
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Did you copy the bitmaps as well ?


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evan
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Posted: 21st Jul 2003 01:27
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I copied all the bmp's,but lines 6 and 8 are'nt bitmaps,
are they ?
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andrew11
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Posted: 21st Jul 2003 01:30
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@MrTAToad

No, he said that the he copied the bitmaps too, but the errors line has nothing to do with bitmaps.

@evan

Once the EXE's are compiled by DBPro, they should work as long as it has Direct X 8.1 or greater (soon to be 9.0 by patch 5.0). Does the computer you're trying to run it on have it?

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MrTAToad
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Posted: 21st Jul 2003 01:30 Edited at: 21st Jul 2003 01:30
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No, but then those lines dont have anything to do with bitmaps, do they ?


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evan
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Posted: 21st Jul 2003 01:35
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that may be it andrew.I hav'nt put direct x on the comp,It has windows xp pro installed,maybe the version of directx is,nt high enough.
Thanx
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Kanzure
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Does the computer have that screen resolution?

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andrew11
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Posted: 21st Jul 2003 01:39 Edited at: 21st Jul 2003 01:40
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Oh I just noticed you posted in 2 places. I replied to this one, then went to the other one and thought my post got deleted!

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andrew11
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It is also possible that it can't find the bitmap, and is reporting wrong numbers. Check again if it is looking in the right directory and is spelled corectly, etc.

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evan
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Posted: 21st Jul 2003 01:42
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the desktop is set at 800x600
but it can support 1024x768
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evan
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Posted: 21st Jul 2003 01:47
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the prog works on the original comp,so i
think u might be right about thew direct X
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Posted: 21st Jul 2003 02:35 Edited at: 21st Jul 2003 02:36
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The line number given by the error could be incorrect as well.

I think it means that it has trouble with DX though, it could be referring to the screen bitmap (Bitmap 0)


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CloseToPerfect
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the only time I have seen this happen had to do with the bitmaps not being in the right directory/ the program couldn't find them.
Were the images in a different directory from the .exe ,and maybe, then you copied everything into 1 single directory?
just a thought?
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evan
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Posted: 22nd Jul 2003 02:16
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I tried the .exe on a third comp and it worked ok,so it
must have been the comp.Either direct x or perhaps the
graphics card.Anyway thanks for your help.
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