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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / DBPro Windows 8 crashes on start-up

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GrumpyOne
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Posted: 21st Jul 2013 22:57
Dear Everyone,

One of my customers is reporting crashes with Windows 8 for an application built with DBPro. I've done some testing with them and the crash occurs on start-up including even the minimal code shown below. They are running as administrator and with windows 7, Vista etc compatibility set.



Has anyone managed to get DBPro working in Windows 8? Are there any known issues and suggested solutions?

Many thanks,
Matt

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MrValentine
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Posted: 22nd Jul 2013 00:24
Why not just do this...



If you have a reason for not using the basic method, maybe just try it for now and see if it cures the issue... I am sure there is a cleaner method than this...

Also what is
Quote: "selheight"
that supposed to be?

Interested to see how this is resolved...

GrumpyOne
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Posted: 22nd Jul 2013 00:46
Actually it crashes without that function as well. Just the following code crashes on start-up.



It appears to be an issue with Windows 8 compatibility, not with errors in the code. The error given is APPCRASH with no other error message.

Best,
Matt

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MrValentine
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Posted: 22nd Jul 2013 02:20
Sounds like DX9.0c is not installed...

Kezzla
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Posted: 22nd Jul 2013 11:51
i run dbpro on windows 8. I have no issues with dbpro applications that I make.

maybe compile an exe that will fail on their machine and I will try it on my machine.

I'm not a complete idiot -- Some parts are just missing.
GrumpyOne
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Posted: 22nd Jul 2013 12:51
Ah ha,

Kezzla you are running Forester Pro on windows 8 too. Hmmmm....

I thought there was a specific error message if DX9.0c was missing. I'll check that they followed my instructions to ensure it is installed.

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Mobiius
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Posted: 23rd Jul 2013 20:49
DBPro works fine on windows 8. I'm using it.

This is my current project, check it out! [href]forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=204576&b=8[/href]
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GrumpyOne
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Posted: 26th Jul 2013 14:17
My customer reports they can run the application in compatibility mode with Windows XP SP3. Strange that in this one case other compatibility modes did not allow them to run the application.

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