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Sometimes the clarion 16bit IDE can be a real pain in the ass, especially if the 16 bit subsystem decides that it has to boot you out of clarion (which it has done for me lots of times). This post is based on XP Pro btw.

As some of you might already know, a couple of months or so back, I came across this site, after talking to Viggo Kleven. It talks about the issues, and has what it calls “An illegal, dangerous, patch that could solve the problem for you”.

Well after having to reboot my machine 5 times in the last two days, I decided to install the “An illegal, dangerous, patch that could solve the problem for you” new version.

The original site describes ways of how to install the new dll, although I didn’t quite follow it.

This was what I did

Download the new version of the wow32.dll.  You will need to rename it to wow32.dll.

Download this utility. It temporarily turns off the windows file protection for selected folders. When installed. Turn off protection for \Windows\system32 folder.

Rename the wow32.dll in the \windows\system32 folder to oldwow32.dll

Copy the new downloaded wow32.dll to the \windows\system32 folder as well as the \windows\system32\dllcache folder.

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As a side note: The DLLcache folder is located at C:\WINDOWS\System32\Dllcache�
(assuming C: is your system root which it probably is.)

NB – The dllcache folder is extremely important so Windows XP hides it from
you! To view it go to: My Computer > Tools > Folder Options > View >
“uncheck” Hide protected operating system files.

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Thanks to Charles Edmonds for that snippet

Reboot.

That’s pretty much it. The only thing I have noticed is that the clarion boot splash gets a little strange.

Other than that, all seems OK.

Viggo has reported many a time that since he downloaded and installed this dll he has had no problems. Its to early to say for me, but I will let you know.

If you do this procedure, note that I can’t be held responsible for your actions

Regards

Mark

Thanks to the help of John Hickey and Arnold Young, Clarion Live are generously helping us to broadcast the presentations around the globe.

 

If you would like to watch the 3 presentations of the meeting, then please go and register here Then at 8PM BST (GMT +1), you will be able to join us for our fun packed evening.

 

Again many thanks to John and Arnold, and also thanks to Andy and Bruce for agreeing to allow this to happen.

 

Excitement boiling over

 

All the best

 

Mark

Event Information

Date: 6 October 2010
Time: 7 – 11/11:30 pm
Place: Devere New Place
Cost: £0 for the room which is partially and very kindly sponsored by Andy Wilton of Noyantis.
There will be a charge for the 2 course finger buffet payable to the hotel of £13.50 + VAT, if you don’t require this, please let me know before the event.

Presenters:

Andy Wilton of Noyantis – Presenting an overview of some of the Codejock templates
Bruce Johnson of Capesoft – Presenting: To Be confirmed
Mark Sarson – UKCUG – Presenting: Using a web page to interact with clarion using the Capesoft file explorer control
Open Session: Discussion of all things clarion, plus how to make the user group more successful etc..
Drinks will be available at the bar.

See you all on Wednesday

Hi all UK clarion users, its been a very long time coming, but the wheels
are now in motion.

As you may know. Capesoft are having a World-Wide-Webshop  in October @ the
New Place, Southampton. Details of this webshop can be found here.

On the eve of the conference, I am organising a user group meeting. I so
much wanted to call it a Clarion Code Camp, but apparently code camps happen
at the weekend, and, well, this will be on Wednesday 6th October in the
evening, so I guess I have to drop that. The event will take place from 7pm
until 11-11.30pm. Because the event itself will be sponsored, there will be
no entrance fee to the event, however I am organising a dinner buffet to be
serverd during the event and the New Place have quoted me £13.50 per head
for this. Liquid refreshments will be available at the bar.

Noyantis have kindly offered to help sponsor the
event, however I’m on the lookout for other sponsors for the event. If you
can help, just give me a shout.

I’m also in need of volunteers that would like to present during the
evening. Presentations will be in 1/2 hour – 1 hour slots, so if you would
like to come along and present during the evening then please contact me
with details of what you would like to present. A user group meeting without
presenters wouldn’t be that good at all <bg>.

Finally, although I intend for the event to be free, I will need to get a
clear indication of attendees. Please email me if you are going to attend.

UPDATE
Attendees will be able to use the new place promotion code that has been published on the

Capesoft website in order to book a room for the night at a
discounted price.

Its been a very long time since we have had an event, and I hope to make
this one a great success, and hope for many more.

Thanks.