Microsoft KB Archive/21168

INSTALL, RUNCOB.EXE, DEBUGCOB.EXE, VIEWCOB.EXE Functionality

PSS ID Number: Q21168 Article last modified on 11-16-1992

2.00 2.10 2.20 MS-DOS

Summary: INSTALL reconfigures a specified run-time executor (e.g. RUNCOB.EXE, DEBUGCOB.EXE, VIEWCOB.EXE, or any custom run-time executor created for assembly-language interface) to the characteristics of your terminal. When INSTALL is run, the necessary information about screen-handling characteristics of your terminal is placed in the common run-time executor (RUNCOB.EXE or another specified file). This information comes from a data file that contains terminal descriptions. RUNCOB.EXE, DEBUGCOB.EXE, and VIEWCOB.EXE should be configured using the INSTALL utility before any programs using screen I/O are run. DEBUGCOB.EXE should be configured even if your program does not screen I/O. INSTALL accepts a filename to be configured, but will not accept paths. Files configured must be in the same directory as the INSTALL files, or in a directory in a different disk drive or device.

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