16-bit application fails to to communicate in Win7

[jonno99]

Hello,

We've got a legacy 16-bit application (written in Borland C) that is in the process of being re-written  (due in ~6 months). In the meantime however, we're also being forced to upgrade our OS to Win7.

The 16-bit app works on our XP machines. It communicates with a Keithley 7001 switcher and  2002 DMM via USB-GPIB-HS.

However when we try to run the app on Win7 we initially get the error: "can't find gpib.dll".

We tried copying gpib.dll from an XP machine with the following results:

- When trying to run our app it fails immediately with an assertion error from the "send_data" method.

- When trying to register the .dll we get the response: "The module may not be compitiple with the version of windows you're running..."

Any help to get this app "across the finish line" is greatly apreciated.

Jon

[JJ@TH]

Have you installed NI 488.2 supporting Windows 7? http://search.ni.com/nisearch/app/main/p/bot/no/ap/tech/lang/en/pg/1/sn/catnav:du,n19:Windows.Win7,n...

[jonno99]

I installed NI-488.2 3.1.1 - that was the trick!

From the documentation:

Enhancements and Bug Fixes in Version 3.0

DOS and Win16 Support

Previous versions of NI-488.2 for Windows did not install DOS and Win16 support on Windows 7 or Vista

Thanks a bunch!

Jon