Running Existing Dos Ni-488.2 Applications Under Windows 2000/Nt - National Instruments NI-488.2 User Manual

Chapter 3 Developing Your NI-488.2 Application

Running Existing DOS NI-488.2 Applications under Windows 2000/NT

NI-488.2 User Manual for Windows
To run DOS NI-488.2 applications, you must enable NI-488.2 DOS
support under Windows 2000/NT. To enable NI-488.2 DOS support in
Windows 2000/NT, complete the following steps:
1. Open your
config.nt
system32 directory (for example,
2. Find the following lines:
REM ***To run DOS GPIB applications, uncomment the
REM ***following line
REM device=<path>\doswin16\gpib-nt.com
where is the directory in which you installed the NI-488.2
<path>
software.
3. Remove from the last line so that it reads as follows:
REM
device=<path>\doswin16\gpib-nt.com
To disable DOS support, add
file, located in the Windows 2000/NT
c:\windows\system32
back to the line where it was removed.
REM
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