pinnerite Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 I have a 16-bit program written and compiled in Clipper. It calls a Windows program called pscript.exe in Windows up to version XP but no later. The program runs under DOSbox called from Wine. I would like to be able to call pscript.exe and thereby ditch Windows XP. Can it be done? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 It's an old 16 bit program so it would require an OS or environment that supports that. Any Windows after XP will not support it natively so you would have to call it through a virtual machine running a suitable OS or DOSbox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinnerite Posted March 7, 2022 Author Share Posted March 7, 2022 The program has been tested under DOSbox and runs fine. My question was is there a way for it to access the printing program running under Wine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 7 minutes ago, pinnerite said: The program has been tested under DOSbox and runs fine. My question was is there a way for it to access the printing program running under Wine? Do you realise these forums are for Launchbox, which is a Windows program and nothing to do with Linux or Wine, or dosbox for that matter? I feel you may get a better answer on a dosbox or Linux forum to be honest, very few people here even use Linux, let alone would be able to answer your very niche question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinnerite Posted March 7, 2022 Author Share Posted March 7, 2022 I beg your pardon. I landed here while searching for a DOSBox forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 1 minute ago, pinnerite said: I beg your pardon. I landed here while searching for a DOSBox forum. lol, no problem, i did think it was a weird question to start with. Launchbox is a emulator frontend, its use is to have games for all different systems/emulators launchable from one unified UI. Dosbox, as it supports commandline is a emulator we support and can launch games into, but thats about as far as it goes, we launch games, not much more than that. What you are asking requires actual dosbox and Linux/Wine expertise, which you wont find a lot of on a Windows based program forums i'm afraid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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