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EZTag and Windows '95 and file "."


Record #1176

Problem Title:
EZTag and Windows '95 and file "."


Problem Description:
Users using Windows '95 with EZ-Tag may experience a message
like cannot open or find file "."



Solution 1:

EZ-Tag was designed for Windows 3.x.  EZ-Tag has not been fully tested under
Windows 95.

The EZ-Tag software was designed for Windows 3.x.  Under Windows 95, it has
been observed that the eztag.pif file gets corrupted by Windows 95.  It has
also been observed that when eztag.pif gets corrupted, Eztag responds by
saying that it cannot open or find file ".  Here's one way to get around this
problem.

Open eztag.pif in Windows '95.	This is done by selecting the EZ-Tag icon,
which will show up as a DOS shortcut.  Select the icon, click the right mouse
button, select properties.  This will bring up the 'Eztag Properties Window'.
Select the 'Program' tab and make sure the cmd line says:

EZTAG.exe -port auto -batch test -nointeract -log eztag.log

Save the above change and then goto a DOS shell.  Run the following in the
\xact9000 directory:

attrib +r eztag.pif

Restart Windows '95 and now your ready to use Eztag with Windows 95.



Solution 2:

Get the latest EZtag patch from the Xilinx ftp site.

   ftp.xilinx.com/pub/swhelp/cpld/eztag_pc.zip

EZtag V6.0.5 and later should not have this problem.



End of Record #1176