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NumLock ON/OFF

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First post, by miami

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i have a problem When I write a date or a number, I am obliged to do on/off NumLock for the number can be validated.
how to turn ON NumLock when i start DosBox
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Reply 1 of 10, by Vince.Bloodworks

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I thought about the same problem and then I've written a "very little" program to do that. Just put it to the directory where dosbox will go into after start and add in the configfile in the autoexec area:
locks.exe

There are also other possibilities but don't ask me ^^

Hope that will help you.
have fun

PS: Please write me a line if it works or not =) ... thank you

Reply 2 of 10, by miami

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Vince.Bloodworks wrote:

PS: Please write me a line if it works or not =) ... thank you

do not work for me,
i have put locks.exe in the folder where the program is :
C:\MV\CG.exe
C:\MV\locks.exe
and also add in the configfile "DOSBox 0.74 Options.bat" in the autoexec area:
locks.exe
C:\DOSBox-0.74\DOSBox 0.74 Options.bat
Thank's again!

Reply 3 of 10, by Vince.Bloodworks

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hmm that's bad 🙁 ... please let me know what is that CG ? What's that for a program ? And is it possible to download it from somewhere ?

Hmm -.- ....
You need to start dosbox with numlock turned on and that's it or what am I wrong ? If I'm wrong, please explain your problem in detail 😀 ... I think this could turn very interesting ^^

Reply 4 of 10, by miami

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thank you Vince.Bloodworks,
i have download DOSBOX Megabuild 5 and run correctly NumLock
thank's to h-a-l-9000 for MB5 http://home.arcor.de/h-a-l-9000/
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Reply 5 of 10, by venetian

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Thanks! Works for me!

That's what I did:

1) Copy locks.exe to program's folder.

2) Make a batch file
run.bat:

locks.exe
<My good old Clipper app>.exe

3) Run run.bat

There was no need to modify [autoexec] section.

Reply 6 of 10, by IIGS_User

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But

3) Run run.bat […]
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locks.exe
<My good old Clipper app>.exe

3) Run run.bat

is what you put into the [AUTOEXEC] section usually.

Klimawandel.

Reply 7 of 10, by damian2mail

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hello, another solution is in the removed [dos] put the line Numlock = ON
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Reply 8 of 10, by olddos25

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Thanks for reviving a 4-year old thread with nothing relevant!

Just another user that likes old OSes and videogames, nothing interesting to see here...
Other places to find me:
DraStic: http://drastic-ds.com (as dsattorney)

Reply 9 of 10, by Errius

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So how to launch DOSBox with same NUMLOCK status as host machine?

Is this too much voodoo?

Reply 10 of 10, by rolloLG

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Vince.Bloodworks wrote on 2010-09-10, 10:35:
I thought about the same problem and then I've written a "very little" program to do that. Just put it to the directory where do […]
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I thought about the same problem and then I've written a "very little" program to do that. Just put it to the directory where dosbox will go into after start and add in the configfile in the autoexec area:
locks.exe

There are also other possibilities but don't ask me ^^

Hope that will help you.
have fun

PS: Please write me a line if it works or not =) ... thank you

Your little program worked for me solving this little annoyance, thanks.


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