Hey tonne,

well I'm not sure if I understood this right:

C:\samifi
---- samtech
-------edit
-------projis
---------projis.exe

but if I'm right it looks like this:

C:\samifi\samtech\edit\projis\projis.exe

... am I right ? If yes then a simple batch would be:

REM -- Batchfile to run Projis --
@ECHO OFF
CLS
C:
CD \
CD SAMIFI\SAMTECH\EDIT\PROJIS
PROJIS.EXE

The REM is only to comment things so you don't need it. @ECHO OFF isnt' needed too.

I hope that was what you asked for and that it would help. If not please ask again (with an a bit more clearly structure 😉) ...

Vincent

Hi Vincent. 😀

Thx 4 your quick answer and sorry 4 my unclearly explanaition. Maybe the following gives you a definite idea of my concern:

GOAL:
My aim was to run my old DOS App "projis.exe" within Windows 7.

PROBLEM A)
Unfotunately it doesn't launch within Windows 7. NOT even in any compatibility mode (Win 95/98, Win2K, XP etc.)!

PARTIAL SUCCESS:
So I figured out, that "projis.exe" is able to be run within DosBox. Here it works as expected. So far so good ... but ...

PROBLEM B)
But after starting DosBox, I first have to mount C:, call several dirctories (because the "projis.exe" MUST be located within mentioned drectory structure, otherwise it won't work) and then finaly execute the DOS programm. This takes alot of typing work!

SOLUTION?
For my convenience I'd like to have an ICON/LINK on my Windows7 desktop which launches the DOS App "projis.exe" by dubbleclicking it. Thats all.

MY IDEA/REQUEST:
So I thought I'd be needing sth. like a batch file, wich fires up DOSBOX and then launches the DOS App "projis.exe" in one procedure. But I don't know how to do this!?

Hopefully waiting for any solution,
tonne

By the way: I pasted the code you've sent me into a .txt file, then renamed the file extension to .bat - but on dubbleclick it still opens with Windows editor.

You can type those commands into the autoexec section of the DOSBox settings.
You can also try a front end which will make a desktop shortcut for you.

Hey SKARDAVNELNATE.

Sounds to be a good solution. But actually I have no idea how to do this. Could you first tell me which file I have to edit (Pls see attached screenshot of my DosBox's files). And secondly pls post exactly the code I have to build into the file.

Thank you very much for your detailed help.
tonne 😦

Hey tonne,
looks like you didn't write a dosbox.conf file while using dosbox.
If that suggestion make you feel like "ah?" then there is a step by step explaination:

1. Run dosbox
2. on the promt type "config -writeconf dosbox.conf"
3. quit dosbox
4. Go into your dosbox directory and open the file "dosbox.conf".
Now you have to make some changes. In most cases you just need to edit
the ammount of memory, the screenresolution and the autoexec
section(like mentioned by SKARDAVNELNATE). Okey, here are the
commands you'll have to enter to don't have to enter all every time running
dosbox (damn this sentence xD)....

in the autoexec section:
---------------------------
mount c c:\
c:
cd samifi\samtech\edit\projis
projis.exe

If you want to use dosbox for more applications then it might be shitty to
always have to quit "projis" first before you can run another app. For that
case use a simple batchfile. So you have to write the first both lines into
your dosbox.conf in the autoexec section:

mount c c:\
c:

... and the batchfile could look like this:

@ECHO OFF
CLS
CD samifi\samtech\edit\projis
projis.exe

If you choose the second way to do it then -- you know it -- you only have to type the name of the batchfile in dosbox...

Okay... if you didn't see dosbox.conf before, here is one of my confs... this
one is from 0.74:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# This is the configurationfile for DOSBox 0.74. (Please use the latest version of DOSBox)
# Lines starting with a # are commentlines and are ignored by DOSBox.
# They are used to (briefly) document the effect of each option.

[sdl]
# fullscreen: Start dosbox directly in fullscreen. (Press ALT-Enter to go back)
# fulldouble: Use double buffering in fullscreen. It can reduce screen flickering, but it can also result in a slow DOSBox.
# fullresolution: What resolution to use for fullscreen: original or fixed size (e.g. 1024x768).
# Using your monitor's native resolution with aspect=true might give the best results.
# If you end up with small window on a large screen, try an output different from surface.
# windowresolution: Scale the window to this size IF the output device supports hardware scaling.
# (output=surface does not!)
# output: What video system to use for output.
# Possible values: surface, overlay, opengl, openglnb, ddraw.
# autolock: Mouse will automatically lock, if you click on the screen. (Press CTRL-F10 to unlock)
# sensitivity: Mouse sensitivity.
# waitonerror: Wait before closing the console if dosbox has an error.
# priority: Priority levels for dosbox. Second entry behind the comma is for when dosbox is not focused/minimized.
# pause is only valid for the second entry.
# Possible values: lowest, lower, normal, higher, highest, pause.
# mapperfile: File used to load/save the key/event mappings from. Resetmapper only works with the defaul value.
# usescancodes: Avoid usage of symkeys, might not work on all operating systems.

fullscreen=true
fulldouble=false
fullresolution=960x600
windowresolution=original
output=ddraw
autolock=true
sensitivity=300
waitonerror=true
priority=higher,normal
mapperfile=mapper-0.74.map
usescancodes=true

[dosbox]
# language: Select another language file.
# machine: The type of machine tries to emulate.
# Possible values: hercules, cga, tandy, pcjr, ega, vgaonly, svga_s3, svga_et3000, svga_et4000, svga_paradise, #vesa_nolfb, vesa_oldvbe.
# captures: Directory where things like wave, midi, screenshot get captured.
# memsize: Amount of memory DOSBox has in megabytes.
# This value is best left at its default to avoid problems with some games,
# though few games might require a higher value.
# There is generally no speed advantage when raising this value.

language=
machine=svga_s3
captures=capture
memsize=63

[render]
# frameskip: How many frames DOSBox skips before drawing one.
# aspect: Do aspect correction, if your output method doesn't support scaling this can slow things down!.
# scaler: Scaler used to enlarge/enhance low resolution modes.
# If 'forced' is appended, then the scaler will be used even if the result might not be desired.
# Possible values: none, normal2x, normal3x, advmame2x, advmame3x, advinterp2x, advinterp3x, hq2x, hq3x, 2xsai, super2xsai, supereagle, tv2x, tv3x, rgb2x, rgb3x, scan2x, scan3x.

frameskip=0
aspect=false
scaler=normal3x

[cpu]
# core: CPU Core used in emulation. auto will switch to dynamic if available and appropriate.
# Possible values: auto, dynamic, normal, simple.
# cputype: CPU Type used in emulation. auto is the fastest choice.
# Possible values: auto, 386, 386_slow, 486_slow, pentium_slow, 386_prefetch.
# cycles: Amount of instructions DOSBox tries to emulate each millisecond.
# Setting this value too high results in sound dropouts and lags.
# Cycles can be set in 3 ways:
# 'auto' tries to guess what a game needs.
# It usually works, but can fail for certain games.
# 'fixed #number' will set a fixed amount of cycles. This is what you usually need if 'auto' fails.
# (Example: fixed 4000).
# 'max' will allocate as much cycles as your computer is able to handle.
#
# Possible values: auto, fixed, max.
# cycleup: Amount of cycles to decrease/increase with keycombo.(CTRL-F11/CTRL-F12)
# cycledown: Setting it lower than 100 will be a percentage.

core=dynamic
cputype=auto
cycles=auto
cycleup=10
cycledown=20

[mixer]
# nosound: Enable silent mode, sound is still emulated though.
# rate: Mixer sample rate, setting any device's rate higher than this will probably lower their sound quality.
# Possible values: 44100, 48000, 32000, 22050, 16000, 11025, 8000, 49716.
# blocksize: Mixer block size, larger blocks might help sound stuttering but sound will also be more lagged.
# Possible values: 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, 512, 256.
# prebuffer: How many milliseconds of data to keep on top of the blocksize.

nosound=false
rate=44100
blocksize=1024
prebuffer=30

[midi]
# mpu401: Type of MPU-401 to emulate.
# Possible values: intelligent, uart, none.
# mididevice: Device that will receive the MIDI data from MPU-401.
# Possible values: default, win32, alsa, oss, coreaudio, coremidi, none.
# midiconfig: Special configuration options for the device driver. This is usually the id of the device you want to use.
# See the README/Manual for more details.

mpu401=intelligent
mididevice=default
midiconfig=

[sblaster]
# sbtype: Type of Soundblaster to emulate. gb is Gameblaster.
# Possible values: sb1, sb2, sbpro1, sbpro2, sb16, gb, none.
# sbbase: The IO address of the soundblaster.
# Possible values: 220, 240, 260, 280, 2a0, 2c0, 2e0, 300.
# irq: The IRQ number of the soundblaster.
# Possible values: 7, 5, 3, 9, 10, 11, 12.
# dma: The DMA number of the soundblaster.
# Possible values: 1, 5, 0, 3, 6, 7.
# hdma: The High DMA number of the soundblaster.
# Possible values: 1, 5, 0, 3, 6, 7.
# sbmixer: Allow the soundblaster mixer to modify the DOSBox mixer.
# oplmode: Type of OPL emulation. On 'auto' the mode is determined by sblaster type. All OPL modes are Adlib-compatible, except for 'cms'.
# Possible values: auto, cms, opl2, dualopl2, opl3, none.
# oplemu: Provider for the OPL emulation. compat might provide better quality (see oplrate as well).
# Possible values: default, compat, fast.
# oplrate: Sample rate of OPL music emulation. Use 49716 for highest quality (set the mixer rate accordingly).
# Possible values: 44100, 49716, 48000, 32000, 22050, 16000, 11025, 8000.

sbtype=sb16
sbbase=220
irq=5
dma=1
hdma=5
sbmixer=true
oplmode=auto
oplemu=default
oplrate=44100

[gus]
# gus: Enable the Gravis Ultrasound emulation.
# gusrate: Sample rate of Ultrasound emulation.
# Possible values: 44100, 48000, 32000, 22050, 16000, 11025, 8000, 49716.
# gusbase: The IO base address of the Gravis Ultrasound.
# Possible values: 240, 220, 260, 280, 2a0, 2c0, 2e0, 300.
# gusirq: The IRQ number of the Gravis Ultrasound.
# Possible values: 5, 3, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12.
# gusdma: The DMA channel of the Gravis Ultrasound.
# Possible values: 3, 0, 1, 5, 6, 7.
# ultradir: Path to Ultrasound directory. In this directory
# there should be a MIDI directory that contains
# the patch files for GUS playback. Patch sets used
# with Timidity should work fine.

gus=false
gusrate=44100
gusbase=240
gusirq=5
gusdma=3
ultradir=C:\ULTRASND

[speaker]
# pcspeaker: Enable PC-Speaker emulation.
# pcrate: Sample rate of the PC-Speaker sound generation.
# Possible values: 44100, 48000, 32000, 22050, 16000, 11025, 8000, 49716.
# tandy: Enable Tandy Sound System emulation. For 'auto', emulation is present only if machine is set to 'tandy'.
# Possible values: auto, on, off.
# tandyrate: Sample rate of the Tandy 3-Voice generation.
# Possible values: 44100, 48000, 32000, 22050, 16000, 11025, 8000, 49716.
# disney: Enable Disney Sound Source emulation. (Covox Voice Master and Speech Thing compatible).

pcspeaker=true
pcrate=44100
tandy=auto
tandyrate=44100
disney=true

[joystick]
# joysticktype: Type of joystick to emulate: auto (default), none,
# 2axis (supports two joysticks),
# 4axis (supports one joystick, first joystick used),
# 4axis_2 (supports one joystick, second joystick used),
# fcs (Thrustmaster), ch (CH Flightstick).
# none disables joystick emulation.
# auto chooses emulation depending on real joystick(s).
# (Remember to reset dosbox's mapperfile if you saved it earlier)
# Possible values: auto, 2axis, 4axis, 4axis_2, fcs, ch, none.
# timed: enable timed intervals for axis. Experiment with this option, if your joystick drifts (away).
# autofire: continuously fires as long as you keep the button pressed.
# swap34: swap the 3rd and the 4th axis. can be useful for certain joysticks.
# buttonwrap: enable button wrapping at the number of emulated buttons.

joysticktype=auto
timed=true
autofire=false
swap34=false
buttonwrap=false

[serial]
# serial1: set type of device connected to com port.
# Can be disabled, dummy, modem, nullmodem, directserial.
# Additional parameters must be in the same line in the form of
# parameter:value. Parameter for all types is irq (optional).
# for directserial: realport (required), rxdelay (optional).
# (realport:COM1 realport:ttyS0).
# for modem: listenport (optional).
# for nullmodem: server, rxdelay, txdelay, telnet, usedtr,
# transparent, port, inhsocket (all optional).
# Example: serial1=modem listenport:5000
# Possible values: dummy, disabled, modem, nullmodem, directserial.
# serial2: see serial1
# Possible values: dummy, disabled, modem, nullmodem, directserial.
# serial3: see serial1
# Possible values: dummy, disabled, modem, nullmodem, directserial.
# serial4: see serial1
# Possible values: dummy, disabled, modem, nullmodem, directserial.

serial1=dummy
serial2=dummy
serial3=disabled
serial4=disabled

[dos]
# xms: Enable XMS support.
# ems: Enable EMS support.
# umb: Enable UMB support.
# keyboardlayout: Language code of the keyboard layout (or none).

xms=true
ems=true
umb=true
keyboardlayout=gr

[ipx]
# ipx: Enable ipx over UDP/IP emulation.

ipx=true

[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
# You can put your MOUNT lines here.
@MOUNT C E:\DOSBox74\DATA
@C:
@AUTOEXEC.BAT
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I hope that'll be helpful ^^ ....

And one last thing:

You said you copied the batchfile from the first answer into a simple textfile, renamed it to "*.bat" and when you ran it, it just opened the file
in a texteditor. Little question: Windows has a little option that - if it already knows the datatype - don't show you the extension of the file. Did you deactivated this? If not you can do this in the menu "Advanced" ->Folderoptions ( I think it's called advanced - I'm using German language in Windows XP ^^ ). here's a picture (WinXP)

Good luck, have fun, what ever 😁

Vincent

Hey Vincent.

Thank you very much for your detailed help. With your guidance I was able to figure out the following:

The code written into the autoexec section within dosbox.conf MUST be like this (I hat to create a new higher ranking directory and I had to consider case sensitivity!):

[autoexec]
mount c c:\runindosbox
c:
cd samifi
cd samtech
cd projis
Projis.exe

Any other "call directory" command does not work for some reasons. But now everything is fine. Again many, many thx !!

take care and
best regards,
tonne 😀

Hey Vince.Bloodworks
looks like you didn't noticed DOSBox 0.74 Options.bat file while using dosbox.
If that suggestion make you feel like "ah?" check file DOSBox 0.74 Manual.txt too.

@Robertmo

No no everything is right ... I made all the same way I did in in the past...
and because all works great I'm glad.

But thanks for the "notice". ... I think I'll remember it someday 😁

You can get to the DOSBox setting from the Start Menu.
DOSBox-0.74 > Options > DOSBox 0.74 Options

For the autoexec section this should also work:
mount c c:\runindosbox
c:
cd\ samifi\samtech\projis
Projis.exe

Vince.Bloodworks but it won't for others, so don't suggest it again if you haven't read the manual.