You should really read the readme, and, if necessary, the wiki.

you need to learn about the mount command, and either the autoexec section of the config file or the -c command line option (you can have several).

at the end of the config file, you can add

1[autoexec] 
2mount c c:\SW
3c:\SMRT310\SMART1st.EXE d -y -ps -fnet_3P1 -r32 -sc:\smrt310 

will probably do what you want. C:\SW in Windows becomes c: in DOSBox (it is not recommended to mount the root of the c drive).

You can also run the above code inside DOSBox launched with the default config file, and you'll get the same result.

However, it may turn out that DOSBox doesn't support some feature required to run SMART. In that case you're out of luck. If nework access is required, it will also be problematic.

The easiest solution may be to simply wipe Win7 and install MSDOS on your new machine 😀.

I've skimmed through the readme and i've read the wiki. I've done the mount to the sw file, and i can get it to open the basic SMART program. However when i type in the rest of the command (the "d -y -ps -fnet_3P1 -r32 -sc:\smrt310" part) it does nothing (like, literally i hit enter and it just goes back to the C:\> or C:\ and doesn't execute anything.) whereas when i omit the "d -y -ps -fnet_3P1 -r32 -sc:\smrt310" and simply do "c:\SMRT310\SMART1st.EXE" it opens the basic SMART file without follow the projects.

following* the projects

Hmmm.. Now when i add the "d -y -ps -fnet_3P1 -r32 -sc:\smrt310" it opens SMART but says "Invalid application data path" then "project file not found" perhaps my problem is windows 7 acknowledging the paths, not DOSbox. I suppose that makes more sense.
Thanks!

And of course now i can't even get it to do that again. RRAAWRRR, frustration.

DosBox is meant for games, you're probably better off with freedos or some vm.

Booting in MS-DOS inside DOSBox may help.

You'll need to install MS-DOS on a disk image (there are tutorials floating around), then copy SMART on the image too (for example, you can launch DOSBox normally mount the SMART folder as C, imgmount the image as D: and copy from there).

I don't think you will have fun with smart in Dosbox. You don't have the ability to print or mail the addresses via dosbox.
You are better off manually entering the data in a newer database...

Advercy wrote:

whereas when i omit the "d -y -ps -fnet_3P1 -r32 -sc:\smrt310" and simply do "c:\SMRT310\SMART1st.EXE" it opens the basic SMART file without follow the projects.

While this program may be different, generally DOS programs are not meant to be run from outside their own directories.

The proper way would be to change the directory first, as in

1cd smrt310
2smart1st.exe