I am trying to use DOSBOX to run a QB45 program. I am getting an error with the OPEN command.
I am using the OPEN command to write output to a data file. The line in the program is:
OPEN "c:\location\" + filename$ for output as #2
Any suggestions?
I think we need your mounting commands and your file structure.
Or maybe tell us wether location is there in dosbox after you mount your stuff.
So please, do a dir command in c after your mountings.
mount c ...
C:
dir
Here are the steps. Hard drive is C: The program is located in C:\DOSPROG\
1. Mount c c:\dosprog
2. C:
3. Dir (program can be seen)
4. Type program name
5. Program runs but errors when trying to open (OPEN C:\DOSPROG\" + FILENAME$ FOR OUTPUT AS #2)
See your point 1 and 5...
The program wants to run something in c:/dosprog but since you mounted that as c that folder is now the root of c and therefore doesn't exist for dosbox (in a crazy nutshell 😉).
So either reinstall the program from within dosbox or make a new folder called dos in your real C:
Then move the folder dosprog into that folder, then in dosbox run
mount c c:/dos
C:
cd dosprog
Programname
Success! Thanks for the help. I re-coded the program to open the file in the root (C:) directory.
