Well, here's what I think I know at this point:
This "program" is actually two separate programs.
One is my FCELL.COM somewhat modified from
the form I made available last summer, and the
other is the player interface that uses the Windows
API.
This second part of the program (FFA.exe) was
developed by my partner, Seenu Reddi. The API
across various versions of Microsoft's operating
systems seems difficult to get just right. If we
can get the exact details of how it fails in a given
version of the OS, we stand a chance of fixing it.
As for Vista, there appears to be a new version
of "cards.dll" that needs to replace the "cards.dll"
that we supply. If you can locate this on your
machine, and replace the old version, FFA will
work on Vista. This we have tested.
As for Win 98, and the "bluescreen" in XP, I'm
not sure what the problem might be, but given
some help, we would like to look into it.
Part of the next release will be to make different
versions available for differences in operating
systems that we can't bridge in a single version
of the software.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Danny Jones" <dajones47_at_hotmail.com>
To: <fc-solve-discuss_at_yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 10:04 AM
Subject: Re: A New FreeCell Player (free software!)
> I'm running Windows 98 on this computer.
>
> I created folder TestFFA and downloaded file download.exe to folder
> Download. I then executed download.exe and selected folder TestFFA as
> the
> destination folder. All went well. I then double-clikcked on FFA and
> received an error window from Win 98 that it had performed an illegal
> operation.
>
> Sorry, but Win 98 doesn't seem to be friendly to this program, either.
>
>
>>From: "Gary Campbell" <gary_at_numin8r.us>
>>Reply-To: fc-solve-discuss_at_yahoogroups.com
>>To: <fc-solve-discuss_at_yahoogroups.com>,<ReddiSS_at_aol.com>
>>Subject: Re: A New FreeCell Player (free software!)
>>Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 17:26:38 -0600
>>
>>An update is planned, coming this summer.
>>However, I haven't heard that it had ever
>>failed in XP, and I thought it had run on
>>Vista, but since I don't use Vista, I can't
>>vouch for this personally. I would like to
>>chat with Mr. Martin further to see if the
>>problems he has observed can be fixed.
>>-Gary Campbell
>>A downloadable copy of the program
>>we're talking about can be had at:
>>http://numin8r.us/programs
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: Donald Paul Martin
>>To: fc-solve-discuss_at_yahoogroups.com
>>Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 12:29 PM
>>Subject: Re: A New FreeCell Player (free software!)
>>
>>
>>I tried this program and found that it was very nice. Every once in
>>awhile it goes to the Blue Screen in Windows XP and I cannot get it
>>to run at all in Vista. Is there an update planned?
>>
>>don
>>
>>--- In fc-solve-discuss_at_yahoogroups.com, "Gary Campbell" <gary_at_...>
>>wrote:
>> >
>> > A new FreeCell player is available, and it's free!
>> >
>> > To get a copy, click here: http://numin8r.us/programs
>> >
>> > For anyone who doesn't know what a FreeCell player is,
>> > it's an endless source of solitaire puzzles, and one of
>> > the best games you can play on a computer.
>> >
>> > Please forward this email to anyone you know who might
>> > play FreeCell (or who knows someone else who might).
>> > It's the only way I can think of to get the word out!
>> >
>> > This email was originated by one of the authors of this
>> > program, and he is personally known to me, or to someone
>> > I know who knows someone ... who knows him personally!
>> >
>> > BTW: Instead of forwarding, you can create a new email &
>> > paste the body of this email into it. Add the addressees.
>> > And the Subject: "A New FreeCell Player (free software!)".
>> >
>> > Also, you might have to tinker a bit to get the above URL
>> > to be recognized as a link. If that doesn't work, cut and
>> > paste the link into your browser manually.
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>>
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