Problem opening 1.17.02.48

[Harbinger]

When i tried opening modplug v2.48, i got a message popup that said i needed WINHTTP.DLL. I'm using Win98SE (actually being emulated, but should be normal), and had no problems using 2.42. I am NOT plugged into the internet at home (and never have been).

Anybody have any ideas?

[LPChip]

Can you try builds .43 to .47 to see where its still working, and where it starts to crash?

Maybe we can identify where things are maulfunctioning.

[Harbinger]

Okay. Where do i get the intermediate builds? Sourceforge?

[cubaxd]

Hi Harbinger

look here for the various builds

[Harbinger]

All-right, i'll try 2.45 first since 2.42 didn't have a problem, and never requested the .dll in question.

[pelya]

When i tried opening modplug v2.48, i got a message popup that said i needed WINHTTP.DLL. I'm using Win98SE (actually being emulated, but should be normal), and had no problems using 2.42. I am NOT plugged into the internet at home (and never have been).
Anybody have any ideas?

Yeah, that's recent feature added to Modplug - it needs that dll to get an update from internet.
You should install Windows 2000/XP or Windows NT 4.0 with Internet Explorer 5.01 to have this DLL .
You may try this quick fix if you desirably want to test v02.48 (and believe I didn't insert there some code that will blow up your monitor - I usually don't do that :lol: ).

[Harbinger]

well you could only hurt my PC emulator but not my Mac.

I'll try it, but what did you do -- simply delete the .dll requirement?

[Sam_Zen]

I dislike auto-updates in the first place, so also this new feature.
But if this is not compatible with W98, becasuse of this dll, then it was a mistake to publish one version of .48, instead of the former situation, with the different P3, P4 and Generic variations.

I also have a laptop with W98, not net-connected, running build .46. And i'm pretty sure i had this trouble also while installing. When it happened, I copied winhttp.dll from my W2k set to the laptop to get it right.

[Diamond]

I don't mind auto-updates, but backwards compatibility definitely also needs to be maintained.

[Saga Musix]

what i think:
the winhttp.dll has to be included dynamically (only when it's needed) and auto-updated has to be turned of by default. that ensures that modplug still runs without the dll. you could also distribute the dll with the rest of the modplug files, it that's possible. but then again, an installer is needed...

[Sam_Zen]

You're quite right, the autoupdate should be off by default in the first place.

[Harbinger]

Yes, i was able to open 2.45 w/o a problem. I've yet to try pelya's file.

I also have a laptop with W98, not net-connected, running build .46. And i'm pretty sure i had this trouble also while installing. When it happened, I copied winhttp.dll from my W2k set to the laptop to get it right.

Yes, i can tell you if i hafta update from win98 (which in essence for me means buying a new emulator), that's a dealbreaker. I'll hafta miss all the new features of the most recent build. However, with such a simple app, you'd think even the newest builds should be compatible to win98.

Now how i do i turn off this "auto-update" you speak of?....

[Saga Musix]

i think you can only do that in the MPTRACK.INI file, there's a line "CheckForUpdates=1", turn the 1 into a 0.

[rewbs]

I thought we had dropped support for win98?
It's certainly the case that no devs are testing on win98 any more, and there are other known bugs with it.

Anyway, yes the update check was added in 1.17.02.46 and you can disable it in the ini file as described. I'm not sure if that will remove the dependency on the dll altogether - please let me know either way. I'll see if I can force it off if win98 is detected (Pelya, is that what your special build does?).

[Saga Musix]

I thought we had dropped support for win98?

that would be a sham, really. there are still enough win98 PCs out there... if you need testing, i can do that, i still have a win98 beside my "modern" machine...