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Hello,
Under win3.1 and win32s, portable file format programs are not supported.
Are there any workaround this? 'd like to develop dos games under windows
Thanks
Jack

i think it is impossible to run WinAsm Studio under win 3.1. why 3.1 exactly? use win95. i've been using win95 with 486DLC-40 CPU, 8Mb RAM and 170Mb hdd (but there was no winasm studio yet that time). also, on slow systems you may notice sufficient delay on loading project by latest WinAsm Studio, up to 30 sec (P24-100MHz/32MbRAM/Win98) (but after loading works enough fast). for dos it is better to use dos editors like MultiEdit, embedded into DOS Navigator - they can save latest status, so, if your program will hang and you will reboot instead of switching into another window - your status in editor will be restored (open files and postitions there). from ME you may run programs with I/O redirection into child window, thus you can run or debug some code "directly from editor" (of course, you have to learn about its macros to do that). also, look at FASMD - it is an editor with embedded fasm for dos, at least, DN (now) and fasm are free.

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Thanks for your response.
Are there any embedded debuggers in the editors you mentioned?
Because my major interest is to have an IDE with an embedded debugger so it can be convenient to debug code..
Thanks
Jack

no, but using ME you can specify macrocommand to run debugger to debug produced binary. in DN, as far as i do remember, you can do extension-specific menu, so it is easy to build and debug. these tools need to learn a little, but if you do you will got how are they powerfull. as debugger you can use grdb (free, but supports commands beyond generic 8086, unlike dos debug) or turbo debugger. for me it is the best (although it is not easy to get it now). another thing is open watcom dos debugger, it is windowed, but i had no great deal with it, etc. etc. look for dos-lovers sites, maybe you will find there more info.

Okay, many thanks, i'll try out Multiedit then.
Jack