PRODUCT  :  Borland C++                           NUMBER  :  1331
  VERSION  :  3.x
       OS  :  DOS
     DATE  :  October 25, 1993                         PAGE  :  1/2

    TITLE  :  Running TASMX from the IDE or BCC




       Sometimes in the IDE it is necessary to invoke the command
  line assembler on the assembly output of the C++ compiler.  In
  these cases, the assembly files are often very large and may
  require more memory than the real mode Turbo Assembler has to
  use.  The solution to the resulting Out Of Memory errors that
  result is to use the DPMI compliant protected mode assembler,
  TASMX.  But running TASMX from the IDE can be a bit tricky to
  configure, so here's how you do it.


  REQUIREMENTS
  ============

       In order to run TASMX from the BC++ 3.0 or newer IDE, you
  will need to have at least 3 MB of available extended memory.
  This normally means 4MB or more total installed memory.  It also
  means that if you have only the bare minimum 3MB extended RAM,
  disk caching and EMS memory managers such as EMM386.EXE will have
  to be disabled or unloaded.


  INSTRUCTIONS
  ============

  Run BC and follow these steps.

       - Load the project file being used for development.

       - Select <Options | Environment | Startup>.
            Set <Use Extended Memory> to 2000.
            Set <Use EMS Memory> to 0.  (Do not leave this field
            blank.)

       - Select <Options | Transfer>.
            Double Click on Turbo Assembler or select it and hit
            <Edit>.
            Change <Program Path> to TASMX.
            Hit <Modify> or type <Alt-M> to save the change.
            Hit <OK> or type <Alt-K> to validate the dialog box.

       - Select <Options | Save> and save the changes.
       - Exit BC and run it again so the changes can take affect.














  PRODUCT  :  Borland C++                           NUMBER  :  1331
  VERSION  :  3.x
       OS  :  DOS
     DATE  :  October 25, 1993                         PAGE  :  2/2

    TITLE  :  Running TASMX from the IDE or BCC




  The IDE will now run TASMX instead of the real mode assembler and
  it should resolve the out of memory errors that caused one to
  read this document in the first place.


  TROUBLESHOOTING
  ===============

       If the "Out of Memory" errors persist, run the IDE and
  select <Compile | Information>.  Given the numbers in the above
  steps, <Extended Memory in Use> should be about 2500000 and
  <Available Memory> should be about 1990K.  Now exit the
  environment and, assuming the machine is running DOS 5, run MEM.
  It should show at least 3300000 bytes of available contiguous
  extended memory or 3300000 byte of XMS memory.  (Either is ok.
  Having the latter instead of the former simply means the machine
  is using a memory manager of some kind.)




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