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Extenders not Showing up in Compiler List

Keywords: 	 EXT DAT files

Question:

I'm trying to compile in the Searcher extender, but it's not showing up in the Compiler list. My script works fine uncompiled.

Answer:

NOTE: Starting in WinBatch 2001A, the Compiler .DAT file extensions were changed to .EXT file extensions, since some applications like to drop .DAT files in the Winbatch directory (!!??!!)

  1. Make sure the format of the WSRCH.EXT (or WSRCH34I.DAT in older versions) file is:
    File Searcher Extender (wsrch34i.dll
    wsrch34i.dll
    witzsrch.dll
    
  2. Make sure the WSRCH.EXT(WSRCH34I.DAT), WSRCH34I.DLL, and WITZSRCH.DLL files are all in the \Winbatch\System subdirectory.

  3. In pre-2001 versions make sure you don't have any "stray" *.DAT files around in the \Winbatch\System subdirectory that are DAT files UNRELATED to Winbatch, and which might have a different file format. If these exist, then the Compiler will not be able to see the Searcher extender's DAT file, and this would apply to the other special-purpose WIL extenders as well.

Article ID:   W14448
Filename:   Extenders not Showing up in Compiler List.txt
File Created: 2001:03:01:14:59:02
Last Updated: 2001:03:01:14:59:02