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HAXMED32 gives Runtime Error 50003 on Vista

Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 2:37 am
by Xfing
I can't run the program and it might come in handy sometime... I also had problems with HAMM97, but fixed it by adding the needed .ocx files and registering them. I did the same for haxmed whenever it asked for specific .ocx files, but now instead of a runtime error associated with a specific file, I get an "unexpected error", numbered 50003. Well I have no idea what could be the issue now, as I have installed Visual Basic Runtime 6 and cleaned out the registry of bad entries using Advanced PC Tweaker. Any ideas?

Re: HAXMED32 gives Runtime Error 50003 on Vista

Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 8:56 am
by Krom
Did you install all the descent manger DLL packs? Also try running it in XP compatibility mode. Otherwise your options may be limited to running it in a actual XP machine / virtual machine.

Re: HAXMED32 gives Runtime Error 50003 on Vista

Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 8:59 am
by Xfing
You're right, I might be missing one of the dll packs. Mind sending me working links to both?

Re: HAXMED32 gives Runtime Error 50003 on Vista

Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 8:28 am
by Xfing
Gosh dang it... I've tried both installing all of the dll packs I could find and using compatibility mode, nothing worked. The same error still pops up at running the program : (

Re: HAXMED32 gives Runtime Error 50003 on Vista

Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 10:46 am
by Krom
I've got a working version from the descent manger robot construction kit, or at least it works in my copy of windows 7 x64... I've uploaded the relevant files, including the required dllpacks here: http://krom.sploitz.com/DBB/descman/

(10 years ago I created a local mirror of the entire descent-network download server, I have pretty much everything they ever made.)

Re: HAXMED32 gives Runtime Error 50003 on Vista

Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 1:46 pm
by Xfing
Huge thanks, Krom. I'ma try that stuff out :P

Re: HAXMED32 gives Runtime Error 50003 on Vista

Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 1:10 am
by Sirius
Krom wrote:(10 years ago I created a local mirror of the entire descent-network download server, I have pretty much everything they ever made.)
Which is great, because I've been hearing they don't anymore.

Re: HAXMED32 gives Runtime Error 50003 on Vista

Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 9:10 am
by Krom
Well, I have the installers and all the various other misc files they had, but I don't have the source code for anything. If they want what I do have, I could upload it somewhere for them (its in a ~2 GB 7-zip archive).

Re: HAXMED32 gives Runtime Error 50003 on Vista

Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 5:06 pm
by Sirius
Right, they never did distribute the source code though. What I mean is the DNet server has a lot of broken links when it comes to files.
Oh, with one exception; I think Garry once sent me the source code for PMView and some related things. Hopefully I still have it.