Re: QChat unable to open its log file
  By: mark lewis to Eric Oulashin on Sat Sep 21 2013 16:11:01

 EO>> tried setting it up on my BBS, but it always says it is unable to 
 EO>> open its log file (QCHAT.LOG).  I see the log file being created
 EO>> though, so I'm not sure what the problem is. 

 ML> what user permissions is the door running under? what does the directory
 ML> allow for permissions? it may be creating it but the OS may be causing
 ML> problems somehow...

It should be running in the same process as the BBS software, I'd think..  And
since my BBS is running in Windows, I wouldn't think there would be as much
issue with user permissions as there is in Linux.

At any rate, I got past that error by configuring the door to put its log file
somewhere else.  Now it's giving me this error:
 QChat 1.00  has detected an error:

 Runtime error 103 has occured.
 Error has occurred at 0000:8DA0.
 Code location: 9

 Please report this to the author.

I think this door is written in Pascal, so I looked up Pascal error 103 and
found that it means "File not open".  That tells me there's a file issue in the
door, but it doesn't really help me beyond that.  So it seems to be either a
gaping bug in the door (and I'd be surprised if it were, since I'd think they'd
catch that in testing), or it might be a Pascal issue.  Either way, it's a
bummer, since this door appears to be abandonware.

Eric
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