Re: GNAT on WinXP: System.OS_Lib.Spawn raises Program_Error

[daniel.wengelin@home.se]

On 2 Maj, 06:16, a...@anon.org (anon) wrote:
> First, in GNAT GPL 2008, GNAT.OS_LIB renames System.OS_LIB, so using
> GNAT.OS_LIB would be a waste of time.
> Note: Spawn and Ada task can have problems. Should be avoided. Also,
>       in some case "spawn" is disabled.
>
> Second, it would be helpful to give some code.
>
> In the mean time, using the simple routine version it sounds like its your
> "Args" parameter in the call is not setup properly. Also you might try using
> the full path with the program name.
>
> In <50d832b4-140d-4029-8d7c-939711516...@u8g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>, daniel.wenge...@home.se writes:
>
> >Though not an Ada issue, really, someone here might have had the same
> >problem as I have had: I tried to make a small program start another
> >program using System.OS_Lib.Spawn. However, it raised Program_Error
> >and stated Exception_Access_Violation.
>
> >Any ideas why, and what to do about it?
>
> >/D
>
>

Thanks, fixing the Args sorted the problem out. I need to practice
more on the unconstrained string access array types 8-/
/D