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From: "Plantain_Cakes" <[log in to unmask]>


> I have been trying to install and run a program called
> Dem 3d Viewer which takes DEM (digital elevation maps)
> from what is usually seen as a "Topographic Map" - the kind
> you might buy at a map store or outdoors supply store into a
> "3 dimensional mode/wiew". It installs ok, but when I try to
> open/run it, it comes up with 2 error messages that read:
>
> C:\Program Files\USGS\dem3d\dem3d.exe
> A device attached to the system is not functioning
>
> This message is in a small box with a white X within a red circle
>
>        -AND-
>
>  Also a second message that reads:
>
> Error Starting Program
> THE OPENGL32.DLL file is linked to missing export
>GDI32.DLL:GdiSwapBuffers
>
> I thought maybe that the DLL   GDI32.DLL was missing so I
> found,downloaded, and installed it but I keep getting the same
> error messages
>
> Can anyone please tell me what is wrong,or what I may be missing?
>
> I am running Windows98.
>
> Thank you,
>Richard Rabe.
>
Some program are replaced win98 opengl32.dll  with newer or NT/win2k
version.  Replace with _older_,  it must be somwhere on Win98 CD.

If this not helps, you must find some other program. Depending
what you want, there are some free programs.

Toomas

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