running 32bit app in 64bit os need help really urgently

[Georgy291]

Hello to all, Heres the problem

Im a student and my teacher desided it will be a good idea for all off us to do our course work project in pascal (i know seriously old etc)

It was fine about a year ago, even tho it was old it still run on my XP 32bit

Now im using windows 7 x64

and installig back to xp is not a option as i no longer have my disk

All my programs complain that its a 64 bit OS and refuse to run

My dead line is tommorow 13 march about 15:00 ish

and i still cant get any off them to run

please any sugestions? emulators etc

i need it urgently as you can prob tell

i will appreiate any help given

[Mr JB]

Most 32bit programs should run on 64bit system by using the in built WOW. Main times they don't is if they hook into certain dlls as far as I know. You could try installing the free Vmware software and install 32bit os in that.

[Splash]

Have you tried changing it's compatibility settings? Failing that I guess you're looking at virtualisation, though you're going to hit a problem with that in that you have no installation media (and I'm guessing by that proxy no license either)

A convoluted workround would be to install some kind of virtualisation software, build a Linux machine and then see if your apps work through WINE. I'm not aware of any application virtualisation to allow 32 bit apps to run on a 64 bit host that don't comply with WOW.

[directhex]

Pascal..... this isn't a DOS app is it>?

[synaesthesia]

2 options.
(one of which I took when doing the same thing in Turbo Pascal 7 in 1996!)
1. Scrap pascal and do it on Delphi, if your tutor allows.
2. Grab Dosbox, which works rather well under 7 x64 and run TP through that.

Oddly enough I flunked that part of A level computing purely because Turbo Pascal 7 was outdated and absolutely pointless back then!

Christ, thats 12 years ago. Now I feel old.

[Georgy291]

lol cheers for the help, and yeh i am doing a levels uni next year etc

and yes pascal is pointless

but my programs are already written, and i just need to write some documentation about them....its not going to be much help if i cant run the program is it? lol

cheers for the help anyway

abit late now to install a new OS

[Georgy291]

just tried DOS box and it says program requires windows so doesnt work