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Problem:

When calling "DS" to animate a Dialog System screenset, the call fails with the following errors:

Exception 34 not trapped by module: dsbmpw32.dll.
Description: "Could not load module"

Resolution:

DSBMPW32.DLL is the Dialog System module handling the bitmaps found in the screenset, and for some reason it was not possible to load it.

This problem occurs when the Dialog System runtime files are not found in the PATH. By default, C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Micro Focus\\Net Express 5.1\\DIALOGSYSTEM\\Bin or C:\\Program Files\\Micro Focus\\Net Express 5.1\\DIALOGSYSTEM\\Bin is added automatically in the PATH when starting Net Express, but it is likely a user has overridden the PATH from the IDE or Application environment in the project properties.

As much as possible, %PATH% must be part of the value. If for example I need to add X:\\Dir\\SubDir in the PATH (i.e. %PATH%;X:\\Dir\\SubDir), I would define