
Q1080 Has anyone setup the AirMail program to run under the U3 smart drive?
A1080 [from WA9OTP] A handy way to transport the AirMail program between computers is in a small USB flash drive. These drives are very inexpensive now, compact, and durable. When AirMail 'installs' it copies programs to your computer, it does not add complex links (DLLs).
According to Jim Corenman, KE6RK, who wrote AirMail:
"The only caveat is that if AirMail has never been installed on the machine, then a library file might be missing- vcl50.bpl which normally lives in the Windows/System32 folder. The fix is to copy that file into the Airmail folder on the USB-drive. 73, Jim"
I have tried this, and included the vcl50.bpl file as Jim suggests, and found that AirMail will boot and run from the flash USB drive on any other machine. Of course, you may have to adjust the comm ports for your new situation.