> > > > Hello.
> > > > Having a issue with trying to scan a old version of mame (36b1 or 37b16)
> > > clrmpro
> > > > just keeps on spitting up a error
> > > > incomplete dat file or bad-exe output.
> > > > Manually running - listinfo spits out heaps of data.
> > > > any ideas.. (using old mame option doesn't help)
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > You have to alter -listxml to -listinfo in engine.cfg. Or add a new entry
> > there
> > > for 'OLDMAME' ;)
> > >
> > > Roman Scherzer
> > > ClrMamePro
> > >
> > it doesn't seem to make any difference what i use!! -listinfo was the first
> > thing i tried after reading the docs.. Sorry but that doesn't help.
> >
>
>
> You're right. Looks like MAME's -listinfo crashes when called from cmpro
> directly. But then simply redirect the -listinfo output from the exe and use it
> as a datfile. ".dat" extension is necessary):
>
> mame.exe -listinfo >c:\36b1.dat
>
> I will do further investigations later at home.
>
> Roman Scherzer
> ClrMamePro
>

Tried that already as well.
But i cant figure how to use the dat? add dat doesn't seem to help.
But thanks for the quick reply.