diff --git a/ase/awk/Awk.cpp b/ase/awk/Awk.cpp
index b492284c..6273b25d 100644
--- a/ase/awk/Awk.cpp
+++ b/ase/awk/Awk.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * $Id: Awk.cpp,v 1.74 2007/10/13 06:28:17 bacon Exp $
+ * $Id: Awk.cpp,v 1.75 2007/10/13 17:25:30 bacon Exp $
  *
  * {License}
  */
@@ -195,11 +195,7 @@ void Awk::Argument::clear ()
 		{
 			if (this->val->type != ASE_AWK_VAL_STR)
 			{
-			#if defined(__DMC__)
-				awk_t* awk = (awk_t*)*(this->run->awk);
-			#else
 				awk_t* awk = this->run->awk->awk;
-			#endif
 				ase_awk_free (awk, this->str.ptr);
 			}
 
@@ -427,7 +423,7 @@ int Awk::Argument::getIndexed (long_t idx, Argument& val) const
 	char_t ri[128];
 
 	int rl = Awk::sprintf (
-		&this->run->awk, ri, ASE_COUNTOF(ri), 
+		this->run->awk, ri, ASE_COUNTOF(ri), 
 	#if ASE_SIZEOF_LONG_LONG > 0
 		ASE_T("%lld"), (long long)idx
 	#elif ASE_SIZEOF___INT64 > 0
diff --git a/ase/awk/msw-cl.mak b/ase/awk/msw-cl.mak
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..56a39362
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ase/awk/msw-cl.mak
@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+NAME = aseawk
+JNI =
+
+JNI_INC = \
+	-I"$(JAVA_HOME)/include" \
+	-I"$(JAVA_HOME)/include\win32" 
+
+CC = dmc
+CXX = dmc
+LD = link
+AR = lib
+JAVAC = javac
+
+CFLAGS = -mn -I..\.. $(JNI_INC) 
+CXXFLAGS = -Aa -Ab -Ae -mn -I..\.. $(JNI_INC) 
+JAVACFLAGS = -classpath ..\.. -Xlint:unchecked
+
+MODE=debug
+
+OUT_DIR = ..\$(MODE)\lib
+OUT_FILE_LIB = $(OUT_DIR)\$(NAME).lib
+OUT_FILE_JNI = $(OUT_DIR)\lib$(NAME)_jni.la
+OUT_FILE_LIB_CXX = $(OUT_DIR)\$(NAME)pp.lib
+OUT_FILE_JAR = $(OUT_DIR)/$(NAME).jar
+
+TMP_DIR = $(MODE)
+TMP_DIR_CXX = $(TMP_DIR)\cxx
+
+OBJ_FILES_LIB = \
+	$(TMP_DIR)\awk.obj \
+	$(TMP_DIR)\err.obj \
+	$(TMP_DIR)\tree.obj \
+	$(TMP_DIR)\tab.obj \
+	$(TMP_DIR)\map.obj \
+	$(TMP_DIR)\parse.obj \
+	$(TMP_DIR)\run.obj \
+	$(TMP_DIR)\rec.obj \
+	$(TMP_DIR)\val.obj \
+	$(TMP_DIR)\func.obj \
+	$(TMP_DIR)\misc.obj \
+	$(TMP_DIR)\extio.obj \
+	$(TMP_DIR)\rex.obj
+
+OBJ_FILES_JNI = $(TMP_DIR)\jni.obj 
+
+OBJ_FILES_LIB_CXX = \
+	$(TMP_DIR)\cxx\Awk.obj \
+	$(TMP_DIR)\cxx\StdAwk.obj
+
+OBJ_FILES_JAR = \
+	$(TMP_DIR)/ase/awk/Awk.class \
+	$(TMP_DIR)/ase/awk/StdAwk.class \
+	$(TMP_DIR)/ase/awk/Extio.class \
+	$(TMP_DIR)/ase/awk/IO.class \
+	$(TMP_DIR)/ase/awk/Console.class \
+	$(TMP_DIR)/ase/awk/File.class \
+	$(TMP_DIR)/ase/awk/Pipe.class \
+	$(TMP_DIR)/ase/awk/Exception.class
+
+lib: build$(JNI)
+
+build: $(OUT_FILE_LIB) $(OUT_FILE_LIB_CXX)
+
+buildjni: build $(OUT_FILE_JNI)
+
+$(OUT_FILE_LIB): $(TMP_DIR) $(OUT_DIR) $(OBJ_FILES_LIB)
+	$(AR) -c $(OUT_FILE_LIB) $(OBJ_FILES_LIB)
+
+$(OUT_FILE_LIB_CXX): $(TMP_DIR_CXX) $(OUT_DIR) $(OUT_FILE_LIB) $(OBJ_FILES_LIB_CXX)
+	$(AR) -c $(OUT_FILE_LIB_CXX) $(OBJ_FILES_LIB_CXX)
+
+$(TMP_DIR)\awk.obj: awk.c
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o$@ -c awk.c
+
+$(TMP_DIR)\err.obj: err.c
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o$@ -c err.c
+
+$(TMP_DIR)\tree.obj: tree.c
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o$@ -c tree.c
+
+$(TMP_DIR)\tab.obj: tab.c
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o$@ -c tab.c
+
+$(TMP_DIR)\map.obj: map.c
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o$@ -c map.c
+
+$(TMP_DIR)\parse.obj: parse.c
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o$@ -c parse.c
+
+$(TMP_DIR)\run.obj: run.c
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o$@ -c run.c
+
+$(TMP_DIR)\rec.obj: rec.c
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o$@ -c rec.c
+
+$(TMP_DIR)\val.obj: val.c
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o$@ -c val.c
+
+$(TMP_DIR)\func.obj: func.c
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o$@ -c func.c
+
+$(TMP_DIR)\misc.obj: misc.c
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o$@ -c misc.c
+
+$(TMP_DIR)\extio.obj: extio.c
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o$@ -c extio.c
+
+$(TMP_DIR)\rex.obj: rex.c
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o$@ -c rex.c
+
+$(TMP_DIR)\jni.obj: jni.c
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS_JNI) -o $@ -c jni.c
+
+$(TMP_DIR)\cxx\Awk.obj: Awk.cpp Awk.hpp
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o $@ -c Awk.cpp
+
+$(TMP_DIR)\cxx\StdAwk.obj: StdAwk.cpp StdAwk.hpp Awk.hpp
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o $@ -c StdAwk.cpp
+
+$(TMP_DIR)/ase/awk/Awk.class: Awk.java
+	$(JAVAC) -classpath ../.. -d $(TMP_DIR) Awk.java
+
+$(TMP_DIR)/ase/awk/StdAwk.class: StdAwk.java
+	$(JAVAC) -classpath ../.. -d $(TMP_DIR) StdAwk.java
+
+$(TMP_DIR)/ase/awk/Extio.class: Extio.java
+	$(JAVAC) -classpath ../.. -d $(TMP_DIR) Extio.java
+
+$(TMP_DIR)/ase/awk/IO.class: IO.java
+	$(JAVAC) -classpath ../.. -d $(TMP_DIR) IO.java
+
+$(TMP_DIR)/ase/awk/Console.class: Console.java
+	$(JAVAC) -classpath ../.. -d $(TMP_DIR) Console.java
+
+$(TMP_DIR)/ase/awk/File.class: File.java
+	$(JAVAC) -classpath ../.. -d $(TMP_DIR) File.java
+
+$(TMP_DIR)/ase/awk/Pipe.class: Pipe.java
+	$(JAVAC) -classpath ../.. -d $(TMP_DIR) Pipe.java
+
+$(TMP_DIR)/ase/awk/Exception.class: Exception.java
+	$(JAVAC) -classpath ../.. -d $(TMP_DIR) Exception.java
+
+$(OUT_DIR):
+	md $(OUT_DIR)
+
+$(TMP_DIR):
+	md $(TMP_DIR)
+
+$(TMP_DIR_CXX): $(TMP_DIR)
+	md $(TMP_DIR_CXX)
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf $(OUT_FILE_LIB) $(OUT_FILE_JNI) $(OUT_FILE_JAR) $(OUT_FILE_LIB_CXX) $(OBJ_FILES_LIB) $(OBJ_FILES_JNI) $(OBJ_FILES_JAR) $(OBJ_FILES_LIB_CXX)
+
diff --git a/ase/cmn/msw-dmc.mak b/ase/cmn/msw-dmc.mak
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..33b06e77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ase/cmn/msw-dmc.mak
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#
+# You may override the value of MODE by specifying from the command-line
+# make -f msw-dmc.mak MODE=debug
+#
+
+NAME = asecmn
+MODE = release
+
+CC = dmc
+AR = lib
+
+CFLAGS = -mn -I..\.. -DUNICODE -D_UNICODE 
+
+OUT_DIR = ..\$(MODE)\lib
+OUT_FILE_LIB = $(OUT_DIR)\$(NAME).lib
+
+TMP_DIR = $(MODE)
+
+OBJ_FILES_LIB = \
+	$(TMP_DIR)\mem.obj \
+	$(TMP_DIR)\str.obj \
+	$(TMP_DIR)\misc.obj 
+
+all: $(OUT_FILE_LIB) 
+
+$(OUT_FILE_LIB): $(TMP_DIR) $(OUT_DIR) $(OBJ_FILES_LIB)
+	$(AR) -c $(OUT_FILE_LIB) $(OBJ_FILES_LIB)
+
+$(TMP_DIR)\mem.obj: mem.c
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o$@ -c mem.c
+
+$(TMP_DIR)\str.obj: str.c
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o$@ -c str.c
+
+$(TMP_DIR)\misc.obj: misc.c
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o$@ -c misc.c
+
+$(OUT_DIR):
+	md $(OUT_DIR)
+
+$(TMP_DIR):
+	md $(TMP_DIR)
+
+clean:
+	del $(OUT_FILE_LIB) $(OBJ_FILES_LIB) 
+
diff --git a/ase/test/awk/AseAwk.java b/ase/test/awk/AseAwk.java
index d80bcf69..291be0bf 100644
--- a/ase/test/awk/AseAwk.java
+++ b/ase/test/awk/AseAwk.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * $Id: AseAwk.java,v 1.10 2007/10/12 16:13:34 bacon Exp $
+ * $Id: AseAwk.java,v 1.11 2007/10/13 17:25:30 bacon Exp $
  */
 
 import java.awt.*;
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import java.net.URL;
 
 import ase.awk.StdAwk;
 import ase.awk.Console;
+import ase.awk.Context;
 
 public class AseAwk extends StdAwk
 {
@@ -302,7 +303,7 @@ public class AseAwk extends StdAwk
 
 	public Object sleep (Context ctx, String name, Object[] args) throws ase.awk.Exception
 	{
-		long x = builtinFunctionArgumentToLong (runid, args[0]);
+		long x = builtinFunctionArgumentToLong (ctx.getId(), args[0]);
 		try { Thread.sleep (x * 1000); }
 		catch (InterruptedException e) {}
 		return new Long(0);
diff --git a/ase/utl/msw-dmc.mak b/ase/utl/msw-dmc.mak
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..17716582
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ase/utl/msw-dmc.mak
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#
+# You may override the value of MODE by specifying from the command-line
+# make -f msw-dmc.mak MODE=debug
+#
+
+NAME = aseutl
+MODE = release
+
+CC = dmc
+AR = lib
+
+CFLAGS = -mn -I..\.. -DUNICODE -D_UNICODE 
+
+OUT_DIR = ..\$(MODE)\lib
+OUT_FILE_LIB = $(OUT_DIR)\$(NAME).lib
+
+TMP_DIR = $(MODE)
+
+OBJ_FILES_LIB = \
+	$(TMP_DIR)\main.obj \
+	$(TMP_DIR)\ctype.obj \
+	$(TMP_DIR)\stdio.obj
+
+all: $(OUT_FILE_LIB) 
+
+$(OUT_FILE_LIB): $(TMP_DIR) $(OUT_DIR) $(OBJ_FILES_LIB)
+	$(AR) -c $(OUT_FILE_LIB) $(OBJ_FILES_LIB)
+
+$(TMP_DIR)\main.obj: main.c
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o$@ -c main.c
+
+$(TMP_DIR)\ctype.obj: ctype.c
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o$@ -c ctype.c
+
+$(TMP_DIR)\stdio.obj: stdio.c
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o$@ -c stdio.c
+
+$(OUT_DIR):
+	md $(OUT_DIR)
+
+$(TMP_DIR):
+	md $(TMP_DIR)
+
+clean:
+	del $(OUT_FILE_LIB) $(OBJ_FILES_LIB) 
+
diff --git a/ase/utl/stdio.c b/ase/utl/stdio.c
index 1766b731..77c92b17 100644
--- a/ase/utl/stdio.c
+++ b/ase/utl/stdio.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * $Id: stdio.c,v 1.4 2007/06/16 13:34:47 bacon Exp $
+ * $Id: stdio.c,v 1.5 2007/10/13 17:25:30 bacon Exp $
  *
  * {License}
  */
@@ -343,8 +343,13 @@ FILE* ase_fopen (const ase_char_t* path, const ase_char_t* mode)
 
 FILE* ase_popen (const ase_char_t* cmd, const ase_char_t* mode)
 {
-#if defined(_WIN32)
-	return _tpopen (cmd, mode);
+#if defined(_WIN32) 
+	#if defined(__DMC__)
+		/* TODO: implement this for DMC */
+		return ASE_NULL;
+	#else
+		return _tpopen (cmd, mode);
+	#endif
 #elif defined(ASE_CHAR_IS_MCHAR)
 	return popen (cmd, mode);
 #else