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From: dannemiller@vision.waisman.wisc.edu
Subject: vb/saving other app's work
Organization: Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Date: 12 JAN 93 18:02:28 CST

I am writing an application in VB.  I would like to 
periodically check to see if another apllication is 
active and if it is send a message to it to save it's 
current file.  I know that I can do this using appactivate 
and sendkeys, but the other application has to be maximized 
to use sendkeys, and this is annoying to have the other
application suddenly maximize form an icon while you are working on 
something else.  Can anyone tell me how to send a message 
to another application telling it to save its current work?
Please be as explicit as possible as my C programming experience 
is somewhat limited.  I have tried using the SendMessage function, 
but I can't figure out what message to send.

Thanks,
Jim Danforth
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools
From: af734@yfn.ysu.edu (Andy Klein)
Subject: Visual Basic Win 2.0
Organization: Youngstown State University/Youngstown Free-Net
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 22:32:22 GMT


     I'm using Visual BASIC Standard Edition v2.0 and I've run into
the following dilemma.  I'm trying to create an array of string by
concatenating two other values together, but would like the two
columns of data to each be left justified.  However, the font that
I am using contains letters of different widths.  For instance,
assume an array of strings called Names$() and an array of integers
called Num%() contain the following made-up data:
 
     Names$(1) = "Samuel"          Num%(1) = 15
     Names$(2) = "Richard"         Num%(2) = 3
     Names$(3) = "Al"              Num%(3) = 221
     Names$(4) = "James"           Num%(4) = 54
     Names$(5) = "Bob"             Num%(5) = 11
 
I would then like to create a second string array called Results$()
that contained the following:
 
     Results$(1) = "Samuel   15"
     Results$(2) = "Richard  3"
     Results$(3) = "Al       221"
     Results$(4) = "James    54"
     Results$(5) = "Bob      11"
 
My problem is that since the characters in MS-Windows aren't all
the same pixel width, the column of numbers is not vertically lined
up correctly when I print the results.  Is there a way to get the
second column of numbers to be lined up?  Thanks,
Andy Klein
From: galenr@hpgrla.gr.hp.com (Galen Raben)
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 19:58:19 GMT
Subject: Re: Peek and Poke in Visual Basic 1.0 ???
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Greeley, CO
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools

In comp.windows.ms.programmer, harti@mikro.ee.tu-berlin.de (Stefan Hartmann (Behse)) writes:

>I have just bought Visual Basic 1.0 standard edition and wanted
>to program a special hardware board inside the PC with it....
>Well, how can I use something like PEEK and POKE, which I learned
>is not available in Visual Basic ???
>How can I write Byte sequences directly to any hardware registers or
>adresses in Visual Basic 1.0 ??
>Is this possible in Visual Basic 2.0 ??
>Can I add any *.VBX file to get this available ?

Stefan,
It is possible, but not for the faint-of-heart.  On CompuServe (and probably
a good number of ftp sites as well) in the MSBASIC forum VB library the file 
is called "inout.zip".  The reason MS doesn't include this functionality in
VB 1.0 or 2.0 is that it is EXCEPTIONALLY EASY to corrupt the Windows 
environment by directly writing to hardware - definitely not for the average
software hacker (therefore MS limited their liability).

Some other sources I can think of that may sell toolkits for this:
     MicroHelp (1-800-922-3383 or 404/594-1185)
     Crescent software (1-800-352-2742 or 203/438-5300)
I seem to recall MicroHelp has a package called VB-Muscle that has this...
Hope this helps,
- Galen -
Organization: Ryerson Polytechnical Institute
Distribution: na
Date: Wednesday, 6 Jan 1993 22:28:40 EST
From: Marc Zimmermann <ACPS0974@RyeVm.Ryerson.Ca>
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools
Subject: Need EDIT 'picture' validation

Can anyone recommend a good library that enables us to implement standard
PICTURE-type data masking within Windows EDIT controls?  It has to handle
things like date input (with '/' characters in their correct positions), as
well as numeric input to our pre-defined precision.

Commercial or public domain code is fine as long as no royalties are required.

Joseph Janakovic
STARCO International, Inc.
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools
From: act@softserver.canberra.edu.au (Andrew Turner)
Subject: Re: programming editors for windows?
Organization: University of Canberra
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93 21:38:25 GMT

dosbears@netcom.com (David R. Preston) writes:
>I'm looking for a good editor to use under windows for programming
>in Microsoft C/C++ 7.0, both for windows programs and non-windows
>programs. Currently we're using Brief 2.1 for Dos, which kind of 
>makes sense since Mc/c++7.0 isn't a windows app either :-), but the
>boss wants me to look at windows editors. I've ordered Codewright 2.0
>and a demo copy of ED for Windows. What else should I look at?  Is
>EditPro any good? It's certainly cheap....

Besides being a plug for the ailing Aus economy, you really should have a
look at Ed for Windows. It has been very well reviewed in a number of mags.
I have been using it for a whole week :-) and it has all the bells and whistles
that seem needed, plus a few more.  Fully configurable and supports a number of
languages including of course C/C++ 7.0.  Certainly worth a look.  If you want
more to keep your wallet replenishing boss happy then pls e-mail.

PFE, as a public domain editor, is also quite reasonable.  Some more work
needed, as is promised by its author.  Had an Archie for EW100.ZIP as mentioned
by another respondent and got a nil return?
-- 
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				She lays eggs in the Relative When.
				She doesn't lay eggs in the Positive Now
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools,comp.windows.x.motif
From: hubec@ctp.com (Hubert Chou)
Subject: Visual Basic Forms to Framemaker under Motif
Organization: Cambridge Technology Partners
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 14:07:44 GMT

What is the most painless way to get snapshots of Microsoft Windows
Visual Basic forms into Framemaker running under Motif on Unix?
Any cool third-party tools out there?

Thanks in advance--

Hubie Chou
hubec@ctp.com
From: robbur@ludd.luth.se (Robert Buren)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools
Subject: Reinventing the C++ wheel (Generic class library question)
Keywords: c++ generic class library
Date: 9 Jan 93 14:13:36 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Lule} Tekniska H|gskolas Datorf|rening - Ludd

I would like to hear what kind of generic c++ class libraries you all use out
there. You didn't all design your own String class, did you?

Is anyone using Tools.h++ ? Is it good value for money?
Are there perhaps any good PD or shareware packages on an ftp site somewhere?

Please post or email.

Thanks,

	Robert
	( robbur@ludd.luth.se )
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools
From: umlamott@ccu.umanitoba.ca ()
Subject: Uniface experiences
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 00:54:12 GMT

Hello:

My company is considering using Uniface for developing a new
system. If anyone is familiar with this product, would you please
send me e-mail outlining your experiences with it (good OR bad.)
Items of interest might include: learning curve/ease of use, cost
(in terms of development time and execution), and database access.

Thanks in advance!
-- 
Steven Lamotte
University of Manitoba
umlamott@ccu.umanitoba.ca

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools
From: rrush@seg7.cigseg.rtsg.mot.com (Roscoe Rush)
Subject: Re: CDBW.ZIP database toolbox for WINDOWS
Organization: Motorola Inc.  Arlington Heights, IL
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 17:14:41 GMT
Keywords: database toolbox, windows

In <1993Jan6.134401@cs.utwente.nl> vorwerk@cs.utwente.nl (Manfred Vorwerk) writes:

>Recently I noticed a sophisticated database toolkit for Microsoft Windows
>programmers on FTP.CICA.INDIANA.EDU, it's called CDB for Windows.

>Everything I've read sofar sounds great. There is only one little question that
>keeps coming to my head:

>	"What's the catch?"

>It seems to me that there are a number of possibilities:

>	1) Only a limited number of tables can be referenced
>	2) Only a limited number of records (per table) can be stored
>	3) Limited time to evaluate toolkit


>Can somebody please tell me something about this toolkit? 
>If you wish you can E-Mail me, I'll summerize.

>Manfred Vorwerk

I would also be interested in knowning the limitations of this
toolkit. 

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools
From: umlamott@ccu.umanitoba.ca ()
Subject: PowerBuilder
Summary: Has anyone used this product?
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 23:05:46 GMT

My company is considering an all-out development project using
PowerBuilder. If anyone has used this product, would you please
let me know of your experiences with it, especially regarding
its so-called "cross between FORTRAN and BASIC" object-oriented
language and database interface capabilities. A comparison
against existing user-interface development tools (ie Telon
for mainframes and Easel for PC's) would also be of help.

Thanks in advance!
Steve Lamotte
-- 
Steven Lamotte
University of Manitoba
umlamott@ccu.umanitoba.ca

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: oertelh@cs.tu-berlin.de (Helmut Oertel)
Subject: Symbol Font needed
Organization: Techn. University of Berlin, Germany
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 15:01:35 GMT

Hi,
where can i get a symbol font that includes mathematical symbols such
as IR, IN, IC (symbol for the set of real, natural, complex numbers,
vertical line at the left side of the R, N, C...), diagonal arrows and
other (mathematical) symbols not included in the standard symbol font.

oertelh@cs.tu-berlin.de
From: bruce@bruces.frontiertech.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: Application Error message is driving me crazy!!! HELP!!
Date: 4 Jan 1993 14:31:33 GMT
Organization: Frontier Technologies
NNTP-Posting-Host: bruces.frontiertech.com

>I am running Windows 3.1 with 4meg.RAM in a 386 machine (386 enhanced mode).
>I have set up a couple of applications without any problem, and a few days
>ago I tried this two shareware programs: group icon and plug-in.
>The problem is that "sometimes" (not always) I get this message in the
>middle of the session (any session in any application) saying:
>Application Error
>
>PLUGINPM (or PROGMAN) caused a General Protection Fault in module
>W31-62B.DRV at 0003:0364
>
>-Anibal Jodorcovsky
>anibal@ee470.ee.mcgill.ca


So, don't do that, then ;-> 
Seriosly, I would chalk up "Plug-in" as unstable shareware and completely 
remove it off my machine, if I were you.  And send a note to the author
telling why you won't be registering it.

****************************************
Bruce A Backman
Software Engineer
Frontier Technologies Corporation
bruce@FrontierTech.com
****************************************

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: campbell@2ndwnd.enet.dec.com (Dave Campbell)
Subject: Mouse support in DOS apps when started from ICON.
Reply-To: campbell@nova.enet.dec.com
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation, Nashua, N.H.
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 13:42:22 GMT


I have a mouse problem with a DOS app (OZCIS). If I start the application
from a DOS prompt in a DOS box, (windowed or full screen), the mouse works
fine. However, if I start the app from an icon, (which references the
.PIF file), the mouse doesn't work. I've been in with the PIF editor and
can't seem to find anything there which can be fiddled.

Any thoughts?

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: jcmorris@mwunix.mitre.org (Joe Morris)
Subject: Re: Symbol Font needed
Organization: The MITRE Corporation
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 17:00:07 GMT

oertelh@cs.tu-berlin.de (Helmut Oertel) writes:

>where can i get a symbol font that includes mathematical symbols such
>as IR, IN, IC (symbol for the set of real, natural, complex numbers,
>vertical line at the left side of the R, N, C...), diagonal arrows and
>other (mathematical) symbols not included in the standard symbol font.

Have you looked at the three Lucida Math fonts included with the Microsoft
TrueType font package?  They may provide what you need.

BTW, Microsoft has released a second set of TrueType fonts, so make
sure that you look at the original package.  The font names are:

   Lucida Bright Math Extensions
   Lucida Bright Math Italic
   Lucida Bright Math Symbol

Joe Morris / MITRE
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: harold@wam.umd.edu (James B. Harold)
Subject: Re: Scientifical graphic software
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 14:35:57 GMT

In article <1993Jan7.165412.23731@news.columbia.edu> qiang@cubmol.bio.columbia.edu (Qiang Zheng) writes:
>Sorry if somebody has posted this before.  My question are:
>
>1.  Does the new Quattro Pro for Windows do error bar?

This is one of the (several) things about QP4W which I find a 
little sad.  QP4W does not (as far as I can tell) do error
bars.  It _does_ do stock market graphs, which, surprise, surprise,
look _just_like_ error bars (opening and closing prices for the
day marked by horizontal lines, connected by a vertical line).
You can hack around a bit and fake error bars, but only by
plotting your data as a line graph.  I don't see a way to
do it with an XY (scatter) plot.  

Now I realize that the scientific community isn't a high priority
with many software companies, but come'on...the code is
basically already written.  How hard would it have been to
include error bars (in fact, I talked to guy with another
company which specializes in scientific graphing, and they
said that's precisely what they do...they use the same code
for the stock market graphs and error bars).

'Course, if I'm wrong, I'd be happy to hear how to do this... :-)
-- 

James Harold                 "There is always an easy solution to
harold@wam.umd.edu            every human problem -- neat, plausible,
                              and wrong."    --  H. L. Mencken
From: phoenix.Princeton.EDU!carlosn (Carlos G. Niederstrasser)
Subject: Scaling axis in Excel 4.0
Originator: news@nimaster
Organization: Princeton University
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 22:15:46 GMT


I have an Excel chart with an axis that goes from -100 to 500, however the only  
tick marks (major) that I want are at 0 and at 500.  Is there anyway of doing  
this?  When I put major tick mark spacing 500 it gives me tick marks at -100  
and 400.
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps,comp.os.ms-windows.setup
From: herman@sgl.ists.ca (Herman Tan)
Subject: X terminal server for MS Win 3.1
Organization: Institute for Space and Terrestrial Science
Date:  7 Jan 93 17:27:04 GMT


I do not know if this is the right group to post the following question:

Does anybody have any recommendation for an X terminal server running under
MS Win 3.1.  Currently, I am evaluating the Hummingbird's eXceed version 3.1
and found few bugs with it.  If you use the up/down arrow keys, it will cause
the keyboard to be locked in CAPS mode.  I am running the Beame & Whiteside
which supports TCP/IP connections to our Sun server.
If you have any suggestion, and the name of the company with phone number,
I will really appreciate it.


Thanks for your info.

Herman Tan
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: cae@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Charles Elliott)
Subject: Fonts on equation editor in W4W
Organization: Department of Computer Science, Warwick University, England
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 19:58:48 GMT


I've just installed Windows3.1 and WfW2.0 on my PC to find that the
fonts in the equation edior are not working. In particular I can't get
Integral signs etc. The fonts Fences and MT??? (can't remember) have 
installed themselves as TrueType fonts, but when I go into fonts in the
Windows control panel, examples of these fonts do not show up. I am using
the HP Deskjet 500 printer driver as supplied with 3.1

When the equation editor loads, I get the message '.. fonts are not available
on currently selected printer ..' but no amount of reinstalling the editor
works. On the other machines I use, one is configured to use an Epson LQ-2500
and the fonts work fine (and the sample text shows up in control panel) and
the other machine has ATM and works fine.

Any ideas??

Charles

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From: bneale@access.digex.com (Brian Neale)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: RTF export from AmiPro 3.0
Date: 10 Jan 1993 05:27:56 GMT
Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt MD USA
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: access.digex.com
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3


weikl@ee3ds1.ilt.fhg.de (Dr.B.Weikl) writes:
: 
: Hi all,
: 
: I've problems to import RTF files created with AmiPro 3.0. There seem to be Lotus specific extension. The errors I get are:


I think Lotus has released an updated set of import/export filters
including RTF. They are supposed to fix some problems.
 --
***************************
Brian Neale
bneale@access.digex.com
***************************
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: jcmorris@mwunix.mitre.org (Joe Morris)
Subject: Re: where to get MS-Access?
Organization: The MITRE Corporation
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 17:04:07 GMT

bhouser@sc9.intel.com (Brad Houser) writes:

>Has anyone else noticed that MS-ACCESS is not available anywhere?

>I have been on a waiting list at Egg Head for three weeks, and 
>they are telling me it will be another three to four weeks.

FWIW, the Egghead outlets around the D.C. area are stacked to the gills
with copies of Access as of about a week ago.  

Also FWIW, _PC_Leak_ reports that MS is preparing a maintenance release
of Access within the next few months to fix the usual slew of problems
you expect to find in release 1.0 of any product.  The same issue reports
that Microsoft and Novell are back at their hammer-and-tongs slugfest,
this time over the DLL for BTRIEVE which was included with Access.  Novell
says that MS had no legal right to distribute the file, and MS says that
they did; in any case MS has announced that they will cease to distribute
the file in future packages of 1.0 Access.

Joe Morris / MITRE
From: merlin@neuro.usc.edu (merlin)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: $15 OS/2 2.1 BETA PDK CDROM (was: X-Windows & MS-Windows coexist)
Date: 12 Jan 1993 18:51:27 -0800
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: neuro.usc.edu

>The situation is that I use a Sun at work running X.  I must be able
>to use X in order to run the applications on the (Sun/Unix) network.
>However, I would like to be able to use some of the same software at
>work as I do at home (like a personal information manager).  Sooooo,
>if I could run X on a (suitably souped up) PC (any suggestions in that
>regard?) AND run MS-Windows, I'd have a nice work environment. 

Try the OS/2 2.1 BETA PDK CDROM 11/92 ($15 from IBM @ 1-800-342-6672).

It supports most Windows 3.1 Enhanced Mode applications, provides TCP
utilities and runtime, and PMX (presentation manager X windows).  The
CDROM also includes the full 14 volume OS/2 2.0 Technical Reference
Library (a $299 value), the C Developers WorkSet/2 (32 bit compilers,
libraries, debugger, etc), and many many other products.  

Just try it!  If you like the BETA product then buy the real thing when 
the GA (general release version) comes out in March 1993.  You get X11,
TCP/IP, and Windows 3.1 enhanced mode application compatibility all in
one really nice package.  In other words -- a better Windows than Win31.

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From: gcook@horus.cem.msu.EDU (Greg Cook|xxxxxx)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps,comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Help : Format Prob in WinWord 2.0
Date: 8 Jan 93 01:40:39 GMT
Organization: Michigan State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: horus.cem.msu.edu

From article <1993Jan6.222812.4748@verifone.com>, by vinaya_s1@verifone.com:
> Hello All!
> 
> I have an existing document  [ wors star 4.0 and Multimate ] . I plan to move
> form feeds ( hard returns ) inside it. I am interested in knowing how to
> automatically  remove these hard returns from a 1. marked section
> 2. A paragraph 
> 3. Whole document.

You may be able to use the 'replace' feature to do this.  I know you can
search for control symbols (ie. ^t = tab).  I don't know the proper code
for a hard return.  Are you sure it's not in the help under replace
special?


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