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Subject: Free "Tools Sampler" CD-ROM
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Reply-To: chris@chrism.demon.co.uk
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Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 14:00:38 +0000

The following announcement was recently posted on CompuServe.  I thought it
might be of interest to other members of this newsgroup:

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Microsoft is proud to offer you the Microsoft Development Tools Sampler for
Windows.  This product is a CD-ROM which contains advertisements,
demonstrations, and working models of development tools for Microsoft Windows
and Microsoft Windows NT.  To obtain the Tool Sampler Absolutely Free simply
email  your name and address in the format of a mailing label to
">INTERNET:TOOLSAMP@Microsoft.com" with a subject line that reads TOOL SAMPLER

EXAMPLE:

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SUBJECT: TOOL SAMPLER

CARLOS RICHARDSON

1 MICROSOFT WAY

REDMOND, WA 98052

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Please make sure the message is in exactly this format.

CD's will be shipped on a first come first serve basis.  There will be
a posting on CompuServe in the MSWIN32 forum indicating when
supplies have been exhausted.

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Obviously, the address shown applies to mailing from CompuServe.  If you're
on the Internet, just post to "TOOLSAMP@MICROSOFT.COM".

I've already sent for mine :)

Chris
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools
From: beaurega@ireq.hydro.qc.ca (Denis Beauregard)
Subject: Re: FYI : Zortech c++ bundle deal
Organization: Institut de recherche d'Hydro-Quebec, Varennes, Canada
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 16:39:50 GMT

In article <1992Dec17.161000.27062@u.washington.edu> ulbricht@carson.u.washington.edu (Craig Ulbricht) writes:
>
>called to find out what the WINC conversion libraries were, among
>many other things, the "Pre Sale" Tech Support guy didn't know what
>they were and had never heard of them.  Somethings just not right here.

The WINC library will just replace the standard IO functions so that
they run in a window.

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From: bilodeau@malte.ensmp.fr (Michel Bilodeau <bilodeau@cmm.ensmp.fr>)
Subject: Re: AMI PRO:  Centering equations?
Organization: Ecole des Mines
Date: 21 Dec 92 18:34:12

In article <8karc_b@lynx.unm.edu> jbaze@carina.unm.edu (Jody L. Baze) writes:


   Does anybody know how to center an equation on a page (or in a column)
   automatically, ala TeX's display math mode?  The problem is actually
   worse since I need to put an equation number over on the right margin,
   much like you see in a lot of textbooks.  In TeX, this is all pretty
   straight-forward, but I'm finding it very frustrating under Ami Pro 3.0.
   Naturally, you could do all this with frames, but when you start having
   tons of equations, and then you play with the margins, columns, etc
   you see the hassles of changing every frame by hand.  Yuck!

   Any ideas?  I appreciate any help you could give me.

You may consider your equation as any block of text. In normal mode (not in
equation mode) setup a rule with a center tab in the middle of the
line and a right tab at the end of the line. Next, before your
equation put a tab. After your equation put another tab. The first one
will center your equation (because it's a center tab). The seond tab
will help to right align the equation number. To help to do this. To
be consistent in all your document you may need to setup a style with
the above ruler.

Good luck,

Michel Bilodeau
bilodeau@cmm.ensmp.fr


   Jody Baze

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: mcdonald@aries.scs.uiuc.edu (J. D. McDonald)
Subject: Re: Scientific graphing/analysis programs.
Organization: UIUC SCS
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 18:23:20 GMT

In article <C06qH2.4uE@space.physics.uiowa.edu> rlm@sunlight.Physics.UIowa.Edu (Robert Mutel) writes:

>We use AXUM for DOS (v.2.0) and are fairly satisfied. The one feature I 
>have yet to find in any of these programs is the ability to specify an
>arbitrary
>function to fit to a set of data points. The program should do a LSQ solution
>with an correlation matrix for the coefficients. 

>Does anyone know of a program which does this?
>  
The Origin program from MicroCal will fit to an arbitrary function. It does
do a LSQ solution. I don't know exactly what you mean by the second
part.

Doug McDonald
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps,comp.apps.spreadsheets
From: plaut@sc2a.unige.ch (Olivier PLAUT)
Subject: ** Database structure from dBase to Excel ?? **
Organization: University of Geneva, Switzerland
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 08:36:59 GMT


Hello.
I have a question about the structure of dBase databases red by Excel:

If I read a dBaseIII dbf file with Excel, the database is correctly
interpreted by Excel. That means the database, when returned to 
DBF3 format will have the correct structure.

My question is: where is this structure conserved by Excel ?
Is it possible to list the structure when working in Excel ?
I would like to see the field type and the field length
of some fields.

Thanks.

Olivier
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: dmike@intacc.uucp (Michael DeKoven)
Subject: Re: Suggestions Needed for Scanning Graphics
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 18:00:28 GMT
Organization: Matrix Artists' Network

I'm using Photostyler (which came with my scanner) now published by
Aldus. Its a very interesting program, but it is slow (on a 33Mz 486)
and is geared towards grey scale/colour work. I work mostly with line
drawings and Photostyler can't edit B&W, so I scan in PS, then clean
up the scan in a paint package, then convert the drawing to vector
format and edit again -- what a pain, but the output is nice.

The other "high end" program (which also can't edit B&W as far as I
know) is Micrografx Picture Publisher. A step down from that is Zsoft's
Publisher's Painbrush. These all come with various scanner drivers.

Zsoft also puts out PhotoFinish which is a lower-end version of Pub.
Painbrush. I don't know much about the Zsoft products, but it is my
understanding they don't allow editing in B&W.

The old PC Paintbrush 4+ would have served my needs better (scanning and
clean-up in one program), but it is not a windows program, and I could
never get it to run under windows (I do know people who do run it under
windows quite successfully though). PC Paintbrush 5+ (published by Zsoft)
is out now, and if you don't need OLE and clipboard support, it or 4+ may
be your best bet.

Michael DeKoven
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: swhall@eng.auburn.edu (Steven Wayne Hall)
Subject: DOS/WINDOWS
Reply-To: swhall@eng.auburn.edu
Organization: Auburn University Engineering
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 19:37:19 GMT

Try ftp.cica.indiana.edu.  It has the latest of most Win stuff.
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: eng10056@nusunix1.nus.sg (LAU YIN CHENG)
Subject: AMIPRO - Macros, Problems
Organization: National University of Singapore
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 01:54:08 GMT




Hello there everyone.

I have been facing difficulty in constructing a macro to number a figure
and assgn a bookmark to it.

I am only able to write a macro to number a figure.

As for assigning a bookmark to the figure number so that I can
cross-reference it, I have to do it manually.

Below is an example of what I want to accomplish.


	....Figure <GetBookMark electr) was drawn on the .....
	....




              Figure <<Seq Figure %N1>> Electrode configurations
                     ^                 
		    /
		  /
		 /
		/
The bookmark 'electr' encloses the Powerfield <Seq Figure %N1> so that
the figure number can be reference in the text as shown by using the
power field <GetBookMark electr>.


Below is a listing of what I have done so far.

	FUNXTION NUMFIG1()
	SetStyle("figure )
	FieldAdd("Seq Figure %N1" )
	Type(" ")
	FieldAdd("Query$(""Enter Figure name"")")
	END FUNCTION


Anybody got any suggestions and advice?  Please Help
Thanks in Advance



Lau Yin Cheng
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: MS Word upgrade worth it?
From: thomas@datamark.co.nz (Thomas Beagle)
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 21:28:32 GMT
Organization: Datamark International Ltd.

In article <1i6n4rINN373@shelley.u.washington.edu> qwa@hardy.u.washington.edu (Ned Bedinger) writes:
>The benefits of the upgrade are debatable.  I personally
>find this drag-and-drop business to be a royal pain in the
>rear.  I simply hate spending time trying to click-and-drag
>to highlight text (as we have always done in Word) and getting
>one character dragged around the screen instead of a highlight.
>It is really an inconsequential feature for anyone who has
>become accustomed and adept at word processing without it.  

If you don't like it, turn the feature off!

Sheesh, what a prat...

>On the other hand, things that used to require glossaries and
>macros are now available on the tooolbar.  You can simply
>click a button to place a bullet, format as two columns, zoom
>in (aw fer cryin' out loud, is this really necessary?), and
>a rash of other common and not-so-common tasks.

If you don't like the options offered on the toolbar, add you own
options there and stop whinging.

Sheesh, what a prat...

In my arrogant opinion, Word for Windows 2.0 is a lot better than Word
for Windows 1.1  I upgraded as soon as it came out and found it fixed
many annoying little things. The only thing I missed was being able to
enter AUTO for a table width measurement - but that's not much of a
problem.

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From: carter@cemvax.cem.msu.edu (Tom Carter)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: re: W4W eating up FSR's!!
Keywords: W4W
Date: 22 Dec 92 19:17:43 GMT
Organization: Michigan State University, Chemistry Dept., E. Lansing, MI
NNTP-Posting-Host: photon.cem.msu.edu

>In article <Bzo7Mt.B3E@world.std.com> gordy@world.std.com (Robert W Gordy) writes: 
>I'm using W4W 2.0b and it seems that it's eating up
>my system resources (specifically, the USER segment)
>when I'm not even typing!  I'm running PC Mag's WinFSR
>to monitor my FSR's and if I have W4W running, my FSR
>slowly goes down.  The wierd part is that it does this
>even when I'm not using the computer.
>
>I think it may have something to do with the particular
>document I'm editing (ie.  I haven't noticed this until
>I started editing this document).  This doc is about 40K in
>size and has a half a dozen section breaks.  The section 
>breaks are there so that I can switch from landscape to 
>portrait and back again.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Rob Gordy

This is a known bug, but NOT in WfW; it's the postscript printer driver! (I'll
bet that's what you're using.) With a document containing both landscape 
and portrait pages, the printer driver starts eating resources.

The fix:

ftp to:
ftp.cica.indiana.edu (129.79.20.84) 

and navigate to:
pub/pc/win3/drivers/printer

and binary transfer file:
pscript.exe

this is an updated postscript printer driver which fixes this bug. HTH
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: eri316@tijc02.uucp (Ed Ingraham         )
Subject: Re: Kermit File Transfer w/ Windows Terminal
Organization: Siemens Industrial Automation, Johnson City TN
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 14:35:56 GMT

From article <9212181641.AA07185@deepthought.cs.utexas.edu>, by CIR_TLW@VAX1.UTULSA.EDU (Tristia Watson):
> 
> When trying to send the file from PC to VAX, I enter the SERV command.  
> Kermit resonds with a message about the server being running, and
> to enter "BYE" at the Kermit prompt to exit.  I then start a BINARY file
> 
On the VAX I type RUN KERMIT. It responds with kermit prompt and I type
RECEIVE.

On my PC I click on SEND BINARY FILE and select a file (happens to be
ordinary ASCII text). The screen shows transfer going and finishing
correctly.

Back on the keyboard I type EXIT to Kermit-32 prompt and I am back to
DCL.

To sum up: don't use SERVE command. Use RECEIVE and SEND commands
instead.

--Ed
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps,comp.sys.mac.apps
From: mark@prepress.com (Mark S. Bubien)
Subject: Re: AfterDark PC to MAC
Organization: Pre-Press Technologies, Carlsbad Ca.
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 14:30:22 GMT


>Does anyone know of a way to translate MAC afterdark modules to PC modules, or
>vice-versa?

I am not an expert, but I'd venture to say that the answer is "no."

The AD modules aren't just files, they're code resources which are
loaded and executed by the AD Control Panel.  That means they're
just like normal programs (except that they need another program
to load and execute them) which are stored in an executable
format for a specific computer.  To translate the modules, you'd
need some way to translate the executable machine code from
one platform to the other.  Plus, you need to translate the Windows
specific function calls to Mac specific toolbox calls.

I'm not sure if the technology is there to do something like this
(I'd be interested to hear if it were, though).  But even if there
is a program out there that can do such a task, I'd bet it's damn
expensive!

Sorry,
	Mark


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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: ST32373@VM.CC.LATECH.EDU
Subject: How to paste bitmap from paintbrush TO paintbrush
Organization: Louisiana Tech University
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 93 22:52:39 CST

I know that sounds really st00pid, but I am trying to cut a snip of a .bmp file
 for use as a tiled wallpaper but it is NOT working. I have tried this a couple
 of times and even tho it displays right, when i reload the file it is all BLAC
K. Any suggestions? Th clipboard shows it correctly too. I am running 1024x768x
256 on an Ahead VGA. I dunno what to do.
 
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: sstern@jmb2.jmb.com (Steven D. Stern)
Subject: Re: WinFAX PRO v3: OCR
Organization: JMB Realty Corporation
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 18:11:39 GMT

Delrina offers an upgrade from WinFax 2 to WinFax 3 for $49 plus shipping, for a
total of about $59.  Call their Canadian number for details.

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From: jimcole@adobe.com (Jim Cole)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: Bullet indent in WFW
Date: 22 Dec 92 22:07:27 GMT
Followup-To: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated

In article <diesel.82@odie.ee.wits.ac.za>, diesel@odie.ee.wits.ac.za (Bruce
Diesel ) wrote:
> 
> Hi Everyone
> 
> Does anybody know how to change the default indent levels for bullets in WFW 
> and keep them changed.
> 
> Thanks
>   Bruce

--------------
I did it by creating a macro that creates a bullet, and then tying the
toolbar bullet button to that macro, rather than whatever command it
normally invokes.  

To create the macro, I started with the commands generated by the bullet
button (e.g., Record macro, click on bullet button, Stop recording).  I
then edited those commands to remove all the extra formatting junk I didn't
want.  One of the formatting commands is the indentation.  I made the
formatting relative to the current paragraph, so my bullets are always
indented correctly relative to the text above.

There might be a better way, but this works for me.

Jim
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: rwh@moose.cccs.umn.edu (RICHARD HOFFBECK)
Subject: Re: DEC VAX/VMS RMS & MS Access
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Reply-To: rwh@moose.cccs.umn.edu
Organization: Colon Cancer Control Study, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Distribution: all
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 16:25:00 GMT

In article <BzMqtx.JtM@world.std.com>, sle@world.std.com (steve l edwards) writes:
> I may be wrong on this, but I believe that RDB does not access RMS files.
> Further complicating things is that RDB only exists on the VAX side. I
> don't think that MS Access can access RDB files. Also, my client wishes to
> keep as much of this project on PC's as possible and leave the VAX alone.
>  
> Any other ideas?

You might want to check out Q+E from Pioneer Software.  I have the version
that was bundled with Excel and it provides DDE access to Rdb servers on the
VAX via DECNet.  I'm waiting to get Rdb reinstalled on the cluster to see
what the performance is like.  BTW, the version bundled with Excel is 2
revisions behind the current Q+E product.

I've also seen press releases to the effect that (1) DEC will provide an NT
based Rdb server and (2) DEC has committed to providing an ODBC driver for
PathWorks/Rdb for Access during Q2 '93.  Our system manager recently came
back from a DEC presentation on Alpha and it sounds like DEC has all sorts
of goodies just waiting on the formal release of NT!

--rick

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: dsartori@cac.washington.edu (Diana Sartorius )
Subject: Re: Chinese Word processor
Organization: UW Computing
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 19:02:11 GMT


Jeri,

Does this help?
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps,comp.sys.mac.apps
From: teague@us17501.mdc.com (Chris Teague 7-1171)
Subject: AfterDark PC to MAC
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 21:40:40 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]


Does anyone know of a way to translate MAC afterdark modules to PC modules, or
vice-versa?
Thanks in advance,
Chris Teague
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: sprague.wbst311@xerox.com
Subject: Re: MS Word problem with Diamond Speedstar 24X
Followup-To: MS Word problem with Diamond Speedstar 24X
Originator: msprague@superior
Organization: Xerox
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 15:17:27 GMT

> Workaround: in Windows Setup, select 'VGA'.  Then the MS driver
> is used, and the bug goes away.

That's a workaround I don't like since VGA is 640x480 ... which makes
windows (and Word) pretty much useless.  If you want to go that route,
at least use the 800x600 mode.  Anyway, note that this problem is only
in the 256 color modes.  None of the other drivers seem to exhibit
the bug.

I use windows in 1024x768x256 mode.  Since I rarely change the
Tools/Options in Word, this bug doesn't cause me too much trouble.
My workaround is to switch to 1024x768x16 mode in windows, change
the options, and assuming I want them for some time (or at least
it will be some time before I change them back) I then change back
to 1024x768x256 mode.  This does take a small amount of time, but
since I don't do it often, it's not that big a deal.  Of course, it's
still a big enough deal that I _want_ Diamond to fix the bug(s)!!  :-)

I have run into some minor annoying problmes with the Diamond 16 color
drivers in Word though.  When I select the beginning or end of a paragraph
(and sometimes in the paragraph) with the mouse, a black box of varying
width replaces the next character and stay on the screen unless I scroll
of off and then back on.  In addition, the colors do note seem to look as
"crisp" as they do in the 256 color mode.

			~ Mike  (sprague.wbst311@xerox.com)
From: greenie@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: NCSA Telnet for Windows/w/src?
Date: 27 Dec 92 17:28:44 -0500
Organization: Carnegie Mellon Computer Club

Say, is there a true Windows version of NCSA Telnet available, with source?
What I'm really looking for is a Windows socket interface with/for/.to a
packet driver...

If there's any ideas out there, let me know... thanks...!

Andy
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: ldstern@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Larry Stern)
Subject: Tar, uuencode, and compress for WIN 3.1
Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 93 07:53:03 EST

Recently someone enquired if the above Unix utilities have been ported to
WIN 3.1, and where to find them.  I've found uuencode/decode but neither
tar or Unix-compatible compress/uncompress.  Before I re-invent the wheel
and port them myself, *are* the utilities available for Windows?

							Thanks,
							Larry Stern
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps