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From: tope@enea.se (Tommy Petersson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps,comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: PD/Shareware/cheap scan/view software?
Date: 9 Sep 92 15:01:19 GMT
Reply-To: tope@enea.se (Tommy Petersson)
Organization: Enea Data AB, Sweden
Uucp-Path: mcvax!kth!sunic!enea.se!tope

I'm working on a program that will have Windows clients to
a Unix/Sybase database server. On the clients, I want to
add the ability to scan in a picture and store it on HD, as well
as view a previousely stored picture.

The user should run his/her normal application, then just press
a function key to be able to scan the picture, another to view
a picture.

I want routines that are cheap and simple, there's no need for image
handling utilitys and the program could even be started by a SYSTEM
call (though a DLE is nicer).

The system is a commercial, medical system, so if you find a PD
program I also want the name of the constructor for arrangements
like giving him/her some money for the right to use the SW.

The scanners we have looked at are cheap HP and Fujitsu scanners.

Thanks in advance,

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From: calloway@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM (Frank Calloway)
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 13:16:47 GMT
Subject: Re: Review of Ami Pro 3.0 ???
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Loveland, CO
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps

In comp.os.ms-windows.apps, jfreter@triton.unm.edu (The Myth) writes:

> ... (text deleted)

> If you must buy any windows word processor (instead of sticking with DOS
> and a DTP combined), then this is the one to get.  It still outperforms
> word perfect and word 2.0a.  It makes Word Star for windows look like a
> word processor written for a Commodore-64.  And Lotus's customer support
> is respectible (even though they still don't have a 1-800 number for
> bug reports).

Maybe this is the one to get -- maybe not.  It depends on what your
definition of "performance" is.  Much as I liked Ami Pro 2.0, I moved 
to W4W 2.0a because there were too many things Ami Pro 2.0 didn't do 
(or, perhaps, that I simply couldn't figure out how to do).  For
example:

  * If I accidentally pressed Pg Dn or Pg Up instead of Ins or Del (I'm
    not a very good typist), there didn't seem to be any way to quickly
    return to where I had been editing.  Instead, I had to move the cursor
    around using trial and error until I found where I had been working.  
    Every other major word processor I've seen "remembers" where you were 
    working and can return you there with only a keystroke or two (W4W 
    remembers the last three editing positions; simply press Shift-F5).

  * Endnotes *always* appear on a new page at the end of the document.
    Unless you insert a frame (which gets overwritten under some
    conditions) before the endnotes, you cannot insert text on that page, 
    such as a title that reads "Bibliography".  There were times (writing 
    term papers) when I wanted to move the endnotes up in the document, 
    to place them on a preceding page that was mostly blank.  Ami Pro
    wouldn't let me do it.

  * It lacked many of the keyboard commands I've come to expect in a
    full-featured word processor.  For example, I couldn't find a way
    to do something as simple as move to the top of the screen without
    using the mouse.

  * Several other similarly frustrating "quirks" that I can't remember 
    a year later.

(My apologies if these problems were due to my inability to read the
documentation.  I tried to find the answers.  Also, I called technical
support a couple of times and those folks rarely seemed to know the
product any better than I did.)

To me, Ami Pro seems to have been designed by some very talented programmers
who are not writers.  Its handling of graphics and WYSIWYG abilities are
superb, but I wouldn't say "this is the one to get" or "it outperforms
WordPerfect and Word for Windows 2.0a" for everyone.  Nor would I make 
that statement about W4W.  In many cases, a product's usefulness depends on 
what you need to do with it.  For example, Ami Pro 2.0's inability to return 
quickly to the previous editing spot keeps me from regarding it as a 
"serious" word processor.  But that might not be a major limitation in
someone else's opinion. 

Does Ami Pro 3 do these things I've mentioned?

Frank Calloway
calloway@hpmtlx.lvld.hp.com
From: soderstrom@cc.helsinki.fi
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Looking for: TEK4105 emulator
Date: 10 Sep 92 07:11:05 GMT
Organization: University of Helsinki

Looking for tek4105 emulation

I'm looking for an emulator emulating tek4105 and running under Windows 3.x.

The most important thing we need is the ability to copysome kind of vectorized
graphics from the screen to other application. We have not yet decided how we
are going to manipulate the picture after the copying.

Thank you for your advice in advance!

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From: anderson@mayo.edu (Alfred I. Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps,comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Digital Camera - anyone use this yet?
Date: 8 Sep 92 14:43:04 GMT
Article-I.D.: mayo.anderson.29.715963384
Organization: Mayo Foundation

Logitech makes a device called a FotoMan - a digital camera that will take a 
grey-scale image (up to 32 can be held in the cameras memory) and transfer 
one...all to a PC via the serial port.


Has anyone actually used this?  Does it work?  Is transfer speed a problem?


My objective is to allow a clerical individual to easily snap a head and 
shoulders picture of a person, transfer it to a PC, include the persons 
"mug" shot in a screen display and subsequently in a database.  Hardcopy 
printouts will probably not be needed - the low resolution is OK for this 
need.

Is there a better way than the digital camera?  
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: carter@cemvax.cem.msu.edu (Tom Carter) 
Subject: re: WnQVT/Net Mail and news reader
Organization: Michigan State University, East Lansing Michigan 
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 12:41:35 GMT

In article <1992Sep09.072516.12557@frodo.cc.flinders.edu.au> mmtl@cc.flinders.edu.au (T.Lampre) writes:
>
>I have just installed WnQVT/Net 2.70 under Win 3.1. I have telnet and
>ftp working fine but I cannot get the mail and newsreader to work.
>
>When I select 'Mail' from the services menu it asks me for a host,
>username and password. I give it all the details but it fails on the
>'PASS' command. I'm sure the password is correct. We have DOS versions
>of pop-mail working on other PC's so I don't think it's the host. I've
>tried using both names and IP numbers for the host.
>
>Also, the 'News' option is always greyed no matter what I do with the
>config settings. I have used our NNTP server with gnus under emacs so
>I know it should work.
>
>Our PC support people have no experience with this software so any
>help will be greatly appreciated.
>
>Trevor Lampre
><mmtl@cc.flinders.edu.au>
>Flinders University of South Australia

Sorry, I can't help with the POP mail problem, but for News, you need to 
make a (initially empty) text file called NEWS.RC and place it in your QVT 
directory. That should ungray the selection and we'll go from there...
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: robertt@vcd.hp.com (Bob Taylor)
Subject: Education/Test Making Package
Organization: Hewlett-Packard VCD
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 20:02:13 GMT

My wife is teaching a college-senior level Medical Technology class
and is looking for some kind of package (preferably Windows-based)
for generating exams.  She's looking for something data-basey - i.e.,
she wants to be able to punch in a whole bunch of questions/problems
and call them back randomly to create a given test/quiz.  She's
found a couple of DOS-based packages (ancient ones) that are
pretty clunky and don't really do what she wants (or have stupid
limitations like questions can only be 30 characters long).

She wants to be able to use essay/short answer, multiple choice,
matching, & T/F questions and mix and match them as needed.

If anybody has any suggestions (like I said, Windows is preferred, but
DOS is OK), email me.

thanks,

Bob Taylor
HP Vancouver
From: bashir@sybil.cs.Buffalo.EDU (Noushin Bashir)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Postscript Viewer
Date: 9 Sep 92 20:15:42 GMT
Organization: State University of New York at Buffalo/Comp Sci
Originator: bashir@sybil.cs.Buffalo.EDU

Hello All,

I am looking for a PS viewer that runs under Windows. Would anyone know
where I can get such utility? I suppose a similar utility which runs
under DOS will be fine too. 


						Thank you,
						Noushin



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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: ehobbs@nmt.edu (Eric Hobbs)
Subject: Data Portability between Excel 4.0 and Ami Pro 3.0??
Organization: New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 22:04:11 GMT

I was wondering how well (if at all) Ami Pro 3.0 imports files
from Excel 4.0 for Windows.  I want to get Ami Pro, but I don't
think I want a Lotus Windows spreadsheet.

Thanks
Eric A. Hobbs

ehobbs@jupiter.nmt.edu
From: czmax@cats.ucsc.edu (Max C. Pritikin)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: PKZIP Co. front end?
Date: 15 Sep 1992 02:44:10 GMT
Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz
NNTP-Posting-Host: si.ucsc.edu


PRAETHE@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu (Ethan Evan Prater) writes:

>I remember reading some months ago in PC Magazine about a Windows program from
>the company that makes PKZip. It was a replacement for their earlier attempt
>at a Windows front end for PKZip, Zip Manager. This new program was supposed
>to support ARJ and ZIP, and it didn't shell to DOS to do it.
> 


XtreePro for windows is a bit of an overkill for what you are asking 
BUT it seems to have the best .zip file managment i've seen yet.

It displays any zip file as if it where a drive/directory and lets
you drag and drop files in and out of it.

It may be more than you need but worth looking into... especially since
the reviews indicate it is a very good replacement for MS Windows' own
file manager.

	-Max

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: shah@cherry.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (shahrin abdullah)
Subject: How to Change bitmap color upon loading.
Organization: Institute of Systems Science, NUS, Singapore
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 03:10:29 GMT

Hi there ! I was just wondering whether any of U gurus out there can solve my problem.
The situation is like this. I have created a bitmap using the image editor with the color set to black on a white background. Somewhere along the line, I will load that specified  bitmap using the LoadBitMap function. Now the problem is, how do I changed the color of this bitmap to another one, like for instance to blue or red inorder to suit to certain situation in this instance before I display it using the BitBlt function. Do I need to use the GetDIBits and SetDIBits function to changed the color and if




 so how do I do it ? Please help !
I'm only a novice in Windows. Thank U.
From: mccashin@unixg.ubc.ca (Brian McCashin)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: Could someone please write this micro-app for me?
Keywords: delete, 3.1
Date: 9 Sep 92 15:52:42 GMT
Distribution: world,inet
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

In <BuAztJ.KC8@cs.vu.nl> xerox@cs.vu.nl (J. A. Durieux) writes:

>In the file mamager, I keep a small window showing a directory with
>utilities.  For instance, a copy of notepad is there, so that if I want to
>edit a file with the wrong extension, I just drag it onto notepad.

Drop03.zip on ftp-.cica.indinana.edu allows you to drag an app on to the
desk. Its currently in the /pub/pc/win3/uploads directory.

>I would like to have a delete utility on which I could drag a colection of
>files, so that they would be deleted.  Nothing fancy.
>Currently I have a "remove.bat" with "del %1" in it, but that has two
>disadvantages:

>(1) It only deletes one file
>(2) It switches to DOS, so that my screen flashes.

thetrash.zip on cica in /pub/pc/win3/util has a stay on top option so its
visible evn in a maximumized file manager window.

>I know nothing about Windows programming, but it seems this should be an
>easy program to write, and I would be grateful if someone would mail or
>post a binary that does the job.

PS No windows app is "easy" to write so pay your registration!!

>Thanks in advance,
>				   Biep.

>P.S.: I know about the various dustbin utilities, but I prefer no icons on
>      my (maximised) file manager screen.
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From: ssl@cory.Berkeley.EDU (LUNA  STEVE)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Xwindows on PC
Date: 9 Sep 92 08:08:40 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of California, at Berkeley


Does anybody know of an application that will turn my PC into an X server
and let me log into a client machine over a modem. Something that will let
me establish multiple login windows with one modem would be just as good.

Thanks,
ssl@cs.berkeley.edu
From: Jose.Martinez@p0.f17.n367.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Jose Martinez)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Truetype VS. Adobe
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 92 10:54:27 EDT
Organization: FidoNet node 1:367/17.0 - The Island Sun II, Caparra Heights PR

Hola,
 Gracias Ricardo por la informacion.
 Si tengo alguna duda al instalar ATM te dejo un mensaje 
 para ver si me puedes ayudar.
 Gracias .
                                   Jose "PEPE" Martinez


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From: cmenzel@tamsun.tamu.edu (Christopher P Menzel         )
Subject: Re: Palatino truetype fon
Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 16:11:54 GMT

In article <91.2AA6EEC2@toadnet.org> Don.Bueltmann@f119.n8012.z86.Toadnet.org (Don Bueltmann) writes:
>
> JE> Does anyone know where I can get the font Palatino (Normal,
> JE> Bold, Italic, Italic Bold) in TrueType format?  I use the font a lot

As far as I can see, the Book Antiqua font that comes with the MS True
Type Font Pack is a very nice Palatino knock off.  It displays and
prints beautifully, and comes in the usual four flavors that JE is
looking for.
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: meep@wpi.WPI.EDU (A Son of the Silent Age)
Subject: Re: Works for Windows...memory problems?
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 15:27:15 GMT

In article <1992Sep4.185559.18236@ultb.isc.rit.edu> das1417@ultb.isc.rit.edu (Grenadier) writes:
>I'm using MS Works for Windows with Windows 3.1.  While using the
>database, I get an error that the system is out of memory, and that the
>display may be incorrect.  
>
>This wouldn't be a problem, except the error box is really annoying.
>What do I have set up wrong that might be causing this?  I'm using a
>pretty much straight config, with 4 Meg RAM and Smartdrive and emm386
>running.

I get the same problem when I'm running just MSWorks, and I'm using QEMM
with 16 MB of RAM, so I hope it's just a fuckup...

No clue how to fix it, though. Sorry.

Doug

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: adelaine@milton.u.washington.edu (Alison Blais)
Subject: Re: Minesweeper Cheating???
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 04:53:17 GMT

In article <1992Sep9.205532.7503@techbook.com> cetek@techbook.com (93) writes:
>Is it true that there is a way to cheat at Minesweeper?  Also, I saw
>someone post a message re: a program that lets the computer play
>minesweeper, taking about 30 secs. on Expert level.  What's the name of
>this program and where can I get it?

After entering Minesweeper, type "xyzzy ENTER SHIFT-ENTER".  Then, watch
the upper-left-hand pixel of your screen.  It will go dark when your
pointer's over a bomb.

The above is from the recently posted cheat-sheet.  Please see that
post to give credit where credit is due.  In any event, no credit is
due me.

Erick

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I will fear no evel:  for I am the meanest mother in the valley.
From: gordy@endor.uucp (Robert Gordy)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: shutting down windows with an icon
Date: 15 Sep 92 20:37:48 GMT
Article-I.D.: das.1992Sep15.203748.8210
Organization: Aiken Computation Lab, Harvard University

In article <1992Sep15.132536.16798@Warren.MENTORG.COM> stu@Warren.MENTORG.COM (Stu Brown) writes:
>How can I create an icon in Win 3.1 to exit windows? Maybe Norton
>Desktop for windows has a way to do this? Thanks!
>-- 
>Stuart Brown
>Mentor Graphics Corporation
>I.C. Group, Warren NJ
>stu@warren.mentorg.com or uunet!sdl!stu

There's a great shareware program that does just that.  You can
ftp it from ftp.cica.indiana.edu (from the pub/pc/win3/util
directory).  The file name (I believe) is wexit11.zip (or something
like that).

Rob
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: ferg@pmafire.inel.gov (Russ Ferguson)
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 14:36:30 GMT
Organization: WINCO
Subject: WANTED Mapping, Modeling, and Simulation Software for IBM
Summary: 
Followup-To: 
Organization: WINCO
Keywords: simulation

I need a Mapping, Modeling, and Simulation software package for the IBM
that is similar to "ithink V2.0" for the MAC.

If you have any information or suggestions please email them to
ferg@pmafire.inel.gov

thanks in advanvce!!


Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: jsaker@cwis.unomaha.edu (James R. Saker Jr.)
Subject: Re: Paradox for Windows
Keywords: WINDOWS
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 00:42:48 GMT

d8olsth@dtek.chalmers.se (Thomas Olsson) writes:

>Has anyone tested Paradox for Windows? I think the latest beta is called
>beta 2. Beta 3 is said to be released soon. When?
>When will the final product be released?

I spoke w/ a Borland rep yesterday who indicated that Paradox for
Windows is scheduled for release "around" Halloween. 


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From: frank@odetics.com (Frank Merrow)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Project Management - Time Line or What?
Date: 11 Sep 92 19:49:37 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Odetics, Inc., Anaheim, CA

Hi,

I have a promotional sale here for Time Line for Windows for $99.00.
Seems like a good deal, but I would like to hear from someone who
has used it if it is a good choice or not.  PC Magazine was cool
toward the product in a recent review.  My needs are to schedule
about 5 people over the next year.  My focus is the GANTT and PERT
charts.  Does Time Line do this well?

Additionally, there MUST be SOMETHING shareware out there that does
project management.  If not in windows then on Unix or DOS.  Does
anyone have a lead on a usable program for either platform?  I don't
need a top of the line project management tool, just the basics.

Hints, leads and hear-say all welcome.

Frank
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: jfreter@triton.unm.edu (The Myth)
Subject: Re: Data Portability between Excel 4.0 and Ami Pro 3.0??
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 15:36:43 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

In article <1992Sep8.220411.15824@nmt.edu> ehobbs@nmt.edu (Eric Hobbs) writes:
>I was wondering how well (if at all) Ami Pro 3.0 imports files
>from Excel 4.0 for Windows.  I want to get Ami Pro, but I don't
>think I want a Lotus Windows spreadsheet.
>

I don't know how well it handles Excel 4.0, but it is perfect at importing
Excel 3.0.  If microsoft didn't change 4.0 much, then it should read those.
The manual says that it will import Excel 3.0 and earlier.  So, if Microsoft
changed the file format drastically, you can always save the spreadsheet in
Excel 3.0 format.
From: herbing@netmbx.netmbx.de (Kai-Uwe Herbing)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: PROCOMM for windows 1.01 maintenance release
Date: 5 Sep 92 17:47:32 GMT
Organization: netmbx, Berlin, Germany

sgw@boy.com (Steven Warner) writes:

>Datastorm Technologies is making a maintenance release of 
>PROCOMM for windows available on their public BBS.  The file
>may be downloaded by anyone - no password required.
>This release fixes many things, including the 'resource depletion'
>problem, which causes unexpected crashing of the system.
>A copy of version 1.00 must be already installed on the system 
>to be upgraded.
>The bbs' numbers are 314 875-0503 and 314 875-0608.

Somebody knows the numbers of the European Datastorm BBS, or better can
place the update on an ftp server, if this has nothing legal against it ?
I ask because the phone costs from Europe to get the update would be in
the same range as the original price for PCPLUS/Win. :-)

Thanks in advance
Kai
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From: sb@next.neuro.emory.edu (Stephen O. Berger)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: 3D wireframe modelling software ?
Date: 15 Sep 92 14:39:04 GMT
Reply-To: sb@next.neuro.emory.edu



  Hi,

    Can anyone recommend a decent 3-D wireframe modelling package to
  run under windows ?  Please send replies by e-mail.


  Steve Berger (sb@onripx.neuro.emory.edu)