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From: gtd543a@prism.gatech.EDU (death)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: GUI-base vs DOS-base Comm. S/W
Date: 6 Oct 92 13:16:24 GMT
Organization: Fool's Paradise

In article <1992Oct5.171138.10759@dnbf01.bram.cdx.mot.com> jloong@dnbf01.bram.cdx.mot.com (Jackson Loong) writes:
>Not to raise a flame war, but I'm interest to hear from you, real users, the opinions regarding GUI-base and DOS-base communications s/w.  Is there really any difference in terms of performance, useability, etc?
>
>I'm currently using Procomm 1.1 (yes, it's old) and considering buying the ProcommPLUS for Windows.  Before people jump onto recommending which package should I use, I'd like to hear some generic non-partisan views.

I would think that an article in a recent issue of Data Communications magazine
would tell all.

Right now, DOS communications packages have the advantage.  Windows comm packages
cause lots of lost characters -by default- unless you have (A) a very fast
machines, and (B) the comm package is one of the only programs running, and
(C) you have a 16550 UART chip.  This is -not-, repeat -not- the rule in 
Windows comm'ing, but I have found it to be true for the most part.  Win 3.1
introduced a special command which allows buffering of the com ports without
having to write interrupt-driven packages (which take up a lot of CPU time,
especially if you have a high speed modem like I do).  However, as the Data
Communications article points out, none of the commercial vendors have
taken advantage of this new technique.  In DC's benchmarking tests, all their
transfers at high speed resulted in -some- loss of characters.  

One of their solutions was to buy TurboCom, which I have.  It replaces the
standard virtual machine comm driver and allows much higher speeds with
features like 16550 recognization and adjustable com ports.  They didn't lose
any characters with TurboCom...

-- 
Jeff M. Garzik                    |
25861 Georgia Tech Station        | "Only sheep need a leader"
Atlanta, GA  30332                |                       - Nomeansno
E-Mail: gtd543a@prism.gatech.edu  |
From: news@walter.bellcore.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: Change Icon Fonts on Windows 3.1
Date: 26 Sep 92 13:33:15 GMT
Organization: Bellcore

Well, the WINDOWS magazine says this:
From: ddc@nyquist.bellcore.com (Daniel Chukurov 21324)
" ICON TEXT-  Windows 3.1 offers tree settings to control icon text. The first
of these tree settings, IconTitleFaceName, specifies the font used to display
icon titles (the text under icons). This setting controls the text desplayed
below a running program, as well as the the icon descriptions that appear
bellow icons in each group window. There is no entry in WIN.INI by defoult to
control the icon font, so Windows uses MS Sans Serif font for icon titles. If
you find that icon titles are not legible on your dispaly, or you would like
to use a different font, just add an appropriate IconTitleFaceName setting to
the [Desktop] section of WIN.INI similar to:
	[Desktop]
	IconTitleFaceName=Times New Roman
You can also use rister fonts or TrueType fonts. .... etc...
....etc. "
For futher info you may want to buy the September 1992 issue of WINDOWS
magazine, highly recomended.

Hope this helps.
A
A
.... etc. "
From: rene@hardy.u.washington.edu (Rene Magritte)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: Hypertext
Keywords: hypertext
Date: 5 Oct 92 04:16:04 GMT
Organization: University of Washington

hadgraft@eng2.eng.monash.edu.au (Roger Hadgraft, Civil staff, ext 4983) writes:

>In article <1992Oct2.204849.17418@u.washington.edu> rene@hardy.u.washington.edu (Rene Magritte) writes:
>>From: rene@hardy.u.washington.edu (Rene Magritte)
>>Subject: Hypertext
>>Summary: Hypertext under windows or WFW 2.0
>> 
>>	I am very interested in Hypertext as a tool, and have been
>>playing with a progrm called Magic that works under DOS.  What I need
>>now is a similar program which works under Windows.  I have yet to
>>find any reasonably priced program which does this.   
>>   	Somebody suggested that a few macros, which worked under Word
>>for Windows 2.0, might do the trick. Given that I already have WFW
>>2.0, this is a very appealing idea.   What I need is an easy way to
>>create   
>> 
>>	a) reference links, which jump to another place in a document 
>>	b) replacement links, which replace one string of text with
>>	  another -- usually expanded -- an example would be a word

>>	  such as SCUBA, when clicked on, would expand to say 
>>	  "self-contained underwater breathing apparatus"...
>>	c) File links, which go from the file you're in to another
>>  	   file. 
>> 
>I have written a WfW macro to translate Word documents into Windows HLP 
>files, with the assistance of the Help Compiler. The advantage of sticking 
>with the Help utility is that lots of stuff is already available for it, and 
>you don't need to retrain your users. I guess it would be possible to 
>simulate hypertext within Word using bookmarks, but that's another story.

>If anyone would like a copy of my macro, send me mail. The evaluation 
>edition uses the document outline to automatically create a hierarchical 
>Help document. It defines the title (first line) of each topic in the 
>keyword list as well, and calls the Help Compiler to do the job.

>The registered version (US$20=AUD$28) also handles cross references, 
>including multiple cross references (via a popup target table), and has many 
>other nice features. The registered version will translate any Word document 
>into a HLP file with no other assistance than the presence of the Help 
>Compiler. It will, for example, automatically create the Help Project (HPJ) 
>file.

>--
>Roger Hadgraft, Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering
>Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, AUSTRALIA, 3168.
>phone: 03 565 4983  fax: 03 565 4944 or 3409 intnl: +61 3 565 ....
>e-mail: roger.hadgraft@eng.monash.edu.au



 	Please go ahead and send me an evaluation copy of your macro.
If it meets my needs, I will register it.  If not -- no harm done! 
 
 			rene@hardy.u.washington.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: rg9538@ehsn14.cen.uiuc.edu (Ronald E Garnett)
Subject: Re: Ami Pro - 2 questions
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 17:50:44 GMT

gerry@cmu.edu (Gerry Roston) writes:

>1-Can Ami Pro (in my case, V2.0) produce Postscript output?  I don't
>think so, but I'll ask...

Ami Pro 2.0 (I assume that's only a windows thing?)  Sure it can!
Just select the postscript driver.  If you don't have one loaded,
then you will have to install it through Print Manager.  If you
are talking about exporting to EPS (encapsulated PostScript), then
I don't remember for sure, but it's a possibility.  Just try 
either an export (if that's an option) or doing a SAVE AS and then  
try choosing EPS for the file type. 

>2-I recently created a document with no borders, i.e., it used the
>entire 8 1/2 x 11 inch size of the paper.   The document is a single
>page table.  When I printed this, it would shift the table down by
>about 3/8 of an inch.  I tried turing off every margin, etc, that I
>saw.  Any suggestions as to fixing this?

What printer were you using?  Some printers (lasers) have a built-in
top margin.  If that's not the case, then I'm not sure.


Good luck!


Ron Garnett
University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana
        
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: kimp@rs6310.ecs.rpi.edu (Phil Kim)
Subject: Re: Ami Pro - 2 questions
Reply-To: kimp@rpi.edu
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 19:24:38 GMT

In article <GERRY.92Sep28092223@onion.cmu.edu>, gerry@cmu.edu (Gerry Roston) writes:
|> 1-Can Ami Pro (in my case, V2.0) produce Postscript output?  I don't
|> think so, but I'll ask...
|> 
|> 2-I recently created a document with no borders, i.e., it used the
|> entire 8 1/2 x 11 inch size of the paper.   The document is a single
|> page table.  When I printed this, it would shift the table down by
|> about 3/8 of an inch.  I tried turing off every margin, etc, that I
|> saw.  Any suggestions as to fixing this?

1. Any Windows programs can produce output on PostScript devices, including wimpy Windows Write.  If you want to save it as a file, just choose Print to File on Control Panel, Printer, Advanced section.

2. Make the table 3/8th of an inch smaller.
From: to5232@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: Procomm + and Zmodem
Date: 6 Oct 92 09:12:50 GMT
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

In article <1apvplINNhom@matt.ksu.ksu.edu>, ggirard@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Greg Girard) writes:
> Actually, under version 1.00, Procomm Plus can't handle file names that
> exceed the maximum number of characters for a MS-DOS filename.  Instead,
> you will get a nice little "file creation error" message down at the 
> bottom of the screen.  This happened to me a few times before I saw the 
> message and caught on to what was happening.  The good news is, that the
> maintenance release took care of this problem (among other).  With 
> version 1.01, filenames that are too long will be truncated.  However,
> if you are still using version 1.00, "file creation errors" might be
> your problem if you are having trouble downloading.
> -- 
> Greg Girard                 |Bitnet:    ggirard@ksuvm
> Kansas State University     |Internet:  ggirard@ksuvm.ksu.edu
> Manhattan, Kansas           |           ggirard@matt.ksu.ksu.edu

Where can one get this maintenance release?  Do you have to call Datastorm for
it or does CICA have it?
From: Mike_Quigley@mindlink.bc.ca (Mike Quigley)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Quark Express for Windows
Date: 4 Oct 92 03:16:24 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Distribution: world

I thought I posted a message about this program here a couple of days ago,
but I don't think it made it. I'm just wondering if anyone has heard what's
the fate of Quark Express for Windows? A local printing company I was talking
to has a beta copy, which they say is full of bugs.

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: hadgraft@eng2.eng.monash.edu.au (Roger Hadgraft, Civil staff, ext 4983)
Subject: Re: A PD notepad replacement for >64K files?
Organization: Faculty of Engineering, Monash University 
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 01:14:16 GMT

In article <per.ytterberg.34.0@neurofys.uu.se> per.ytterberg@neurofys.uu.se (Per Ytterberg) writes:
>From: per.ytterberg@neurofys.uu.se (Per Ytterberg)
>Subject: Re: A PD notepad replacement for >64K files?
>Date: 30 Sep 1992 14:09:52 GMT
>I am using WinEdit from Wilson WindowWare, Inc. But it is not PD. It's a 
>$59.95 shareware. I think it's rather good. It will handle 16MB files. 
>That's what they say but I have not tested it :-).
>
Try PFE - Programmer's File editor. It handles very large files, and is 
free. It's on Cica.

--
Roger Hadgraft, Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering
Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, AUSTRALIA, 3168.
phone: 03 565 4983  fax: 03 565 4944 or 3409 intnl: +61 3 565 ....
e-mail: roger.hadgraft@eng.monash.edu.au
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: lchan@snake2.cs.wisc.edu (Lawrence L. Chan)
Subject: A bug in Word for Windows 2.0
Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 23:50:33 GMT

Hi everybody,

	I got a problem when I was running Word for Windows 2.0.  What I did
is as follows:-

1. I typed a 2 page document.  
2. I chose View from the bar menu, and I chose Header/Footer.
3. I clicked the box which says "Different first page".
4. I edited both the Header and the First Header by putting my last name,
   chan, in both headers.
5. I did a spelling check on the whole document.
6. When it comes to check the spelling of one of the headers, it stops 
   because my last name is not in the dictionary.        
7. I chose Ignore but Word gave me an "Application Error" and force me
   to quit.

	As I've found out, as long as both headers have a word that is not
in the dictionary, Word for Windows will crash if you try to do a spelling
check.  It happens not only to my copy of Word, but I've tried this on my
friend's computer and even the computers in my college.

	I'm not sure whether this bug is fixed already.  Please reply me
thru email.  Thanks in advance for anyone who can give me some information.

-- 
Lawrence Chan
lchan@bc.cs.wisc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: dce@smsc.sony.com (David Elliott)
Subject: Windows backup program
Organization: Sony Microsystems Corp, San Jose, CA
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 92 23:50:37 GMT


I'm looking for a backup program for my Windows system.

I am looking for the following features:

1. Must be able to backup to a file on another disk (I want to back up
   to a PC-NFS volume).

2. Must run from Windows 3.1 (I don't care if it's a DOS program, but
   I don't want to exit Windows to run it).

3. Must be able to be run without any user interaction, even if it
   fails (including PC-NFS read/write failures).  I want to run it
   as a WinTools scheduled tool.

4. Must be able to backup multiple hard disks.  It would be nice if
   each could be backed up to a separate backup file.

5. Must be able to do both full and incremental backups.  It would be
   nice if it remembered deletions.

The program can be either shareware or commercial.

BTW, if anyone knows the person who did WinBack, please tell him that
the install program shouldn't overwrite files like commdlg.dll if they
are already there.  What a pain...

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: rharmon@triton.srg (Robert Harmon)
Subject: Procomm and Program Manager
Organization: Arinc Research Corporation, Annapolis MD
Distribution: usa
Date: 6 Oct 92 11:27:37



If I'm downloading a file in Procomm and hit <Alt><Enter>, the
download stops.  Is there any way to make it keep going?

I thought the MSDOS windows get 50% processing time even when
they're not the foreground task.  Or do I have to wait for NT?
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Arinc Research 2551 Riva Rd.    |  
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From: kendall@castor (ROB KENDALL)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: True Type fonts & Word Perfect
Date: 30 Sep 92 19:11:02 GMT
Organization: University of Georgia

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Word Perfect for Windows
Summary: problem adding True Type fonts 
Expires: 
Followup-To: 
Distribution: 
Organization: University of Georgia
Keywords: 


It only lets me add a certain # of TT fonts before giving
me a divide overflow error while trying to update the printer
driver... then gives me a 'helpful' little popup suggesting
that I don't have enough memory (8MB) or disk space (PUH-lenty!).

Anyone else have this problem or have ANY suggestions on how
I can fix it??  

Oh, and just so you W4W users can snicker, W4W has had NO problem
with using ALL of the TT fonts I've been able to collect :)
From: stefan@olson.acme.gen.nz (Stefan Olson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: Ami Pro 3.0 and Spanish dictionary....
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 92 14:56:12 +1200

In <gfjzqdd@rpi.edu> chungy2@aix.rpi.edu (Yau Felix Chung) writes:

>satisfied with it.  But I am unable to use the Spanish dictionary
>that I used with Ami Pro 2.0.  The software seems to install fine but
>when I go to the language option in the spell check section, I don't have
>Spanish as an option; all I get is American and British.  Does anyone 
>using Ami Pro know what could be the problem?  I would hate to think that
>I have to upgrade the dictionary version for Ami Pro 3.0.

I think you will have to.  The dictionary software was re-written
for Ami Pro 3.0, so the file format won't be the same...

Sorry,
Stefan

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   Kindness in giving creates love.
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: Western Digital/Paradise 90c11 driver.
From: dmmatt@bigez (Mike Mattix)
Date: 6 Oct 92 08:10:38 GMT
Organization: Monsanto Agricultural Company
Nntp-Posting-User: dmmatt

In article <1992Oct5.232705.20081@u.washington.edu>, ehammers@stein.u.washington.edu (Alison Blais) writes:
> Does anyone know where to get Windows 3.1 drivers for the Western
> Digital/Paradise 90C11?  I've got geneeric paradise drivers that work in
> the low-res modes, but I'm interested in 1024x768x256.  Thanks.
> 
> Erick.

 I was wandering around in the WD/Paradise BBS a month or so ago and saw
something like that.  BBS number: (714) 461-9144 or (714) 461-9155.


-- 
Mike Mattix
Agricultural Group of Monsanto
P.O. Box 174
Luling, LA 70070
INTERNET Address: dmmatt@bigez.monsanto.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: boer@fwi.uva.nl (George den Boer)
Subject: W4W2, dissertation template, update to 2.0b
Summary: two questions about W4W2
Organization: FWI, University of Amsterdam
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 10:43:00 GMT

Hello,

I am using Word for Windows about which I have two questions.

  I am to start writing my dissertation, are there problems with the 
  dissertation template of W4W2 which I should know about.

  The last few days I saw some articles about W4W2.0B. I like to
  know what this update is supposed to fix.



Greetings,

George


Email: boer@fwi.uva.nl
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: varkki@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Varkki George)
Subject: Re: WinQVT: Any success stories?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 14:14:59 GMT

In article <009617F8.7FF836A0@vms.csd.mu.edu> 5916rahmank@vms.csd.mu.edu writes:
>|>****Winqvt IS NOT FREEWARE******
>|>From readme.wri in archive:
>|>Registration Information
>|>
>|>WinQVT is a shareware product. Should you find it useful and suitable for 
>|>your requirements, we ask that you remit $50 to:
>|>                   ------
>|>
>|>QPC Software
>|>P.O. Box 226
>|>Penfield, NY  14526

does anybody know if these people have a phone number or some means of
being contacted (there is no response to the internet address they
give)? institutions need more information than just an address to make
payments.

-- 
Department of Urban and Regional Planning  | E-mail: varkki@uiuc.edu
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Tel:    217.244.7059
From: brehonyt@ul.ie
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: How to develop a grammar checker for Winword 2.0
Date: 29 Sep 92 13:00:33 GMT
Organization: University of Limerick, Ireland



Can anybody out there give me any information about how I might go
about developing an alternative grammar checker for Winword 2.0.

Any advice anyone could give would be appreciated. Thanks.

Tom Brehony.
Internet Email : brehonyt@ul.ie
From: Greg.Reinacker@FtCollins.NCR.COM
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: FTP2.05 and Windows!
Date: 6 Oct 92 07:40:36 GMT
Reply-To: Greg.Reinacker@FtCollinsCO.NCR.COM
Organization: NCR Microelectronics, Ft. Collins, CO
In-reply-to: steven@unipalm.co.uk's message of 5 Oct 92 15:40:50 GMT

-> VPCTCP.386 is supplied by FTP and supports multiple PC/TCP applications
-> running under windows at one time. There are two other lines that you
-> should add to the [386Enh] section in order for things to work. These are:

-> UniquePSP=true
-> PSPincrement=true 

-> and a [pctcp] section to be added with a couple of other lines.

-> One thing, the VPCTCP.386 has to be pl5 to support Windows 3.1. Since
-> the VxD was a free upgrade for 2.05 ask FTP for the latest version and
-> installation notes.

You can also get this file from their BBS...I can't find the number, but
they will give it to you if you call.

Also, there is a new version (2.1) of PC/TCP out with _greatly_ improved
Windows support.

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NCR Microelectronic Products Division   VoicePlus 464-1289
2001 Danfield Court                     Greg.Reinacker@FtCollinsCO.NCR.COM
Fort Collins, CO  80525
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: ahall@nmsu.edu (HALL)
Subject: Re: PCPLUS/WIN: Garbage on Screen
Organization: New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 22:40:23 GMT

James L. Waletzky (umwaletz@ccu.umanitoba.ca) wrote:
: I am having this problem with Procomm Plus for Windows 1.01

This is a change of subject, but I am a registered user of PCPLUS/WIN 1.00.
When did v1.01 come out?  Is it a bug fix?  I wish that being registered
for a product meant that you would be notified of updates.
A. Hall

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: leeh7@fel.tno.nl (Ed van Leeuwen)
Subject: Re: WinWord question
Organization: TNO Physics and Electronics Laboratory
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 14:03:05 GMT

toree@swix.ifi.unit.no (Tore Eriksmoen) writes:

>I have two questions about WinWord 2.0:

>1. Does a utility exist wich allows modification of the toolbar-icons?
>   I have tried Borland resource editor but it seems that the icons
>   are hard-coded in some of the files.

The "utility" resides in W4W itself. Double-click right from the
Toolbar or use the "Options..." command. You will get some
categories in which you can specify default values. One of
these categories is the "Toolbar" in which you can adjust
the settings to suit your own preferences.

>2. Documents (WinWord) which include graphics tend to occupy a lot 
>   of space. Is it possible to make references to graphic-files in 
>   a document so that it only include text and reference info.
>   Graphics should only be shown in page preview and when printed.
>   If possible give me the solution using WordBasic commands.

Mark the "Link" box when inserting a file (document or graphics).



					Regards,

					Ed.

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From: kendall@castor (ROB KENDALL)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Norton Desktop 2.0 hangs at startup
Date: 2 Oct 92 14:09:43 GMT
Organization: University of Georgia


At startup I get "Application Error    NDWMAIN caused a general
protection fault in module NWIN2.DLL at 0004:03FC" and I click
the ok button and it hangs.  It works fine for about 2 weeks and
then does this.... re-installing works, but I loose all of the
configuration (pain in the ass).

Anybody seen this before, or have any suggestions?
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps,comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: walls@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com (Gerald Walls)
Subject: Re: NDW 2.0 -> How do you speed up startup time???
Organization: Honeywell Air Transport Systems Division
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 92 15:10:30 GMT

maybe I misspoke.  maybe your cache reads ahead and your programs
used during startup are on the right tracks and are read in
slightly before they are needed.  usually, though, a disk cache
will hold stuff read in for quicker access *in the future* and
don't do anything for the first access.
From: ecg@controls.ccd.harris.com (Eric Graves)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: FTP ClipArt ????
Date: 28 Sep 92 15:08:27 GMT
Organization: Harris Controls
Originator: ecg@sp1


Does anybody out there know of an
anonymous FTP site where one can
pick up clipart to be imported
into programs such as MS-Publisher,
Venture Publisher, MS-Word, etc....???????



Eric Graves
ecg@controls.ccd.harris.com


-- 
Eric C. Graves
ecg@controls.ccd.harris.com
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