From: robertson@physc1.byu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Word Perfect under OS/2
Date: 21 Aug 92 04:58:42 GMT
Organization: Brigham Young University

In article <1992Aug21.104657.443@csc.canterbury.ac.nz>, regy106@csc.canterbury.ac.nz (John, Registry) writes:
> In article <l96cq1INN4dl@aludra.usc.edu>, ddurby@aludra.usc.edu (Dennis Durby) writes:
>> In article <568RPB1w164w@gorilla.nbn.com> holmes@gorilla.nbn.com (Tim Holmes) writes:
>>>When I use WP 5.1 under OS/2, it has a very hard time opening
>>>text files.  Little ones will eventually open, but with large ones,
>>>say over 80k, WP says "DOS text conversion in progress", but it
>>>just sits there for minutes (or longer, I haven't waited) with
>>>no hard disk accesses or anything.  I went through it with
>>>IBM Tech Support in Florida, and they were able to duplicate the problem,
>>>but it was kind of left as, "well, you should call back and see if
>>>there's any news, this report will be automatically erased in
>>>28 days."  Didn't inspire too much confidence.
>>>
>>>There must be people running WP under OS/2.  This seems like a
>>>pretty major bug.  I hope this one isn't just erased after 28 days.
>>>Anybody out there have this problem?  Or a work around for it?
>>>
>>
>> Tim-  Wait 'til you try a merge!  In about 15 minutes, it'll merge 5 or so
>> names into a letter.  Incredibly slooooowwww.  However, a work-around for
>> the problem you outlined.  I have this happen too.  Instead of using R or 1
>> for "Retrieve" document, highlight the document name in F5 (list files), then
>> press CTRL-F5, and then release.  The document will come on screen rather
>> quickly (I believe this option was mentioned in some older wordperfect stuff
>> unrelated to OS/2 a few years back).  It seems to retrieve with CR/LF as
>> a hard return.  Don't have a work around for soft return yet.  I just wish
>> the damn thing would work with a simple "R" from the List Files screen.
>>
>> Anyhow, best of luck.  Oh, in the future, please post questions regarding
>> apps to the comp.os.os2.apps list instead of here on comp.os.os2.misc .
>> Hope this works for you!
>>
>> -Dennis Durby-
>> durby@aludra.usc.edu
>>
>>
>>
> 	I am using wordperfect for windows and although it is slow starting up
> it is quick once it is there.  I merged 35 names and address into a letter in
> seconds.  I haven't tried loading in big text documents.  I do have a problem
> sometimes when I have looked at a document then closed it, from a OS/2 prompt
> it thinks I have it still locked.  I cant't see it any where in WP and the only
> way to access it is to quit out of WP for windows.
> John

  I use Wordperfect for Dos and Wordperfect for Windows.  Like John
  says the initial startup is a little long, but I have made tables,
  edited the lines of an entire table, loaded the gcc manual (900+k),
  and loaded a graphics intensive 12 page document (1,200k), without
  any problems into both Windows and Dos version.  I would call WP
  if I were you and describe your system.  They have given me excellent
  assistance in the past.  (If you have WP4Win, do you have the
  interim release that makes it more compatible for OS/2).

  Jim      robertson@physc1.byu.edu