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Date: 13 Aug 92 17:13:00 GMT
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Hi everyone,


        A new list has been created for discussing client/server
programming between Microsoft Windows and VAX databases. For those
of you who are interested, please subscribe to:

        WIN-VAX  at LISTSERV@UMDD

        Enjoy,

        Themos
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Date:         Mon, 17 Aug 1992 21:47:00 PST
From:         "Matt Gradwohl" <GRADWOHL_M@PLU.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: fast graphics adapter

Looking for something fast eh?

My Gateway 2000 486 shipped with the ATI Ultra, and boy is it fast, you should
see this puppy hum along in Aldus FreeHand.  And I haven't had any driver
problems (ATI has a BBS, so does Gateway 2000).

Matt Gradwohl
Pacifc Lutheran U.
GRADWOHL_M@PLU
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Date:         Wed, 12 Aug 1992 15:58:00 PST
From:         "Matt Gradwohl" <GRADWOHL_M@PLU.BITNET>
Subject:      clockprogram

Hi Netters:

I want to write a clock program similar to one I've seen for the Mac.  Using
any font I would display the time in the title bar, just to the left of the
minimize/maximize buttons.  I've see how some applications create areas in the
title bar, (Prisma Your Way and hDC apps).  Any hints on how to do this?  Is
there one already out there?

Matt Gradwohl
Pacific Lutheran U.
GRADWOHL_M@PLU
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Date:         Tue, 18 Aug 1992 13:29:56 -0400
From:         Louis Jezsik <jezsik@PX3.STFX.CA>
Subject: Re: File manager question...

When I want to have the contents of several A drive disks available
for viewing, I have File Manager check the A drive, I pull the floppy
out and insert a new floppy.  Then, I double click on the A drive
icon and a second reading takes place.  This can be done as often as
you want (as far as I have tried).
Louis
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Date:         Sun, 16 Aug 1992 21:41:00 -0500
From:         "Mark Pizzinato" <PIZZINATO%XANADU@KINGSTON.ARPC.ALCAN.CA>
Subject:      Re: Flowchart program

There are many flowchart programs ... just check out the PC magazines for ads.
One company local to me is Haventree Software ... they make EasyFlow.
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Date:         Fri, 14 Aug 1992 13:32:42 MST
From:         4TMS009@MC.BITNET
Subject:      Win3.1 + 286 + Herc Display Probs.

I need some help guys/gals...

I have a 286 computer with 2meg of ram, a hercules monchrome monitor
system and windows 3.1. The problem is I cann't get the Task Swap from
DOS apps to work.

Example: Start Windows, bring up DOS 5.0 editor (Full screen of
course), do an <Alt>+<Tab>. Then the computer just beeps at me. BUT
sometimes it will switch back to windows, then when I try to go back
to the DOS edit, the screen is completely illegible.

I have switched the vidio card with a VGA card, everthing works fine.
But the VGA was only a test (Doesn't belong in that machine). So it
leads me to the Win3.1 Hercules driver, but I am still not sure.

I have gone through the WRK and tried all the settings possible, but
to no avail. Also have gone through a complete FRESH install, still
doesn't work. NOTE: the DOS 5.0 DosShell does function properly.

Now you might be asking "Why are you working with a 286 plus a Herc.
display?" Well It worked beautifully with Win3.0. I just want it to
work with 3.1.

So anyone with some ideas... Please, PLEASE pass along some
suggestions. (I am getting paid for this :-) )

***********************************************************
Dirk Brewer                            Student / Consultant
4TMS009@MC.BITNET              Mesa College * Mesa AZ 85202
                The Toon Master

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      new address 4TMS009@MC.BITNET
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Date:         Sat, 22 Aug 1992 08:57:00 MDT
From:         TEMPEST <TEMPEST@CORRAL.UWYO.EDU>
Subject:      Re: problems with installing win3.1
X-To:         Win3-l%UICVM.Bitnet@pucc.Princeton.edu

Mr. or Mrs. Anonymous:
The Stacker Program itself isn't your problem, rather your implementation of it
Once you have installed the Device Driver, your suddenly accessing your stacked
drive.  I'd sugguest that you "play" with the stacker a little and find out
where Config.sys looks for files AFTER you Install Stacker, and look in your
Autoexec.bat and find where your autoexec.bat is hunting for files.

Tempest@posse.uwyo.edu
When fireworks are outlawed, only outlaws have fireworks.
You can have my bottlerocket--when you pry it out of my cold, dead fingers.

P.S. Put a your name or handle in your posting :).
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Date:         Fri, 21 Aug 1992 12:49:39 PDT
From:         "Vance M. Gloster" <gloster@INFERENCE.COM>
Subject:      [BOBL@VM1.UCA.EDU: ]
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    From: Bob Lowe <BOBL@VM1.UCA.EDU>
    I have a question regarding the use of Paintbrush to make wallpaper.  I used
    Paintbrush to create a custom .BMP wallpaper design for my machine.
 However,
    the design does not completely cover my video screen.  What do I need to do
 in
    order to size it properly?  Thanks in advance.

In paintbrush you do not have the size of the document set to the same
size as your screen.  You can adjust this by selecting "Image
Attributes" from the Options menu.  Select "Pels" (pixels) as the unit
of size and set it to be the same size as your screen (640x480 for
standard VGA).  If you do not wish to redraw the picture, WinGIF can
be used to stretch it to the proper size.  WinGIF does a very good job
of this.

-Vance Gloster
 gloster@inference.com
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Date:         Mon, 17 Aug 1992 18:57:00 EST
From:         Joe Morris <IS480P02@WCUVAX1.WCU.EDU>
Subject:      Re: date format
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Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 06:23:00 PDT
From: BENGLIM%ITIVAX.BITNET@ncsuvm.cc.ncsu.edu

> I like to use a different format.  If the date is August 9, I write it
> as 9/viii.

I like to write it as 09AUG92.  Habit came from using the SABRE airline
reservation system.

Joe
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Date:         Mon, 17 Aug 1992 17:03:44 -0600
From:         STRASHEA@ZENO.MSC.COLORADO.EDU
Subject:      Re: date format

I agree with Joe's format of 09AUG92 - if you examine it closely, it makes
the most sense... why not show TODAYS current month day first, then month and
then year, leaving the most important information first, then the less important
    last??? Doesn't 920809 make far less sense?w3
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Date:         Wed, 19 Aug 1992 10:49:48 MDT
From:         "Ian P. Mitchell" <22016@UCDASVM1.ADMIN.UCALGARY.CA>
Subject: Re: BMP -> RLE

From:    Ian P. Mitchell
*** Resending note of 92-08-19 10:38

re: Paint Shop Pro

Cica, directory pub/pc/win3/util, program psp10.zip.

I'm looking at an old index listing so te version number may have changed.

Ian
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Date:         Fri, 14 Aug 1992 09:47:00 MET
From:         Rob Lussenburg <LUSSENBURG@RULBUR.LEIDENUNIV.NL>
Subject:      Re: Looking for Windows Shareware

> Does any one *know* for sure if the 3.0 video drivers will work with Windows 3
   .1
>
> Shalom,
> Memo.
>

Memo,

I know for sure that on my machine, they didn't!
My machine is a Commodore PC 50-II (386SX 16 mhz.) with a Tseng ET4000 1 mb.
video card.


Sincerely,

Rob Lussenburg
Rijksuniversiteit Leiden
the Netherlands
LUSSENBURG@RULBUR.LeidenUniv.nl
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Date:         Thu, 20 Aug 1992 08:00:44 CST
From:         Chris Jones <JONES@ETSUADMN.BITNET>
Subject:      Hidden screens

     I just tested the hidden screens procedure.  The senior executives'
pictures did not appear.  Instead, charactures of a black-bearded man,
a bear, and a waving 3.1 flag appeared.
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Date:         Mon, 17 Aug 1992 01:27:00 EST
From:         Joe Morris <IS480P02@WCUVAX1.WCU.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Changing Envelope Attributes in WFW
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Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 14:12:12 CDT
From: Moore <moore%EMAIL.NCSC.NAVY.MIL@ncsuvm.cc.ncsu.edu>

How can I change the character formatting (size and font) on envelopes in
Word for Windows 2.0? Specifically, I want to change the ridiculously small
return address lines, and I want to make the address lines be in Arial vice
Times Roman.

Jim,

Click on the envelope button, fill in the information as needed and click on
"Add To Document".  W4W has now created a separate section for the envelope
in your document for you to work with and edit as you please.

Now the next time you print an evelope it should pull the information
from what you have edited.  Have not tried this as my printer is being
used elsewhere.  So let me know if this works!

Joe Morris, undergraduate & Assoc. Data Analyst in Raleigh, NC
Western Carolina Univerity                               Practice safe hex,
Internet:  IS480P02@WCUVAX1.WCU.EDU                 Just say NO to viruses,
BITNET:    IS480P02@WCUVAX1.BITNET     And always wear a write-protect tab.
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Date:         Fri, 21 Aug 1992 16:11:02 PDT
From:         "Vance M. Gloster" <gloster@INFERENCE.COM>
Subject:      infected drivers
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              21 Aug 1992 23:50:00 MDT
              <9208212151.AA25973@fourier.inference.com>

--- Forwarded mail from Vladimir Kubak <KUBAK%CSEARN.BitNet@pucc.Princeton.EDU>
Subject:      infected drivers
	What should I think, when I get diskettes with video drivers
	infected by Keypress virus (McAfee's classification)? That
	floppy was write protected by manufacturer and infected
	driver was packed in kompressed form, so...
	The driver was for Samsung OnePage, made in Korea.
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Also, retailers often open a package and reseal it later.  Various
things can happen in the interval, including loading the drivers onto
a machine that does not check the write protect tab and is infected
with a virus, and deliberate malicious infection by a customer who
returns the product.  A disk drive can be easily modified to ignore
write protection.

-Vance Gloster
 gloster@inference.com
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Date:         Wed, 19 Aug 1992 17:55:47 EST
From:         "Roy L. Lehmann" <ROY@NKI.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: del misc lines in .ini files
              19 Aug 1992 14:35:07 MDT from <22016@UCDASVM1.ADMIN.UCALGARY.CA>

Please send more info on DELTA:
Who makes it?  Where can it be obtained?  etc.
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Date:         Wed, 19 Aug 1992 12:47:19 CDT
From:         "Chet Farmer, Asst. Dir., Project IDEALS" <CFARMER1@UA1VM.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: date format inanities

On Tue, 18 Aug 1992 16:04:00 EST <cbowie@NSF.GOV> said:
>                STANDARD USENET REPLY FORM
>
>To  : WIN3-L___________________
>From: CHUCK BOWIE______________
>
>I have read your recent post concerning DATE FORMATS___________
>posted to WIN3-L______________.
>
>I regret that due to severe time constraints I am unable to respond
>to your posting directly.
>
>However, I would like to advise you that I believe that your posting:
>
>reflects serious misunderstandings concerning:
>___x___the basic functioning of USENET
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Gee, Chuckie, looks like this last line applies to YOU.

-chet


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Date:         Mon, 17 Aug 1992 10:49:00 CDT
From:         $LPAHM0@LUCCPUA.BITNET
Subject: Re: Help: WinExec

>  >Date:  15 August 1992 02:24 edt
>  >From:  Joe Morris <IS480P02 at WCUVAX1.WCU.EDU>
>  >Subject:  Re: Help: WinExec
>
>  ......
>
>  >In the PIF for the first program check the "Exclusive" box.  This will
>  >prevent any other app (DOS or Win) from executing while it is in the
>  >foreground.  Might a macro accomplish this too?
>
>  ......
>
> I believe selecting "exclusive" prevents other DOS applications from
> running, but not Windows applications, when running in windowed mode.  I
> don't know what happens when running full screen.
>
> Vince

======================================================

Hi, folks:

This is going to become more interesting somehow. I have tried to check
the "Exclusive" option in PIF file, but it didn't do the work that
I want. Instead, Windows alway run the second one(Win.App) first and
run the first one(DOS.App) second!!!

My code is like this:

WinExec("File1.pif",SW_SHOW); /* DOS application in pif file */
WinExec("File2.exe",SW_SHOW); /* Windows application */

I thought that Windows run them almost samultaniously. That was wrong.
Windows always run that Windows application first, no matter where I
put that DOS application. This is really wierd.

Any idea, folks?

PS: LoadModule did same thing.

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Date:         Wed, 12 Aug 1992 16:10:44 PDT
From:         Jim Tunnicliffe <tunny@INFERENCE.COM>
Subject:      Re: Memory in Windows
X-To:         WIN3-L%UICVM.BITNET@pucc.Princeton.EDU

Angela Mcormack wrote:
>  >Subject:  Memory in Windows
>
>  >How does Windows use extended memory?
>  >I am running Windows 3.1 on a ALR 486 with 16M of RAM.
>  >When I use the dos prompt to run a compile program it gives me a
>  >non sufficient memory error.  I am not clear on how Windows uses the RAM or
>  >the swap file.

I've read a couple of responses now talking about PIF settings and so forth,
and I'm surprised that no one has pointed out that most DOS programs have
no idea what to do with anything but real-mode DOS memory, and therefore
Windows and its extended memory capabilities may be of no use with her
compiler.  Some more info (what compiler program, what size file is being
compiled, memory reported by mem/c, etc.) would be helpful in determining
if changing Windows settings will be helpful, or if we should be suggesting
ways to maximize her available DOS memory...

Angela, does the given program compile OK from vanilla DOS, or were you
hoping to get more memory by running it under Windows?

	- tunny
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Date:         Thu, 20 Aug 1992 12:03:25 EDT
From:         Ken Pelletier <ken@ELVIS.DMCC.COM>
Subject:      Book(s) on OLE and DDE
X-To:         WIN3-L@uicvm.uic.edu

Can anyone out there recommend any books which explain DDE ane OLE.
Ideally, they would start out at the conceptual level and provide examples
of the various uses of DDE and OLE.

Thanks.  I'll summarize, mail directly to me.

--

Ken Pelletier (ken@elvis.dmcc.com)
Delphi/McCracken, Inc.
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Date:         Sat, 15 Aug 1992 20:27:00 CDT
From:         KNOPF@FNAL.BITNET
Subject:      CD ROM installation help

OK, here's the problem:
  I installed the CD Porta-Drive from CD Technology in my system-
  their supplied test program works o.k., playing regular CD's
  works fine, but when I use a data CD and try to access it from
  the DOS prompt as a drive G: it crashes the system.
  Sometimes it just hangs, sometimes it displays the message
  'EMM386 EXCEPTION #12, HIT ANY KEY TO RE-BOOT' !!!!@#$%^&*
  In Windows it shows up as drive G: in the FileManager, but as
  soon as I click on the drive the system hangs; three-finger
  salute gets me back to the desktop, with the top half missing
  and the remainder messed up - and the system stalled.
  I am using MSCDEX vers 2.21, since the one supplied by the
  vendor was dated 1990 and complained about 'Wrong DOS version'!

  My system
  486/25 Micronics w/ Phoenix BIOS,
  16MB RAM, 200MB Conners drive (stacked & swapped, vers. 2.0)
  Video-7 VRAM display adapter & Mono display adapter,
  SounBlaster (vers1.0) using IRQ 7
  Porta-Drive w/ SCSI adapter using IRQ 5
  DOS 5.0
  Win 3.1
    config.sys:
FILES=40
buffers = 20
DEVICE=C:\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\EMM386.EXE 3072 I=E000-EFFF
DOS=HIGH,UMB
DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\ANSI.SYS
DEVICEHIGH=C:\STACKER\STACKER.COM C:\STACVOL.DSK
DEVICEHIGH=C:\STACKER\SSWAP.COM C:\STACVOL.DSK /SYNC
DEVICE=D:\FDCD.SYS /D:MSCD000
STACKS=9,256
LASTDRIVE=Z
   autoexec.bat:
@echo off
LH C:\SMARTDRV.EXE D A- B-
SET PCPLUS=C:\COMM\
SET SOUND=C:\SB
PATH C:\DOS;C:\WINDOWS;C:\;C:\LCL;C:\UTIL;C:\COMM;C:\C\BC\BIN;C:\WINDEV;C:\WINDO
WS\DESIGNER\MGXLIBS;C:\STACKER
break on
C:\DOS\chkdsk
PROMPT $P$G
LH c:\windows\LMOUSE
C:\WINDOWS\MSCDEX /D:MSCD000 /E /M:10 /V
set TEMP=D:\TEMP
set TMP=D:\TEMP

 Having spent numeral hours of trial & error (including X=F800-F8FF for
 EMM386) I hope that maybe someone has already gone through this exercise
 and is willing to shed some light on my problem (sigh!)....

 TIA

  Walter Knopf
  BITNET:: knopf@fnal.bitnet
  INTERNET:: knopf@fnal.fnal.gov
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From:         TRAWEEK DAVE <DET@PCCCP6.BITNET>
Subject:      SCREEN SAVERS

In response to requests from others in netland, here is the info I've
received re: importing Idlewild screen saver modules into the WIN 3.1
screen saver:  Copy your *.IW files and the Idlewild.dll file to the
\Windows\System directory; Run the Desktop utility from Control Panel,
and you should see all of the *.IW screen savers available in the
Desktop Screen Saver Dialog Box.  It is my understanding that you
will NOT be able to edit the *.IW parameters as you can with the
WIN 3.1 screen saver, but you can use the Idelwild screen saver modules
in the WIN 3.1 screen saver.  Thanks to all who responded to my earlier
message.

DAVE TRAWEEK <DET@PCCCP6.BITNET>
From: tabitha@vms.huji.ac.il
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Subject: shadow ram
Date: 15 Aug 92 11:19:38 GMT
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Organization: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

do i need shadow ram when i use windows 3.1?  i've read that with
fastdisk, the only feature of dos still used is the fat.  is this
true.  if so, i can recover 256k.  i have an 486/33 4 megs and an
ami bios.
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