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From: richardh@hpopd.pwd.hp.com (Richard Hancock)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: Re: Trouble using INT's from Windows-program
Date: 14 Apr 92 16:27:38 GMT
Organization: The Duffer of St. George

/ hpopd:comp.windows.ms.programmer / san@cup.portal.com (Steven Arthur Nelson) /  2:24 am  Apr 10, 1992 /

>Tell your friend to try using DPMI service 0x300 to simulate a 
>real mode interrupt.  All memory addresses passed between real
>and protected modes should be allocated using GlobalDosAlloc.

Isn't it sufficient to use GlobalDosAlloc? Surely Windows will
reflect the interrupt to real mode (via DPMI)?
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
From: etcdad@iitmax.iit.edu (David A Dreyer)
Subject: 3.0 SDK vs. 3.1 SDK
Keywords: SDK
Organization: Illinois Institute of Technology / Academic Computing Center
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 92 08:08:01 GMT

Hello everybody, 

Now that Windows 3.1 is out, is there going to be a corresponding release of
an SDK for this version?  For example, does 3.1 use any new functions not
available for 3.0? Or, was Windows 3.1 developed using the 3.0 SDK?

This may sound like a stupid question, but I'm not real familiar with all the
changes Windows 3.1 has over 3.0.  I saw a reasonable price for an SDK, and
I was wondering if the company was trying to dump any old (3.0) versions they
may have in inventory.

Thanx for any info,

Dave.

Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
From: tedyoung@panix.com (Ted M. Young)
Subject: Re: Getting the handle of a form in VB
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 03:58:42 GMT
Organization: PANIX - Public Access Unix Systems of NY

at887@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Scott Butler) writes:
>
>Is there a way of getting the handle of a form in Visual BASIC besides
>reading the form's ".hWnd" property (slow & clunky method!)?

Uhh, why do you say using the .hWnd property of a form is slow and
clunky?  Using something like CtlhWnd() is a clunky method, the controls
should've had the .hWnd property themselves, just like the Form does.

>Scott Butler

	- Ted
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From: manz@ee.ualberta.ca (Brett {Druid Queen} Manz)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: Displaying BMP files
Keywords: bitmaps, BMP
Date: 14 Apr 92 11:31:40 GMT
Organization: University Of Alberta, Edmonton Canada

Forgive me if this sounds like a stupid question, but...
what do I have to do to display .BMP files?  More specifically,
how do I create a bitmap from a .BMP file?  I've just recently
started tinkering with Windows programming using BC++2.0 (no
I don't have any docs for it!)  I know how to display bitmaps
that are included as resources, but have so far been unable to
do so from .BMP files (they always come out mangled.)  If anyone
could give me some info (by e-mail or post) I would greatly
appreciate it.

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From: dlee@usc.edu (David J. Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: GetSysColor() returs bogus values
Date: 16 Apr 1992 17:25:39 -0700
Organization: The Island of Misfit Toys
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: aludra.usc.edu

Why is it that GetSysColor() returns 0x10xxxxxx for some colors?  I
looked in my control.ini and sure enough, some of the colors
(including those shipped with Win 3.1 like Black Leather Jacket and
The Blues) are 0x10E0E0.

I thought GetSysColor() would only return an RGB, with the high-order
byte set to 0.  I've heard of the high-order byte being 0x01 or 0x02
(for purposes other than GetSysColor()), but never 0x10.  What gives?
This there some special significance to this value?

Many of my company's customers have such values in their control.ini
as well.  This is bad because it breaks our product.

Thanks for any response.
Xref: sparky comp.windows.ms.programmer:5310 comp.lang.c++:6636 comp.windows.ms:12148
From: toupine@ciaibbs.Colorado.EDU (edward toupin)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer,comp.lang.c++,comp.windows.ms
Subject: TDW and WIN3.1
Date: 10 Apr 92 00:40:08 GMT
Article-I.D.: colorado.1992Apr10.004008.20583
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Originator: toupine@ciaibbs.Colorado.EDU


I need some assistance with TDW (Borland Turbo Debugger for Win).

I just got WIN3.1 and attempted to run TDW and got an error that
stated

		Cannot Load WINDEBUG.DLL

I looked in TDW directory and it was there.  What has happened?  Is
there a new version for WINDEBUG.DLL from BORLAND?  How do I
fix this?  Are there any other situations such as this that
anyone has noticed?

Please send EMAIL if possible.

Thanks in advance,

Ed Toupin
toupine@ciaibbs.colorado.edu
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
From: mguyott@eriador.prime.com (M. Guyott)
Subject: SC_RESTORE problems.
Organization: Prime Computer R&D
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 19:51:52 GMT


Has anyone ever had any problems with sending a WM_SYSCOMMAND message
with wParam set to SC_RESTORE?

I have a child window that I have "maximized" within the client area of
it's parent.  If the user selects certain menu items I want to return the
maximized window to it's original size and position.  I believe that the
way to do this is to send a WM_SYSCOMMAND message with wParam set to
SC_RESTORE.  But when I do this it works sometime but not all of the time.
I have gone in with the debugger to try and see what's happening and
everything works fine except that the call to CallWindowProc() to pass
the message to the default window procedure does not work.

I've checked the last four bits of the wParam when I restore the window
via a mouse click and the maximize box and they are 0 just like when I
generate the message (0xF120).  The only difference is that the lParam
when I use the mouse contains a mouse position and it contains 0L when
I generate the message myself.  Is this the problem?  If so why do my
generated messages work sometime but not all the time?

Any idea's will be greatly appreciated!

Marc
----
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is nice but not necessary, and a knowledge of sex is necessary but not nice.

Marc Guyott              Constellation Software, Inc.          (508) 620-2800
                         Framingham, Mass. 01701 USA                Ext. 3135
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From: aa596@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Peter Haller)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: Re: Information about device driver development
Date: 11 Apr 92 22:13:17 GMT
Article-I.D.: usenet.1992Apr11.221317.19268
Reply-To: aa596@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Peter Haller)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)


In a previous article, ctne_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Chris Newbold) says:

>Where can I get information about developing device drivers for
>Windows 3.0/3.1? I know MS has a DDK, but I would like to figure
>out if what I have in mind is possible before spending any money.
>
>I would like to write my own COM driver to support several custom
>functions on COM ports, such as monitoring and enhanced messaging.
>I know 3.1 has improved COM functions, but there're still not up
>to the level I need.
>
>Where can I get information about this stuff? Thanx for any help!
>
Chekck out "Writing Windows Device Drivers" by Daniel Norton. This
book delvs into many of the Mountains that need to be traversed
in writing driver for Windows.

PCH

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Organization: North Dakota Higher Education Computer Network
Date: Thursday, 9 Apr 1992 12:59:28 CDT
From: <NIBMSCM@NDSUVM1.BITNET>
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: Keyboard Filter

Anyone out there have a good example of proper use of SetWindowsHook()
for both the WH_KEYBOARD and WH_MSGFILTER cases.  Attempting to setup
multiple data entry dialogs where user input is constrained automatically
by the type of data field presented.

Thanks in advance for your help...
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From: linville@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu (John W. Linville)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Number of OS/2 2.0 orders (was Re: Why go to 3.1 if 2.0 works)
Date: 14 Apr 92 17:53:38 GMT
Organization: NCSU CATT Prog

In article <54571@hydra.gatech.EDU> gw18@prism.gatech.EDU (Greg Williams) writes:
>In <2395@accucx.cc.ruu.nl> nevries@accucx.cc.ruu.nl (Nico de Vries.) writes:
>>OS/2 hasn't been released for 14 days and there are
>>already 2,000,000 orders for the program (mostly Windows 3.0 owners BTW).
>>IBM currently has only one problem, where to get diskettes :-) (actually
>>this problem really exists BTW).
>
>Can you give a source on this number, or can anyone else confirm this?  I
>am curious as to how many OS/2 2.0 orders there are.

I believe that it was posted by an IBMer on one of the comp.os.os2.* groups.

Of course, you could just ask the operator when you call to place your order 
for OS/2 2.0.  :-)

John W. Linville




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From: ggreenbe@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Gerald Greenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Any book for Windows 3.1?
Date: 6 Apr 92 23:31:41 GMT
Article-I.D.: newstand.1992Apr6.193141.29376
Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

In article <1992Apr2.175118.12103@src.umd.edu> chujenl@src.umd.edu (Chujen Lin) writes:
>Are there any books about Windows 3.1 published ?
I got a mailing from Egghead today with a bunch of
things...including a book called:Upgrading to Windows3.1.
It is by Que.  Price: $9.97 with Egghead's new "Cue" card.
--Gerry
I have no connection with Egghead other than having bought
stuff from them in the past.
From: kap@eng.cam.ac.uk (Kevin A. Price)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Windows Tweaks
Keywords: windows tweaks
Date: 6 Apr 92 13:18:24 GMT
Organization: cam.eng


Hi, I am trying to compile a list of Windows' fudges and tweaks.
Y'know, the changes to WIN.INI and SYSTEM.INI for instance
the SYSTEM.INI line EmmExclude=A600:D200 etc, etc, etc.

If you know of any more of these could you please e-mail them to
me and, of course, I'll summarise if I get a decent response.

Ta in advance.


Kev
e-mail kap@eng.cam.ac.uk
Xref: sparky comp.windows.ms:11943 comp.sys.mac.misc:8855
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: PC is cheaper than MAC (Yeah, right.)
From: stefan@olson.acme.gen.nz (Stefan Olson)
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 92 08:00:56   Y

ckd@eff.org (Christopher Davis) writes:

>  Stefan> == Stefan Olson <stefan@olson.acme.gen.nz> 
>  Stefan> Borland's new Resource Workshop is *great*, have you seen it, I
>  Stefan> know a bit about ResEdit, and they sound similar...
> 
> Yeah, but what can you modify with it?  An editor that doesn't work with
> everything seems pretty useless to me.  Since everything on the Mac uses

You can do dialogs, menus, accelerators, string tables, icons, bitmaps,
cursors, fonts, user-defined resources...

> Simple example: adding a slash-0 to a font like Monaco was trivial,
> creating M0nac0 which worked in *anything*, Word, PageMaker, TeachText,

You *should* be able to do that, I don't know as I haven't looked at that
yet...

> et. al... even the Finder.  Try that with Borland's Resource Editor on
> the PC (well, ok, assume I mean the DOS COMMAND.COM interface instead of
> the Finder then ;-).

No, the interface is WIN.COM based!!

...Stefan


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Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
From: snowden@cray.com (Jim Snowden)
Subject: Re: DRDOS 6.0 and Windows 3.1
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Date: 10 Apr 92 03:26:08 CDT

I just got my update disk in the post today that allows
DR DOS 6.0 to run Windows 3.1.  It actually contains all previous
"business updates" (I think - the note that came with it is a
bit ambiguous).

Actually, the envelope it came in fooled me because it said NOVELL
in big letters all over it - I forgot Novell now owned Digital 
Research.

If you don't want to read anymore about the update, press n now!


Here is the enhancement list for Windows 3.1:

"o This Business Update fully supports Windows 3.1.

o Bothe the DR DOS 6.0 disk Cache, Super PC-Kwik and the memory manager
  EMM386.sys continue to provide better functionality than Windows 3.1
  equivalents SMARTDrive and HIMEM.SYS

o EMM386.SYS now supports upper memory under Windows 3.1 in Standard 
  Mode as well as Enhanced Mode"

And here is a bit from the readme file:

" This section of the Release Notes describes features of DR DOS 6.0 
that are not explained elsewhere in the DR DOS 6.0 documentation.

Microsoft Windows 3.1

	DR DOS 6.0 is fully compatible with Microsoft Windows 3.1.
	
	If Super PC-Kwik is already loaded when you install Windows 3.1,
	you are informed by the Windows SETUP program that SUPERPCK.EXE 
	is running and you are warned that your system may fail; ignore 
	this message amd continue with the Windows installation procedure.
	
	By default, Windows installs the SMARTDrive disk cache program 
	and the HIMEM.SYS memory manager. However, the DR DOS 6.0 disk 
	cache, Super PC-Kwik, and the DR DOS 6.0 MemoryMAX drivers provide 
	superior functionality over the Windows 3.1 SMARTDrive disk cache 
	and HIMEM.SYS. To use Super PC-Kwik and the DR DOS MemoryMAX 
	drivers, instead of SMARTDrive and HIMEM.SYS, you simply remove one 
	line from your autoexec.bat and config.sys files. Edit autoexec.bat 
	to remove the line
	
	C:\WINDOWS\SMARTDRV.EXE
	
	and edit config.sys to remove the line
	
	DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
	
	DR DOS 6.0 is compatible with both the SMARTDrive disk cache and 
	with HIMEM.SYS. If you want to continue using these drivers, you 
	must run the DR DOS SETUP program, and remove MemoryMAX and Super 
	PC-Kwik. However, if you do use SMARTDrive instead of Super PC-Kwik, 
	do not use the SMARTDrive + option to enable cacheing on a SuperStor 
	compressed drive.
	
	EMM386.SYS supports upper memory for Windows 3.1 running in Standard 
	or Enhanced mode. You no longer need to use the /WINSTD option on the 
	EMM386.SYS command line to run Windows in Standard mode."
		
The readme file contains lots of good tips on other aspects of using DRDOS
(eg using compressed drives).

Jim Snowden
snowden@hemlock.cray.com
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
From: drv@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (dennis.r.vogel)
Subject: Re: W4W 2.0 & Excel Printing Problems
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 21:09:01 GMT

> >> If you don't have Excel 3.0a, you should call MS and get the free upgrade
> >> from 3.0. It will solve all your printing problems.
> >> 
> > Thanks for the suggestion but I fail to see how upgrading
> > Excel will solve Word for Windows problems.  Please elaborate.
> 
> It's obviously a holistic approach :->
> (Or, they meant WFW 2.0a, which also solves some printing problems)

Oh, I see!  I hadn't thought of that!  Just to clear things up
a bit more, I have Word 2.0a so maybe there's something to the
original claim being holistic enough so an Excel upgrade fixes
Word problems.  Stranger things have happened.

Dennis R. Vogel
AT&T Bell Laboratories
Middletown, NJ
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
From: lisbon@vpnet.chi.il.us (Gerry Swetsky)
Subject: Re: HELP!--How do you delete files in AMI PRO 2.0?
Organization: Vpnet Public Access
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 12:28:33 GMT

In article <1992Apr7.234758.25726@ra.msstate.edu> dmd2@ra.msstate.edu (David Dumas) writes:
>How in the world do you delete file names in AMI PRO?  I have gone in and
>deleted the files with the File Management option from the DOCS directory, but
>I can't get rid of the file names of the files that I have created and saved
>from the File Menu.  They are listed at the bottom of the menu after the Exit
>command.  How do you get rid of these?

    One of the first steps in solving a problem is to determine that
    you have one.  In this case, you don't!

    The file names you are seeing are the names of the last files 
    you edited.  Just because you delete the files doesn't make these
    names go away.  They're still the last files you edited.  Go edit
    some other files; the names in the file menu will move down and
    eventually disappear as you edit other files.

    READ the manual!
From: futrena@wkuvx1.bitnet
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: All right!  Enough is enough!
Date: 13 Apr 92 12:24:55 CDT
Organization: Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

Ok so I goofed.  Asked a bad question on the worng board, and you get nailed. 
Would it help if I said I am currently using Windows 3.1?  It works like a
charm.  I just have a few problems with it.  I just want OS/2 so I can use true 
32 bit processing that my PC is capable of doing.  That's all.  I will use
Windows under OS/2 so I can get the best of both worlds.  OK!?!

Sheesh.


Nathan
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
From: regoli@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Michael Regoli)
Subject: ATM 2.0 and Win 3.1: Incompatible?
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 92 18:59:44 GMT


Has anyone with ATM2.0 and Win3.1 been able to access the "Fonts" section
of the Control panel of a non-Windows application (e.g., Telix or DOS
session)?  I'm running Win3.1 in 386 enhanced mode, and see no "Font"
option as described on page 246 of the manual.  It's gotta be ATM 2.0.

[P.S.  I'm monitoring everyone's burning desire for CICA to get back
up and on-line to service all of our Windows 3.1 needs; however,
please be patient and give us some more time.  We've got a new drive,
but now a flakey controller card.  Hopefully we'll be up by this
weekend.  Thanks for all the cards and letters! :-) Be prepared, too:
We'll have a new IP number and sitename when we're back up again.]

-- 

michael regoli
regoli@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu
regoli@iubacs.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
From: ccorzine@jarthur.claremont.edu (Chris Corzine)
Subject: Re: Word for Windows is the greatest. (Not at Microsoft)
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 08:19:35 GMT

[PS file header about Windows NT announcement deleted]

[Donald Lehn's speculation about this being a 32 bit NT app deleted]

The title- NT32WIN.PM4, is the Pagemaker filename of the document.  
I can unequivocally state that this file was not the work of some 
32 bit NT Pagemaker.  Notice the extension, PM4--it's Pagemaker's 
default extension.

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From: gmf2@quads.uchicago.edu (gary michael feldman)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: HELP with WPWIN PLEASE!!!
Date: 5 Apr 92 23:38:33 GMT
Reply-To: gmf2@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations

I had posted a while ago about problems with the HP Deskjet 5050
scaleable font driver and WP 4 Windows.  WP has sent me the new
HP Deskjet driver which has resolved the printing problem
but alas I am still stuck with the following.

WPWin refuses to display screen fonts accurately!!!!!!! 
I have a paradise SVGA monintor, normally at the 640 x 480 256 color
mode.  ALl my letters look so tiny!!!!!!!  The only way to get
them to look kind of normal is to switch to regular VGA setting.

Still, it appears that WPWin is using its own screen fonts or 
doint something differently than all my other Windows apps.

I can open up Windows write, or any other app, type the same 
thing, and the WPWin text looks different.

WP still has not solved this problem.  Does anyone know what to do?
Has anyone had this problem???????


As an aside, I am using a 386sx 16mhz with 2 megs of ram.  I 
am planning to get 2 more megs or RAM cause wp runs really
slowly!!!!!!

Gary
From: palmer@isye.gatech.edu (Michael T. Palmer)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Win 3.1
Date: 7 Apr 92 15:55:11 GMT

I believe if you read the article in PC Week closely, you'll find that
they tested WinWord 1.1a (NOT 2.0 or 2.0a) with a beta of Win 3.1.  Not
exactly the definitive word on what works with what, huh?  I may be
remembering incorrectly (since I don't have the article here), but you're
right about one thing: If you were Microsoft, and you were developing
an application, wouldn't you test it with the new "OS" that you were
also working on?

--
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Temporarily a Techie: Center for Human-Machine System Research, Georgia Tech
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From: mpolen@gelato.mips.com (Michael Polen)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Windows 3.1 and Stacker 2.0 - Conclusion?
Date: 14 Apr 1992 16:51:39 GMT
Organization: MIPS Computer Systems, Inc.
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: gelato.mips.com

In article <odukIwm00WB403hkIL@andrew.cmu.edu>, rh0i+@andrew.cmu.edu (Richard Warren Harris) writes:
|> So, what exactly *is* the story with Stacker 2.0 and Win 3.1.  What
|> is the problem?
|> 
What problem?  I am using both with no problems.  Of course you do need
to read the documentation and the readme files with windows 3.1 and stacker
to get the best out of the combination.
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
From: kadie@herodotus.cs.uiuc.edu (Carl M. Kadie)
Subject: Re: Win 3.1: Wanted: some *.wav files
Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 22:16:23 GMT

kadie@herodotus.cs.uiuc.edu (Carl M. Kadie) writes:

>Are there collections of sounds out that are convertable to *.wav
>format?
[...]

 WUARCHIVE.WUSTL.EDU in the pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS/WAV_Sounds_For_Win31

- Carl


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