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From: raj@phys.ksu.edu (S. Raj Chaudhury)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: Anyone using ToolBook ?
Date: 16 Oct 1992 03:31:55 GMT
Organization: Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: bohr.phys.ksu.edu
Keywords: ToolBook

In <kaustell.75@viikki.Helsinki.FI> kaustell@viikki.Helsinki.FI (KIM OLAVI KAUSTELL (MATEK)) writes:

>HI !

>I very much like the modelling tools and programming concept that 
....
>What I'm looking for are comments and rewievs of ToolBook users concerning 
>pros and cons of the program (speed, aplicability to different tasks..). 
>What kind of projects have You used ToolBook for ?

We have used Toolbook in applications ranging from Physics Education software
that interfaces to videodisk players and DDE links to Excel to writing an
interactive front-end for a CD-ROM database.

Anything that runs Windows 3.1 *well* will do okay with Toolbook. It can
also be extended by DLLs.

>Maybe there are other software packages that do the job better/cheaper/more 
>sophisticated... ?

If you are looking for Hypercard-ish things, Toolbook is actually *better*
for people who program - we ported one of our Books to Hypercard 2.1 and
ran into a lot of problems on things like string handling and file handling.

>All comments on this subject are most welcome and appreciated.

>Greetings from Finland !

>HELSINKI UNIVERSITY                     Tel.      +358+0+70851
>Dept. Agric. Engineering                Fax.      +358+0+7085491
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>Helsinki, Finland                       EARN     : KAUSTELL@FINUH
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Greetings from Kansas :-)


S. Raj Chaudhury			|
Dept. of Physics    			|  raj@phys.ksu.edu
Kansas State University			|
Manhattan, KS 66506			|
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: burks@westford.ccur.com (Bill Burks)
Subject: Desperately need help with Windows
Organization: Concurrent Computer Corp.  Westford, MA
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 14:05:05 GMT


I would like to know if there is a way to establish a default mode when
entering windows or reset when I get stuck in a application and can't get
out.

My basic problem is the following:

Sometimes I lose track of where I am in Windows and how I got there(i.e.
too many Windows and don't remember how to get back where I started). Also
sometimes I enlarge and reduce windows by accident and can't put them back
where they belong without much difficulty.  When I either turn off power
or reset the PC and go into Windows I return to where I left off with all
the problems still in tack.  What I would like to do is be able to power
off or reset and have Windows always start at the same location i.e.
program manager, main menu, and icons at the bottm(not where I exited 
Windows).  

A much better solution, if possible, would be to have the ability to 
start at the beginning screen(agian the program manager, main menu etc.)
without leaving Windows.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Bill Burks

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: duke@dion.trl.oz.au
Subject: Re: Winword -- changing licenced to name
Organization: Telecom Research Laboratories, Melbourne, Australia
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 18:32:41 GMT

In article <16878803B.PRAETHE@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu>, PRAETHE@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu (Ethan Evan Prater) writes:
> In article <1992Oct05.230350.1677497@locus.com>
> jpaul@locus.com (James Hensley) writes:
>  
>>I installed winword 2.0 on a machine here in the office.  I put the name
>>of our last office manager for the 'licensed to' name.  He's now left, and
>>the new guy doesn't want the old guy's name on it any more.  I called
>>gateway tech support (it came bundled with some 486s), and they didn't
>>know how to do this.  I can't find it in any manual, either.  I am posing
>>the question here before I call the microsoft 900 number.  Any clues
>>
>>Thanks.
>>James
>  
> This question was posted a few months ago--I answered it this way then and
> haven't heard anything to the contrary, but please correct me if I'm wrong,
> anyone who knows better.
>  
> Word for Windows 2.0x modifies the program diskettes upon installation to
> include as part of their heart and soul the name of the user. This is not
> changeable in any way other than to reinstall the program from a set of disks
> that have never been used for installation. An easy way to illustrate this
> situation is to write-protect your disks before installation--Word will not
> let you install.

No. If you write protect the disk it will complain twice if you try to
continue and then carry on its merry way! The golden rule is to copy disks
before installation and/or write protect them.

Somebody else reported that Microsoft would supply replacement disks but at
a cost.  I think you would be morally justified (and legally?) in copying
someone else's virginal disk if you could track one down.

Peter Duke

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: danony@aix.rpi.edu (Yaron Danon)
Subject: Re: DIGITIZE, curve digitizer for windows
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 18:10:57 GMT

In article <Bw477t.J0F@news.udel.edu> 00383@ravel.udel.edu (Thomas R Rocek) writes:
>
>First of all, many thanks for making this available.  However, when I 
>try to run it, I get an error message from windows saying that it can't
>find VBRUN100.DLL.  Is there a file missing from the zip archive, or am
>I not understanding something about setting up a windows program?  Thanks
>a lot for any help...Tom Rocek

I am sory that I did not mentioned it in the text file and only in the
help file (which normally you use when the program runs).
The program is written in Visual Basic and requires the VBRUN100.DLL
in your /windows directory (in the path). This file is avilable on
CICA, I think in the util directory. 

Yaron
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: pcpc@pcpc_next.UCIS.Dal.Ca (PC Purchase Center)
Subject: Harvard Graphics Printing Hell
Organization: NSTN Network Operations Centre, Nova Scotia, Canada
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 17:26:53 GMT

I have windows 3.1 and have recently installed Harvard Graphics for Windows  
(new version).  However when I try to run any new presentation, set up the  
printer, or print, I get the message that the printer is not on line.  If I  
eventually get the program to print, it will occasionally give a "graphics  
error" message and then a divide by zero error then terminates the application.   
This is a good copy of HG, and Windows 3.1 printing is working properly for all  
other applications, unless I have tried to use HG for Windows first.(eg. Word  
for Windows).  My printer is a HP Deskjet 500C color printer, with its own  
supplied driver version 2.1 for Windows use.  My system is a 386 DX 40, with  
4MB RAMj, 120 MB hard drive. I also have a CD internal, and a SBP sound card  
installed. Ffrustration is not exactly the word, but is close to that which has  
been experienced after midnight on several occasions.Please post all answers to  
this news group. Thanks.
				Mike Howlett, at Dalhousie U.

         			
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: steveng@world.std.com (Stephen Ng)
Subject: Re: Windows backup program
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 14:25:29 GMT


Norton Backup for Windows should do what you want.

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: pwb@aerg.canberra.edu.au (Paul Blackman)
Subject: Re: General Prot. Fault Excel and Backmnu
Organization: University of Canberra
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 92 06:10:45 GMT

I don't know if this will help anybody, but you might
like to try USHER 1.4c.

This app is much like BackMenu but seemed to be
much more flexible.  This was of course I while ago
and BackMenu may have improved, I don't know.

I have not had any problems with Usher, except that
Dropper (kills it when you kill Dropper.

If anyone knows the author of Usher could they please
give him my email address.  He is not contactable at
his email address specified in the doco.

Paul...   (pwb@aerg.canberra.edu.au)
PS. You will find Usher as usher14c.zip  on Cica
under the utils or misc directories (I think).
From: muszynsk@bcstec.ca.boeing.com (Richard Muszynski)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: AfterDark 2.0a quirks with Win 3.1
Date: 13 Oct 92 06:04:32 GMT
Organization: Boeing Computer Services, Seattle

dem21178@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Dan Montroy) writes:

>I am using the randomizer, too.  I don't know if there's a problem with that,
>maybe, or not.  I'll have to check.

We had to many PC's at work that were locking up after installing
After Dark 2.0.  It did appear that the randomizer was causing the
problem.  We've switched to using a single screen saver rather then
the randomizer and everything has been fine.

Hopes this helps!

Rick Muszynski  muszynsk@bcstec.ca.boeing.com 
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: rjberke@berke.itg.ti.com (Richard Berke)
Subject: NDW 2.0 update
Organization: Electronic Communications
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 20:58:55 GMT

I just received my update disks today.  They were send via Fed Ex, but
leisurely 2-day no rush, sent 10/07/92.  That's six days after I faxed
in my frustrated request for help ASAP.  I sent the fax because I'd not
seen any shipment since my talk with a Symantec person on 09/17/92, who
claimed an update was available and would be sent to me.

I'm exploring now.  So far I can confirm that the network drive dialogue
is fixed.

The stability problems and clock slip and memory limits are yet to be seen.
Of course there were zero release notes to explain recent fixes!

NDW features are slick.  It's such a shame the support isn't.
Richard Berke   RBRK   Richard.Berke@lobby.ti.com  (214) 575-2828
Texas Instruments      Plano, Texas
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: storm@cs.mcgill.ca (Marc WANDSCHNEIDER)
Subject: Re: **READ THIS WIN 3.1**
Organization: McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 04:28:44 GMT

In article <6tmpdl#@lynx.unm.edu> tkeitt@algodones.unm.edu (Timothy Keitt) writes:
>If you use win3.1, *get hotline 1.1*. Its avail
>from ftp.cica.indiana.edu in /pub/pc/win3/util.
>This program is great.  It detects errors that
>occur when programs screw up their API calls
>(but don't nessesarily crash). These are the
>errors that MS *doesnt want you to know about*

	Oh, they said it would happen!  The evil minions at Microsoft
don't WANT us to debug our code.  They'd rather NOBODY write windows apps,
but instead leave it all up to MS, and force us to pay obscene prices for
everything they come up with.

	Let's hope that REAL good guys, at say, IBM, show them the error
of their ways, and let us debug WHATEVER we want (including our garage door
opener!)

	I'm outraged!

Toodlepip!
Marc 'em.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
Subject: Re: Questions about WinWord 2.0b
Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 19:15:14 GMT

In <Bw2JAB.1I6@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> reamer@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Sean A. Waiss) writes:

>Hey Netters out there, do you think Microsoft would pay attention if
>a Big Ten university decided to drop the Microsoft products from over
>five hundred pc's?  Not to mention at least four seperate networks?
>Well Bill Gates, would that get your attention?

Nope, I don't think they'd care at all.  What's a couple of hundred
copies in an environment where pirated software is typically rife
(this is a general comment about school environments, not a slap at
Purdue or any other specific school).  

Even if you could somehow convince your school to do this, I doubt
that MS would even notice.

-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: jinho@iti.gov.sg (Tan Jin Ho)
Subject: Wanted: PC Windows Email for Unix Mail
Organization: Information Technology Institute, National Computer Board, S'pore.
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 04:03:07 GMT


I am looking for an MS Windows-based Email application program that runs on
top of standard PC TCP/IP networks and uses SMTP and/or POP. (ie. it can
read and send UNIX mail).

Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.


Tan Jin Ho
jinho@iti.gov.sg

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps,comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.apps.spreadsheets
From: kscott@brahms.udel.edu (Nicole Lassiter)
Subject: Major Bug in Excel XYErrorMenu 1.0K9/ areas()
Organization: University of Delaware
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 23:50:18 GMT


I was just writing someone about ways to use areas() to read in a multiple
area selection (conquered in a XYEM macro) and thought it should be known:

Many of the copies of XYEM labeled version 1.0K9 (look next to the
squirrel's nose on the disk) have an unlinked menu item.  It can
be fixed easily by opening the XLA from inside excel (you have to
unhide the window if you already have the menu installed).  Hold the
shift key down to open an XLA.  Change cell AD64 (R64C30) to read
"avesds.q".
The bug only affects those not using the expert menu.  It also affects PC
users more than mac users.  Check this months Windows magazine for more info
on XYEM.
From: andrzej@bnr.ca (Andrzej Bieszczad)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: Winword -- changin licensed to name
Date: 8 Oct 92 18:26:37 GMT
Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd.,

In article <1992Oct7.204723.28253@tijc02.uucp> eri316@tijc02.uucp (Ed Ingraham         ) writes:

   To change the registered user info in WFW, you need to reinstall WFW.
   If you originally installed WFW from the distribution disks rather than
   from a copy, the setup program changed the file WWORD20.INF. Restore
   the following 2 lines in WWORD20.INF before you install WFW and it will
   once again ask you to enter your name.

   [user]
   vXR26xdEtgjkas@2346gfvbnmm122882fPt201?s2qQa1234567890
   Txny9k4vuyJeffjo281ion09n638ks23.56sTossWzJt1234567890

Does anybody know how to do the same with Excel 4.0?

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: chenina@rhrk.uni-kl.de (Robert Chenina [Chemie])
Subject: W4W and HPGL files. Very funny!
Organization: University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 09:50:37 GMT

	Hi!
	For all those who use Word for Windows and HPGL file import, TRY this:
 	Extract the 8 following lines and save they as square.plt or square.hpg,
Then try to import them in W4W.
begin----------8<-------------------------8<----------------------8<------------
IN;SP1;PU;
PA2000,2000;
PD;
PA2000,4000;
PA4000,4000;
PA4000,2000;
PA2000,2000;
SP0;
end------------8<-----------------------8<---------------------------8<--------
	As You can see, it is an absolutely simple HPGL file and all programs 
dealing with HPGL I know will read it correctly. Only W4W is unable to 
recognize it. Good work, Microsoft (:-))!
	The very best of the story is that I have a few hundred of more
complexe HPGL files that are imported without any problem.
	Greetings,
		Robert
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From: afv@eng.cam.ac.uk (Frans Volschenk)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: BAD FORMATTING OF EQUATION EDITOR
Keywords: BAD FORMATTING OF EQUATION EDITOR
Date: 13 Oct 92 11:04:11 GMT
Reply-To: afv@eng.cam.ac.uk
Organization: Dept of Engineering

Hi,

This may very well be a FAQ, and I have been in touch with MS
personally about it.  They have yet to release a patch/fix for
it.  (Not in 2.2a).  Try:

Inserting a multi-row equation into your document from Equa. Editor

See the space it leaves above the equation.  The formatting can be
"restored" by selecting the equation (in Word) and setting the Super &
SubScripting  to none.  If I only had 1 equation with 1 page of text,
fine.  But here we are, all writing multi-page reports with loads of
equations, and every single time you update your fileds "BOEF !"  all
is back to the incorrect formatting.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Perhaps a macro that sorts it out ?  

Please e-mail me to

	afv@uk.ac.cam.eng (JANET)
	afv@eng.cam.ac.uk (the rest)

Thank you very much for the trouble,


	Frans Volschenk
From: Robert.Turner@brunel.ac.uk (Robert Turner)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: WP4W is SLOOOOW
Date: 15 Oct 92 08:00:01 GMT
Organization: Brunel University, West London, UK

jim@jimmc.chi.il.us (Jim McNicholas) writes:
%  NICE TRY!! If you already know the commands for one application and your
%  comfortable with it you keep using it!!  We all do this, we get used to a
%  particular app. so we keep on using it!!

Watch this space.....  According to VERY STRONG connections, WP4W 5.2 is
on the way out, and is a LOT better (and faster).

Rob

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc,connect.audit
From: jerus@ibmpcug.co.uk (Jeremy Ruston)
Subject: Big files using OLE with Corel and W4W
X-Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are those of the author
	alone and may not represent the views of the IBM PC User Group.
Organization: The IBM PC User Group, UK.
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 09:07:24 GMT
Keywords: OLE WORD CORELDRAW

I am using Windows 3.1 OLE to embed images from CorelDraw 3.0b into 
W4W 2.0a documents.  It works fine, except that the resultant file sizes 
are several times bigger than I expect.  For example, take a pretty simple 
CorelDraw picture which saves from within CorelDraw as a 7KB file.  If I 
embed it in a 6KB Word for Windows document, the file grows to a size of 
about 76KB (!)

Poking around in the resulting W4W file indicates that the image is 
embedded in 'RIFF' file format which I recall mentioned in connection with 
MS Multimedia extensions.  Is extravagant size just a property of this 
format?  Or are there just certain conditions under which it yields bad 
performance with CorelDraw images?  The CorelDraw images I am dealing with 
always use one or more TT fonts.  Surely it doesn't end up embedding the 
fonts in the file?  From what else can CorelDraw be filling 60 odd KB of 
file?

Has anyone else experienced this problem and/or worked out a fix for it?  
I would appreciate any light you may be able to throw on it.  In the 
meantime, my files are 400% bigger than I think they should be.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps,comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: aew@eosvcr.wimsey.bc.ca (Alan Walford)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: W4W 2.0b fix equation formating problem ?
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 92 07:52:45 PDT
Distribution: world
Organization: Eos Systems Inc, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

Can anyone with W4W 2.0b tell us what was fixed wrt 2.0a?

I would especially like to know if the equation formating problem was
fixed as someone mentioned.

Thanks,

Al

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From: calloway@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM (Frank Calloway)
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 13:34:35 GMT
Subject: Re: How do you find out new W4W versions?
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Loveland, CO
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps

I'm a frequent reader of "PC Magazine," "Infoworld," and "PC Week."
That's where I hear about most of these "bug fix" releases.  Or, as
you've discovered, browsing topics on Internet can keep you informed.

Frank Calloway
From: z_rasmusseam@ccsvax.sfasu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Soft & Hard fonts...pro's and con's...
Date: 15 Oct 92 13:55:27 CST
Organization: Stephen F. Austin State University

I work for the library computing department at my school.  Currently
we are running (on the clone side) novell 386 and windows as the shell, if you
will.  We've got two *sigh* Texas Instruments MicroLaser Pluses in
HP Laserjet II 'compatability'.  They are woefully slow.  They also have
a tendency to 'lose' jobs if the job contains a difficult font or heavy
graphics.  We've just ordered an upgrade to a 4MB memory set for each of
them.  What I'm intrested in is are there 'soft' fonts out there for these
guys?  Would an HP cartridge font set do the trick?  Are softfonts better
than cartridge?  Anyway, you get the idea...  Thanx in advance...
    
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%SYSTEM-W-TMNYFNGR, too many fingers on keyboard ;P

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: jegm@cody.esd.sgi.com (Jim Morris)
Subject: Re: Norton Desktop support from Symantec is terrible!
Reply-To: jegm@esd.sgi.com
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 17:25:51 GMT

When I talked to the Tech Support a couple of weeks ago, they denied
yhat there had been *ANY* updates since the original shipping of NDW2.0, which
is what I got. SO I couldn't even ask for the update, seeing as he insisted 
there wasn't one!

I have had intermittent problems with NDW, but not enough to scrap it.

On a side note I ordered an update to NDW 1.0 several times, to fix a specific
problem that Symantec acknowledged, and I *NEVER* got it. So when 2.0 came out
I got that, luckily the problem had been fixed in 2.0.

I agree that Symantec TEch support sucks, but NDW2.0 is too good to trash!
I couldn't go back to program manager now. But maybe I'll look at WINTOOLS!
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