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From: jeff@tct.com (Jeff Witzer)
Subject: Borland Tech Help?!?
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 14:49:45 GMT
Organization: TC Telemanagement, Clearwater, FL

Where the HELL is Borland?!?

I've been trying to get through to their Windows/C++ tech help line for a
WEEK!!  It's always BUSY...and it's an ACD system!!  I call 1 minute before
they open and get the "We're closed" message, I call 30 seconds later and
get the "We're closed" message, I call 30 seconds later and get BUSY!!  It
stays that way every time I call (at random times throughout the day)!!   
I've attempted at least 10-15 times per day for the last 8 days...

Of the three times it DID ring, once it hung up on me just after I pressed
'3' (Windows programming) - '3' (miscellaneous), the other two times I was
put on "the next available technician..." hold forever (well, I gave up after
30 minutes)!!

Any word on what's going on?  Can it be that busy that quickly?  Is there a
good time to call?

Things went so smoothly under the old system.  I was never on hold for more
than 5 minutes and the help was great! ...and what happened to that incredible
voice...you know...that sexy Brittish female voice that guides you through the
ACD system ("Press 1 for...")?  Gee I miss her.

Well, sorry for the ranting.  I just wanted to scream out of frustration...
an maybe one of you knows what happened.

I posted a set of questions last week and got some good answers to one of my
questions.  Thanks.

These still remain and Borland seems inaccessible, so...

I need to be able to differentiate between multiple buttons which 
display the same bitmap.  Borland style buttons seem to use the ID field
of the button definition to determine which bitmap to use on the button face
(1000 series for norm, 3000 series for pushed, and 5000 series for focus), so
how can I get different WM_COMMAND wParams from similar buttons (or how can I
differentiate which button was pressed (numerically, not with window handles)
if I need to use the same ID)?

Reposting an old question...when I bring up a Borland style dialog box, I
would like to display a bitmap on its face based on a global variable (if the
variable equals 0 display bitmap A, if 1 display bitmap B, etc..., at a 
certain location on the dialog box), but I don't get WM_PAINT messages for the 
dialog box when it's initially displayed, nor when I call InvalidateRect in
response to an INIT_DIALOG message (and the windows doesn't yet exist to 
display a bitmap on when an INIT_DIALOG message is received).

Any suggestions?

thanks,

jeff
From: whedon@netcom.com (Bill Whedon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc,comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: DPMI documentation -- where?
Keywords: DPMI doc
Date: 4 Sep 92 20:04:32 GMT
Article-I.D.: netcom.h1mnc4p.whedon
Followup-To: poster
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)

Where can one find the latest DPMI spec?  Please answer here or email.
Thanks,
Bill Whedon   whedon@netcom.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc
From: eigenstr@cs.rose-hulman.edu (Todd R. Eigenschink)
Subject: Re: Showing files with no extensions?
Organization: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 21:58:19 GMT


>Question: I can use a *.TXT file spec to show files with a .TXT
>extension, but how do I show only those files that have NO extension?

Use *.

Todd Eigenschink
eigenstr@CS.Rose-Hulman.Edu
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc
From: quandt@mcs213c.cs.umr.edu (Brian Quandt)
Subject: paradise and canon bj330
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 01:08:47 GMT
Organization: University of Missouri - Rolla


Looking for the latest paradise VGA drivers for windows 3.1.  wuarchive
has one for windows 3.0 but these drivers produce problems under 3.1.

Also the canon bj330 printer driver for 330 seems to be lacking much, does
anyone know where there is a decent 330 driver for windows 3.1?  For
example, when trying to print a grey-scaled image from paint or ms-word
only the solid black stuff prints, i.e., it will not dither!
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc
From: wilcox@swarm.wustl.edu (Don Wilcox)
Subject: Re: NotifyRegister() question
Organization: Washington University in St. Louis, MO
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 15:20:48 GMT

In article <1992Aug27.173716.17324@franz.com> sdj@franz.com (Steve D. Jacobson) writes:
>I would like to invoke WinExec() and then wait in a temporary GetMessage()/
>DispatchMessage() loop until the application invoked by WinExec() terminates.
>
>I am trying to use the toolhelp DLL NotifyRegister() function to do this.
>
>By looking for a NFY_EXITTASK notification, I can tell that some application
>has completed, but I can't tell that it's the one I'm interested in. The
>other things I've tried, like looking to see if the NFY_DELMODULE handle
>matches the return value I get from WinExec(), don't work.
>
>Has anyone out there tried to do something like this and figured out what
>notifications to look for?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Steve

What I have done when I needed this is to keep the HINSTANCE that WinExec
returns, and look it up in a TaskFirst/TaskNext loop.  That can give you a
task handle.  Then, every time I get a NFY_EXITTASK, I PostMessage to another
window which does an IsTask() in the task handle.  If I get false, then my app
has exited, and I can continue.

Don

-- 
Don Wilcox                         | "For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of
Washington University in St. Louis |   Christ, for it is the power of salvation
email: wilcox@swarm.wustl.edu      |   to all who believe."
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc
From: jcwasik@srv.PacBell.COM (Joe Wasik)
Subject: Re: Petzold Book and Substitutes
Organization: Pacific * Bell
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 20:15:35 GMT

In article drv@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (dennis.r.vogel) writes:
>	1. Does anyone know when the new Petzold edition (3rd?)
>	   is due?

There had been a report (I thnk it was in a Microsoft publication) that\
promissed a July release.  Obviously they're late.

>	2. Out of the dozens of Windows programming guides
>	   at my local bookstores, which would you consider
>	   as good, or nearly so, as the Petzold book?

Some users of the Petzold book have complained that the newest features,
such as using palettes in the 3.0 book, were left out.  If they're right,
perhaps we should be looking for a combination of books.

-- 
Joe Wasik, Pacific Bell, San Ramon, CA (510)823-2422, jcwasik@pacbell.com
"Be good -- go to church. Be good -- go to church. Be good -- go to church."
	-- Republican Economic Plan.
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc
From: rec@coquina.ucsd.edu (Richard Currier)
Subject: Re: TDW and Video Drivers
Organization: MPL of SIO at UCSD
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 23:04:21 GMT

In article <37387@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> pluto@cs.ucsd.edu (Mark Plutowksi) writes:
>gordy@endor.uucp (Robert Gordy) writes:
>
>LISTEN UP BORLAND!!  So far, TDW is worthless to me


Add another F1280 video user to the list.......





--
From: mr@jt.dk (Michael Ringgaard)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc
Subject: Communication with WM's under WINDOWS 3.1
Summary: Communication with WM's under WINDOWS 3.1
Keywords: windows, WM
Date: 31 Aug 92 16:41:32 GMT
Organization: Jutland Telephone Co. Denmark


Could any one please help us with the following problem:

How do we get communication between a WINDOWS application and a 
running DOS application under WINDOWS 3.1?

The problem appears in a project, in which we want to build a
WINDOWS presentationlayer on top of a present DOS terminal emulation
program.

We are working with "TURBO PASCAL for WINDOWS". But all
solutions and surgestions are of our interst.


Yours cincirely.

N.B. Please send me an email.


Leif Andersen P-2.56
Jydsk Telefon
Sletvej 30
DK-8310 Tranbjerg

Tlf: +45 86293366 ext. 5306
E-mail: lan@cs.jt.dk
From: ken@minster.york.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc
Subject: Re: VB + Fortran
Date: 25 Aug 92 18:44:46 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of York, England
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

JULIO RODRIGUEZ BANGA (JRBANGA@poppy.ucdavis.edu) wrote:
:   I'd like to create GUIs to some Fortran 77 scientific programs (data
: input/output, graphics, etc.).
:   I was thinking about using MS Visual Basic to create the front end, and MS
:  Fortran to compile the Fortran kernel.

Sounds a splendid way of doing it. We'er hooked on VB here, using C
DLLs to do all the hard word, and VB for the front-end. As long as MS
Fortran will build DLLs then you have no problem calling them from VB.


--
Ken Tindell             Internet      : ken@minster.york.ac.uk
Computer Science Dept., Local FTP site: minster.york.ac.uk
York University,        Tel.          : +44-904-433244         
YO1 5DD, UK             Fax.          : +44-904-432708
--
"The Gulf War won't be like a Rambo film; it will be long, bloody and terrible"
Organization: University of Maine System
Date: Saturday, 29 Aug 1992 15:37:45 EDT
From: <IO70935@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc
Subject: SetViewportExt and Screen Mapping

I working on an application that requires a real time display for a data acqusi
stion program and I need to remap the window. I would like to map the window in
 a user coordinate system such that one corner is x1,y1 and the other x2,y2. I
am looking for any information or examples of how to do this my BC 3.0 Manuals
are no help and Microsofts Reference Book little better. Thanks in advance.
                          <Tex>
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc
From: glowe@nyx.cs.du.edu (Glen Lowe)
Subject: Re: Borland Tech Help?!?
X-Disclaimer: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University
	of Denver for the Denver community.  The University has neither
	control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 92 01:28:35 GMT


  Borland does have an internet address (customer-service@borland.com I
think..)  You can also access them through compuserve.  They are usually
pretty good a responding to email.  Talking to a person is almost an
impossible task these days...
   Glen Lowe
From: dobbins@lan.ccit.arizona.edu (Gary Dobbins)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc,comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: Current Directory in Windows?
Date: 31 Aug 92 15:07:09 GMT
Distribution: usa,world
Organization: University of Arizona

Where is documented the concept of the "current directory" for Windows tasks?

Program Manager has the field in the Item Properties dialog for setting the 
current directory for each Windows or non-windows task you define, and the 
system seems to make that directory current when you switch to that task.

But, is there such an API call as GetCurrentDirectory()?  I could find 
nothing to that effect, and using the C-library chdir() call seemed to have 
no effect.

How do you set the working directory for a task, using the API?


        Gary L. Dobbins  *  University of Arizona  *  (602)621-6715
             dobbins@arizona.edu  *  dobbins@arizvms (bitnet)
     "Some days, you just can't get rid of a bomb..." - Batman, 1966
Organization: Ryerson Polytechnical Institute
Distribution: na
Date: Saturday, 29 Aug 1992 19:14:46 EST
From: <ACAD8060@RyeVm.Ryerson.Ca>
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc
Subject: source for edit window?

Is there any source code around (public domain) for an edit type window?  I
need to write my own edit window and don't want to start from scratch if I
don't have to.

         Paul
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc
From: sjsobol@wariat.org (Steven J. Sobol)
Subject: Event-driven COM programming
Followup-To: poster
Organization: The Tiny Software Co., via APK Public Access Unix, Cleveland
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 04:42:26 GMT

I have downloaded some sample programs from Borland which use the COM
drivers. The problem is that they are slow; one character is read from
the port for each iteration through MessageLoop (which actually calls a
couple other methods before the character is actually transferred from
the port). I noticed the routine SetCommEventMask which lets you choose
which activities generate an event. BUT: how do you process these events?
Is there a Windows message generated for each time a character comes in??

just wondering, please e-mail reply; sjsobol@wariat.org or sjsobol@tiny.com

thanks   *--TechnoGeek--*

-- 
***  **  ** | The Tiny Software Co.  23707 Glenhill  Cleveland OH 44122
 *  *   *   | Steve Sobol * President * sjsobol@tiny.com or tiny!sjsobol 
 *   *  *   | Alternate addresses: sjsobol@wariat.org or ag510@po.cwru.edu
 *    * *   | Disclaimer: I *AM* the Tiny Software Company. 
 *  **   ** | **Welcome to Ohio, the Land of the Orange Construction Barrel**
From: hlpell@sequent.com (Howard Pell)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc
Subject: Re: VB and DLLs
Date: 26 Aug 92 20:02:02 GMT
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems (Canada) Ltd.

simon@minster.york.ac.uk writes:

I don't want to insult you, but is your DLL in a directory that is in your
PATH variable?

>I'm trying to get a Visual Basic application to talk to a DLL,
>with a conspicuous lack of success.

>The original version of the DLL was written using Zortech C++,
>which I gather gets its start-up code wrong.  However, re-compiling
>it using Microsoft C7 doesn't seem to have solved the problem,
>and I'm beginning to suspect flawed understanding :-)

>The perplexing thing is that the application works fine when
>it's run from within the VB environment.  When I "Make .EXE",
>and run it, however, I get a dialogue box saying "Error in loading
>DLL."

>I *know* it must be possible, as there are demonstration programs
>out there which run with their own DLLs.  If anyone's got any good
>ideas - preferably with source code they could let me have to see
>where I'm going wrong - I'd be grateful.

>Thanks in advance,


>-- Si

>--------------------------------------------------------------------
>Simon A. Dobson

>Dept. of computer science, University of York, Heslington, York, UK.
>simon@minster.york.ac.uk                            (+44 904) 433378
>--------------------------------------------------------------------
>            "There must be more to being a talking dog than this..."
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc
From: Doug@doug.sws.uiuc.edu (Doug Ward)
Subject: Printer Fonts
Organization: State Water Survey
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 20:31:35 GMT

I just received Quick C for Windows and am attempting to write my 
first application.  I have managed to print out my data with an abort dialog 
box.  I am trying to figure out how to change the printer font.  I have 
Programming Windows by Charles Petzold and I am unable to figure out how to 
change the Printer Font.  Does anyone know of another book or have some 
sample code of how to do this? Thank you.

Doug Ward
doug@sun.sws.uiuc.edu
Illinois State Water Survey
From: Steve.Banfield@AtlantaGA.NCR.COM (Steve Banfield)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc
Subject: Polyline speed
Date: 27 Aug 92 17:42:36 GMT
Organization: NCR Engineering and Manufacturing Atlanta -- Atlanta, GA

Which is faster:

1.  Polyline API
2.  Polygon API
3.  A series of MoveTo/LineTo API calls

Any ideas?  I am trying to draw some small, relatively simple filled polygon 
shapes and I need this to be fast (like I'd write it to be slow ;))!


Steve Banfield				"Fix the problem, Not the blame"
Project Leader
NCR E&M Atlanta
From: mark@infolog.se (Mark Plotnick)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc
Subject: Using DDE for volume data transfers?
Date: 26 Aug 92 07:34:19 GMT
Organization: Infologics AB, Sollentuna, Sweden



Is DDE the appropriate technique to use for transfering larger
data volumes (file transfers, etc) between a client application
and a communication driver under windows?

-------------------------------------------------------
Mark Plotnick,   Mark.Plotnick@infolog.se
Infologics AB, BOX 91, 191 22 Sollentuna, SWEDEN
Tel. +46 8 92 20 63          Fax  +46 8 96 08 46
From: thanos@reef.cis.ufl.edu (Thanos Karras)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc
Subject: Tab Problems
Date: 2 Sep 92 15:09:23 GMT
Organization: Univ. of Florida CIS Dept.

Hello again fellow Windowers:

I am implementing a routine that is supposed to generate a report that
lists text and data in columns.
The problem is that the tabs do not align when the font is changed
from a fixed size to a variable size.

How can I assure that my tabs align for any font chosen?
Does anyone have some code to share? How about shareware?

Any pointers are greatly appreciated.
Post or e-mail to thanos@reef.cis.ufl.edu

Thanos Karras
thanos@reef.cis.ufl.edu
From: jdd@bunker.shel.isc-br.com (Judy D. Daniluk)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc
Subject: Can you change accelerator tables?
Date: 25 Aug 92 20:23:14 GMT
Organization: Olivetti Advanced Financial Development (Shelton, CT)


Is there any way to change accelerator tables during an application?
Is there any way to use more than one accelerator table?

I am building an MDI application.  Since the menus change when the 
MDI children are activated and de-activated, it would make sense 
to let the accelerator tables change too.  It isn't practical in 
this case to make one global accelerator table that works for everybody.

I'm using MSC++ and MFC.  In MFC, the accelerator table is attached 
to a CFrameWnd, not to a CWinApp, but it appears that the first
CFrameWnd to load its accelerators wins and the others all lose.

I will be grateful for any help.

Judy Daniluk 
Olivetti Advanced Finance Development 
jdd@oliafd.shel.isc-br.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32
From: alistair@microsoft.com (Alistair Banks)
Subject: Re: Looking for NT remote access services!
Date: 04 Sep 92 01:46:17 GMT
Organization: Microsoft Corporation

In article <1992Sep3.084735.5214@cam-orl.co.uk> thg@cam-orl.co.uk (Tim Glauert) writes:
>
>1) FTP files to/from the NT machine, initiated by the UNIX machine.


NetManage have demonstrated some ports of their Chameleon package to
Windows NT - this will include an ftp server. Various other companies
are also working on servers, ftp, nfs and more. I also expect that
many of these will exist as shareware/freeware - if anyone knows of
the location of such a port, please inform pd-tools@microsoft.com

>2) List, edit, rename and delete files and directories.

As above (if you mean using ftp or nfs at the Unix machine). If you're
using SCO Unix or another operating system with an SMB/Lan Manager client,
then of course you can achieve this today

>But there does seem to be a genuine need for the services we are talking about
>and this need is not being met at the moment,

Thank God not all the work's done - where would the market opportunity be
then?! And I'd be out of a job (and you too, perhaps). Seriously, we
released the Win32 SDK as soon as we can so that these tools and other
pieces can get developped asap -- Alistair
From: ccmk@lure.latrobe.edu.au
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32
Subject: Re: X Server/Xlib for NT? (Repost)
Date: 31 Aug 92 17:46:11 GMT
Organization: VAX Cluster, Computer Centre, La Trobe University

In article <1992Aug31.012506.16728@csi.uottawa.ca>, duwors@csi.uottawa.ca (Robert J. Du Wors) writes:
> Looking for X-Server and X client software to run on NT. 
> ...

I believe DEC's eXcursion X server is being ported to NT.  I have used
it in the DOS world and it is an excellent product.  In fact the
best Windows X server I have ever used.

Mark Kosten
(ccmk@latrobe.edu.au)
Date: Thu,  3 Sep 92 10:22:37 +0200
From: Martin_Schloeter@eurologic.fido.de (Martin Schloeter)
Subject: Re: Multithreading support in Win32s
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32
X-Comment-To: (Eli Lauris)
Organization: Die ersten 100.000 Jahre... 

EL> Does anyone know whether Win32s interface on Windows 3.1 and above will
EL> support multithreading in a process ? I would very much appreciate a
EL> definitive answer.
No, it won't. CreateProcess returns an error code. (Allways regarding the 
actual informations from MS, have not seen Win32s by my own).
Martin

From: edwardm@hpcuhe.cup.hp.com (Edward McClanahan)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 01:13:55 GMT
Subject: Re: File system switches
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32

> >Hello,
> >	Does NT support a file system switch and stackable files
> >systems similar to vnode based UNIXs? In particular would it be 
> >possible to implement something similar to Sun Microsystem's 
> >Translucent File System (TFS)?

> Windows NT's driver mechanism allows for the layering of drivers - file
> systems are drivers which respond to the set of messages that the
> i/o subsystem generates when requesting file services. They're not
> "special" and don't have a different set of interfaces. All drivers
> respond to messages which interest them, and pass them through to the
> next driver in the chain if they're not interested.

> So indeed, you could layer any one file system on top of the services
> of another to implement intelligent archiving systems, Sun TFS-like
> systems, or simply something that turns a file delete into a rename! You
> can implement compression file systems or make your 1.4Mb disk image on
> your C: drive appear to be your I: drive

So, is this do-able with the SDK, or is the DDK required?

> Driver layering is useful!

Exactly!
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32
From: bauwens@acs.ucalgary.ca (Luc Bauwens)
Subject: Re: FORTRAN for NT?
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 92 22:47:59 GMT
Organization: The University of Calgary, Alberta
Keywords: FORTRAN win32 NT

In article <1992Aug28.010923.24053@microsoft.com> alistair@microsoft.com (Alistair Banks) writes:
>In article <1992Aug20.140450.5676@uceng.UC.EDU> bmeranda@uceng.UC.EDU (Brent E Meranda) writes:
>>Is there a 32-bit FORTRAN available for Windows NT?
>
>Whatcom and one other, whose name eludes me at present, have Win32 Fortran
>compilers available now, in some form of pre-release -- Alistair

Whatcom?  What?  What's that?

:-)

The correct name is Watcom...

LB
From: mikeo@spider.co.uk (Mike Overton)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32
Subject: DDK Price too high??
Date: 31 Aug 92 10:53:40 GMT
Organization: Spider Systems Limited, Edinburgh, UK

Seeing the announcement regarding the DDK for NT, it seems that the
previous excellent NT record w.r.t. the developer has ended.

I am going to the Edinburgh NT conference/show, and have paid my
#200 (note the amazing pound-dollar conversion - the price implies
$400 in the US!). Extrapolating the cost of the DDK, it looks like
that will cost approx #1500. With the cost of hardware dropping like
a stone, and margins on same being trimmed to the bare minimum, why
is MS penalizing the hardware guys?.

Come on MS - surely the DDK on CD should be no more than perhaps twice
the NT pre beta CD. Many excellent references on writing drivers for
O/S 2, Unix and DOS exist. Even Apple fully publicize the interfaces,
for the cost of a paperback. With NT looking like the way to go for
many people, please don't put off the low level developers in this
way.

Mike Overton - mikeo@spider.co.uk
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32
From: alistair@microsoft.com (Alistair Banks)
Subject: Re: Getting Windows NT
Date: 01 Sep 92 01:48:29 GMT
Organization: Microsoft Corporation

In article <1992Aug31.081908.19073@tfs.com> eric@tfs.com (Eric Smith) writes:
>In article <1992Aug25.172725.7233@microsoft.com> alistair@microsoft.com (Alistair Banks) writes:
>>If you want delivery to a US address, then you should call 800-227-4679
>>and order it, using yur credit card. Outside the US you should approach
>>your most local Microsoft office and order it there -- Alistair
>
>I ordered mine by mail, August 5.  I assume it takes several weeks, but just
>in case my order got lost in the mail, how long should I wait before trying
>again?

If I were you, I'd call the 800-227-4679 and ask about the
progress now -- Alistair
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32