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From: jcwasik@srv.PacBell.COM (Joe Wasik)
Subject: Help! My PWB hangs!
Organization: Pacific * Bell
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 16:00:37 GMT


Say, MS experts:  I desperately need your advise.

I bought C/C++ (MS) some weeks ago and paid many bucks for it.  I installed
386MAX version 6.01d and it seems to run fine.  All my applications and
programs run fine except one: PWB.

My PWB hangs everytime I try to compile.  Only a re-boot will fix it.  It
works fine from Windows, but just not from DOS.

MS gave me a patch to upgrade C/C++ to 7.0a (I think).  Qualitas gave me
a patch to upgrade to 6.2.

Well, if anyone else has upgraded from 6.01d to 6.2, try running 386MAX.exe.
It complains of a wrong version number; however, the software works well
enough to allow a clean re-boot.

PWB on the other hand behaves significantly worse under 7.0a.  PWB now hangs
no matter where I run it.

I tried different combinations of old and new C/C++ with old and new 386max.
And simply wound up restoring both packages to their original versions.

MS is silent so far.  Can anyone else help?

-- 
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.tools
From: longe@statsci.com (Michael Longe')
Subject: GDI monitor?
Organization: Statistical Sciences, Inc
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 19:18:36 GMT

Is there a PD or commercial utility which lets you track memory and
GDI resource allocation and release by task or module? It sure would 
be nice to know if/when resources are orphaned...

Michael Longe'
Designer Software
(please e-mail to longe@statsci.com)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools
From: jegm@cody.esd.sgi.com (Jim Morris)
Subject: GDI heap Walker available?
Keywords: heap gdi walker
Reply-To: jegm@esd.sgi.com
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 16:54:00 GMT

Is there a program that can walk through the various types of memory,
and tell you what resources belong to what app.

Specifically I would like to see how many objects, pens etc that my application
leaves behind when its done. I think there is a heap walker in the SDK, but
I have Borlands bc++ 3.1 and there doesn't seem to be an equivalent.


-- 
Jim Morris, Email: jegm@esd.sgi.com  Voice: (415) 390-5136
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc,comp.windows.ms.programmer
From: whedon@netcom.com (Bill Whedon)
Subject: PD RTF EDITOR WANTED
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 92 17:29:06 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Followup-To: poster
Distribution: usa
Keywords: RTF EDITOR PD SHAREWARE

The subject line says it all, but if your rn doesn't show it (mine doesn't),
here it is again:
   PD RTF EDITOR WANTED

(or shareware, for which I will pay if it works well).

Any ideas, pointers, etc.?
Thanks,
Bill Whedon   whedon@netcom.com
From: kapur@ces.cwru.edu (Sachin Kapur)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools
Subject: OpenLook to MS Windows ?
Date: 3 Sep 1992 23:08:25 GMT
Organization: Database Research Group/CWRU
Distribution: na
NNTP-Posting-Host: ida.ces.cwru.edu


Hi, 
  I have a huge application in C++ on SUN SPARC system with User
Interface in Open Look and wish to port the application to PC. For the
sake of compatibility I wish to stick to 'C' or 'C++'. I am looking for
some Integrated package or utility which can help me directly porting
the same to PC, instead of rewriting the whole code in MS windows. I
have heard about Desqview/X what I am not fully aware of its
capabilities.

However if it is not possible to directly port the same to PC, Is
there any other easy and efficient solution.

Also I was thinking of using Visual Basic but I want to know, whether
it would be feasible to link the existing Programming Interface  in
'C' with the code generated by Visual Basic.

I would be thankful for any suggestions.

Please E-mail responses....


Sachin Kapur
Kapur@alpha.ces.cwru.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools
From: kkt@philabs.philips.com (Kim-Kiat Tan)
Subject: Borland c++ with Applic. Frame.
Organization: Philips Laboratories, Briarcliff, New York
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 14:01:38 GMT

	For the source code that came with Application Framework, what is the
licensing agreement ? Can we modify the source code and use it on different
machine, or even different platform (such as SUN) ? Just like to know what I can
do with the source code before deciding whether I need the source code.

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools
From: jonas.fogelberg@udac.uu.se (Jonas Fogelberg)
Subject: Re: MSC 7 PWB Problem?
Organization: UDAC, Uppsala University, Sweden
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 08:26:18 GMT

In article <1992Aug28.124909.16473@tijc02.uucp> eri316@tijc02.uucp (Ed Ingraham         ) writes:
>From: eri316@tijc02.uucp (Ed Ingraham         )
>Subject: MSC 7 PWB Problem?
>Date: Fri, 28 Aug 92 12:49:09 GMT

>I'm using MS C 7.0 + Win 3.1 + DOS 5.0 + Novell 3.26.
>This is on a 386DX with 4MB and plenty of disk space.
>After doing a couple of days of browsing source code
>on our file server, the PWB crashes, sometimes taking
>Windows along with it. Once I saw a message from PWB
>that indicated it was out of memory. And ideas on what
>to look at?

>Ed Ingraham
>Siemens Industrial Automation
>Johnson City, Tennessee
>tijc02!eri316@uunet.uu.net

You probably need more RAM. We used to get a lot of crashes in PWB
under Windows, but not in PWB under DOS, so we draw the conclusion that
PWB lacked memory. After upgrading the memory, the crashes has almost
disappeard (except when you have several other Windows application running
at the same time - eating up memory and resources from the PWB). 

Hope this helps,

Jonas


--
Just my own personal humble opinions...
Jonas Fogelberg, UDAC (Uppsala University Computing Centre), Sweden.
EMAIL: jonas.fogelberg@udac.uu.se. PHONE: +46 18187878. FAX: +46 18187770.
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools
From: matthewp@ruby.aruba.UUCP (Matthew Pope)
Subject: ODBC
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 17:09:00 GMT
Organization: Project Zed
Keywords: ODBC interoperability

I am researching Microsoft's ODBC standard, specifically what major RDBMS are supporting it and when.  I'm particularily interested in 32bit WIN32S support.  For those who don't know, ODBC stands for Open Database Connectivity.  It is a Call Level Interface (CLI) standard for SQL that MicroSoft has put forth, based on standards by the SQL Access Group and X/Open.  This call level interface allows applications to interoperate with database vendors that supply ODBC drivers.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools
From: tomh@wes.on.ca (Tom Haapanen)
Subject: Re: Microsoft C/C++ 7.0 versus Borland C++ 3.1
Organization: Waterloo Engineering Software
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 10:56:15 GMT

> eau@runx.oz.au writes:
>> We're trying to decide between Microsoft and Borland compilers
>> as a standard compiler for building our products. We will use 
>> both compilers during development - the question is which one 
>> to use to generate the final .EXE. [etc]

lance@lancea.actrix.gen.nz (Lance Andrewes) writes:
> There's a comprehensive review of C/C++ compilers in PC Magazine,
> July 92, volume 11 number 13.

There's also one in Infoworld, August 17.

HOWEVER, I will say again (and I bitched about this before) that neither
article was, in my opinion, a *good* comparison for the purposes of pro-
fessional developers.  Concentrating on IDEs and resource tools stinks if
you gloss over code optimization (extent and flexibility), class libraries
and documentation.

I wish someone like Dr. Dobbs Journal or DOS/Windows Programmer's Journal
would do a good, *technical* review of the C/C++ compilers.  Alas, it doesn't
really seem like that's in the cards...

[ \tom haapanen    "i don't even know what street canada is on" -- al capone ]
[ tomh@wes.on.ca                   "trust the programmer" -- ansi c standard ]
[ waterloo engineering software      "to thine own self be true" -- polonius ]
From: muffy@remarque.berkeley.edu (Muffy Barkocy)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools
Subject: regression testing?
Date: 28 Aug 92 12:13:50
Organization: Natural Language Incorporated
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: remarque.berkeley.edu


Are there any tools available which can be used to record significant
events for regression testing of a user interface?  Basically, I'd like
something that records keystrokes, menu selections, clicks on controls,
sizing, etc, but not every single motion of the mouse.

Thanks...

Muffy
--

Muffy Barkocy | muffy@mica.berkeley.edu | wi.4636@wizvax.methuen.ma.us
~Little round planet/in a big universe/sometimes it looks blessed/
 sometimes it looks cursed/Depends on what you look at, obviously/
 But even more it depends on the way that you see~ - Bruce Cockburn
From: tabitha@vms.huji.ac.il
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: Hypertext/TextFile management for windows?
Date: 31 Aug 92 21:34:18 GMT
Followup-To: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Distribution: usa,world
Organization: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

In article <1537@rwja.umdnj.edu>, choudhri@njmsa.umdnj.edu (Ajay Choudhri) writes:
>
>
> Excuse the crossposting please.
>
> I am looking for a hypertext manager/creator utility ans was wondering
> if there was anything that fit the bill.  Since I read news alot and
> subscribe to a bunch of esoteric mailing lists, I tend to gather
> bunches of text files on tons of topics.  I am looking for something
> that would help me create a index/search base sorta like the help system
> in windows where I could highlight words and have it jump to other
> articles referenced to that highlight. I don't mind building the database
> but I dont know if anything like this exists, shareware or otherwise.
> If someone could point me iin the general direction, I would be most
> thankful.
>
> Also, is there a windows based news-reader with built in support for
> running/maintaining a newsite.
>
> Thanks to all. I'll try to read the group but e-mail would be great.
>
>  -Ajay

Smartext 2.0 by Lotus has gotten rave reviews.  It apparently does most
of the work in creating hypertext links by itself.  You have to veto
some of the links it creates at the end, according to reviews, but it's
supposedly fantastic.  I wish I needed it.
-dennis turner
tabitha@vms.huji.ac.il

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: sshapiro@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Stewart D Shapiro)
Subject: Norton Desktop and non-multi-tasking
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 04:52:47 GMT

I have just installed the Norton Desktop for Windows 2.0.  I noticed
that if you use the desktop to format a floppy, the mouse cursor
becomes trapped in the format window, and you can't switch to another
application, etc.  This seems to  prevent any multi-tasking when
formatting, which is rather strange.  This is one time when one would
like to do something else during the operation.  Am I missing
something, or is this a "feature" of the program?



Xref: sparky comp.os.ms-windows.apps:2304 comp.os.ms-windows.misc:2526
From: choudhri@njmsa.umdnj.edu (Ajay Choudhri)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps,comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Hypertext/TextFile management for windows?
Date: 30 Aug 92 03:00:06 GMT
Followup-To: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Distribution: usa
Organization: New Jersey Medical School, Newark NJ



Excuse the crossposting please.

I am looking for a hypertext manager/creator utility ans was wondering
if there was anything that fit the bill.  Since I read news alot and 
subscribe to a bunch of esoteric mailing lists, I tend to gather
bunches of text files on tons of topics.  I am looking for something
that would help me create a index/search base sorta like the help system
in windows where I could highlight words and have it jump to other
articles referenced to that highlight. I don't mind building the database
but I dont know if anything like this exists, shareware or otherwise.
If someone could point me iin the general direction, I would be most
thankful.  

Also, is there a windows based news-reader with built in support for
running/maintaining a newsite.

Thanks to all. I'll try to read the group but e-mail would be great.

 -Ajay
From: toad@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com (Tom Trent)
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 23:20:05 GMT
Subject: Re: XTree for Windows
Organization: Hewlett Packard - Boise, ID
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps

 
  I just got my copy of Xtree for Windows.  For the record I've been an Xtree
user for years.  Here's my $0.02:
   
   1. The keystrokes don't carry over from the DOS version.  If I have
      to switch back and forth between DOS and Windows I'll be terminally
      confused (or I'll have to stop using accelerator keys)
   
   2. For some reason there are about 10 spaces between the filename and
      the extension (called a 'type' in XtreeWin). This lets you fit about
      half as many columns on the screen as you would like.  Any other 
      file attributes you display also get mega-wide columns so the window
      fills up pretty fast.

   3. No text editor is included.  The XTreeGold Transition chapter coyly
      suggests you use Notepad.  Of course Notepad can't handle most of the
      ascii files I send it.  Tech help says "in the next version".  I 
      laughed so hard I nearly had a heart attack.

   4. Since Executive Systems took so long coming out with XtreeWin, I've
      gotten pretty proficient at using FileMan.  XtreeWin is so different
      from FileMan, you have to really dive in to get used to the new way of
      presenting information.  

   5. I got a fatal error after 5 minutes of experimentation; I was double-
      clicking on a directory.  Save me from poorly tested programs!

  It should be clear that I'm not too crazy about this program.  I will keep
using FileMan in windows and XtreeGold in DOS.  Unless you really need to
view files in a variety of word processor, spreadsheet and graphics formats
I see no compelling reason to pay for a FileMan replacement.


    Tom Trent                ----    I do not speak for my employer
    Insignificant Grunt       ----    For if I did 
    The Bowels                 ----    I would surely bring on my head
    Hewlett Packard             ----    The wrath of the multitudes.

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: richard@dxcern.cern.ch (Richard Schweitzer)
Subject: problem with MS Word for Windows 2 and insert field "print"
Keywords: field code,word
Organization: CERN European Lab for Particle Physics
Distribution: cern
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 13:49:14 GMT

When using Word for Windows 2 and hppcl printer driver for LaserJet III
I have found that ONE insert field {print "go directly to printer"} is sent
THREE times to the printer!!!!
Any explanations are welcome
Richard Schweitzer   email: richard@cernvm.cern.ch
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: st1ee@Rosie.UH.EDU
Subject: Procomm and DSZ
Reply-To: st1ee@Rosie.UH.EDU
Organization: University of Houston
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 18:27:53 GMT

Maybe someone can help me.  I am attempting to us SZ on my Vax account to
send files to my pc.  SZ doesn't recognize procomm's Zmodem and won't work
with it (at least as far as I can determine).  So I thought I'd set up a
meta key to run dsz, which I did and it works ok.  But my problem is then
I must leave it in the forground or else the characters are sent to procomm;
i.e. I can't do other things while I download. 
Any suggestions?

Bart DeLatte
st1ee@jetson.uh.edu
Xref: sparky comp.os.ms-windows.apps:2240 comp.sys.laptops:3293
From: jfh@netcom.com (Jack Hamilton)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps,comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: LapLink-type SW for Windows?
Date: 26 Aug 92 20:47:47 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)

In article <l9nlnuINNm2u@boogie.cs.utexas.edu> swisher@cs.utexas.edu (Janet M. Swisher) writes:
>I'm looking for an application to do LapLink-type transfers between a
>laptop and desk machine(s).  Both computers will be running Windows.
>I know I could run LapLink in a DOS window under Windows, but I just
>hate, hate, hate dealing with DOS windows.  Is there some Windows
>application out there that has the same basic functionality?

I just received, today, a brochure from Traveling Software, which makes
LapLink, about their DiskShare program for Windows. 

It lets you use drives on a cable-connected laptop as though they were
drives on your machine.  It's not exactly what you asked for, but it's
close.  You could make actually copies using the file manager, I guess. 

They're selling the software/cable combination for $45.95 to people who
have hDC FileApps.  I don't know what it costs for people who don't have an
hDC product. 

Speaking of hDC FileApps, I tried to install it this morning, with no luck.
The 3-1/2" version failed with a general protection fault on the second
disk, and the 5-1/4" version failed on the first disk with a "not enough
memory" error.  Has this happened to anyone else?  First level support at
hDC suggested replacing QEMM with HIMEM.SYS, which I did, but no luck.


-- 

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From: bk158@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Su-Cheong Mac)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Network packages can't run!!!
Date: 3 Sep 1992 19:25:37 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc5.ins.cwru.edu


Dear netter,

I have windows 3.1 and I am currently using PC/TCP. But whenever I run
Windows first and then execute PC/TCP, the connection is always fail.
When I ping or telnet or ftp to another host, the connection never succeeds
to establish. I have also tried SuperTCP and QVTNET 2.6, both of them fail
to connect outside! Does anyone meet this kind of problem before? The network
link is ok. The connection is still unable to establish after I exit from 
windows! I have to hardware reset my PC and then the network package can be
used again. May anyone help me with this problem? Thanks in advance.

Mac Su-Cheong (MSC)
msc@sun4.ee.ncku.edu.tw
Xref: sparky comp.os.ms-windows.apps:2348 comp.os.ms-windows.misc:2588
From: simanovs@athena.cs.uga.edu (Alexander Simanovsky)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps,comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Screen Peace Modules
Date: 1 Sep 92 04:19:19 GMT
Article-I.D.: athena.1992Sep1.041919.2731
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Georgia, Athens

Hey there - Can anyone tell me where the best place to look for
NEW Screen Peace Modules is (preferably an FTP site).  
Please reply by e-mail to SIMANOVS@ATHENA.CS.UGA.EDU

Thanks alot,

Alex Simanovsky
UGA Law '95
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: mccrohan@salthl.enet.dec.com ()
Subject: Stacker and Preinstalled SW - Problem?
Reply-To: mccrohan@salthl.enet.dec.com ()
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 10:45:21 GMT


I recently purchased a Tandon 386/25, 4Mb which had the following SW
preinstalled:

	Dos5
	win 3.1
	Package of Lotus123/AmiPro/Freelance
	Adobe Type Manager
	Virus Checker..

I was about to install Stacker until I got to the point in the manual 
where it says to "Ununstall" (their word) copy protected software 
prior to installing Stacker.

My question is this: Is Copy protected software that that requires a 
floppy in the drive to run (My setup does not)? How would one "Ununstall"
the SW? Is it necessary? Do I have a problem?

Thanks in advance,

Mike
From: carter@cemvax.cem.msu.edu (Tom Carter)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: re: W4W: combining portrait and landscape
Date: 28 Aug 92 12:46:24 GMT
Organization: Michigan State University, East Lansing Michigan

In article <1992Aug28.065943.27451@fel.tno.nl> leeh7@fel.tno.nl (Ed van Leeuwen) writes:
>Dear Appsers,
>
>Does anyone know how to combine portrait and landscape
>on one page in Word for Windows 2.0a?
>
>
>
>						Regards,
>						
>						Ed.
>
>						
>===============================================================================
>Ed van Leeuwen                        |  Ed W.A. van Leeuwen
>FEL-TNO                               |  TNO Physics and Electronics Laboratory
>'s-Gravenhage                         |  The Hague, the Netherlands
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>Ed.van.Leeuwen@tnofel.fel.tno.nl      |  Oops! Sorry, I am only a referee...
>===============================================================================
>


Don't waste your time. You can't. Period. 










(Except with Word Art). :)
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|         Tom Carter                    |     carter@cemvax.cem.msu.edu    |
|   Michigan State University           |     carter@msucem.bitnet         |
|     Chemistry Department              |                                  |
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: dannyl@fraser.sfu.ca (Danny Sui-Kit Leung)
Subject: PC Mag CLIPSTAC
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 03:49:42 GMT

   Hello all...

     This is in reference to the new utility mentioned in PC Magazine recently.
The utility was called Clipstac and kept previous Clipboard entries. It seems
like a useful tool to have and was wondering if it has been uploaded to any
FTP sites yet. I keep hoping that there's a better way to get it than by calling
all the way to thier BBS.

   Thanx in advance.

   BTW, how well does it work? 


      Dan Leung
    dannyl@sfu.ca
From: grohol@novavax.UUCP (John Grohol)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re^2: Any recommendations for Windows communications apps / w/Unix? (SUMMARY)
Keywords: Windows Communications Apps, Windows, Unix
Date: 28 Aug 92 17:48:03 GMT
Organization: Nova University, Fort Lauderdale, FL

macole@wam.umd.edu (Mario A. Cole) writes:

>Believe it or not...InfoWorld ranked Procomm 4 Windows second behind Relay
>Gold...but Relay Gold costs about $500 (list price) while I picked up Procomm
>for about $90.  Oh..and I haven't run into any problems with it at all.

I found this to be unbelievable. I had bought Relay Gold 5.0 or whatever
when it first came out under a special $99 offer. It has got to be one
of the WORST Windows interfaces I have ever had the unpleasant experience
of sitting down and trying to use. It may have supported a lot of terminal
types (as does PCP+/Win), but I found it to be slow, awkward to use, 
and generally not very well implemented. I sold it asap and got my hands
on a copy of PCP+/Win. 


-- 
  John M. Grohol, M.S.    grohol@novavax.nova.edu     Nova University
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