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From: wright@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov (Ted Wright)
Subject: Re: FYI : Zortech c++ bundle deal
Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 17:44:53 GMT

In article <1992Dec17.161000.27062@u.washington.edu> ulbricht@carson.u.washington.edu (Craig Ulbricht) writes:
>From: ulbricht@carson.u.washington.edu (Craig Ulbricht)
>Subject: Re: FYI : Zortech c++ bundle deal
>Date: 17 Dec 92 16:10:00 GMT
>agallagh@slate.mines.colorado.edu (GALLAGHER ANDREA J ) writes:
>
>>simmons@cs.washington.edu (David Simmons) writes:
>>: I just received 2 offers from Symantec for the following bundle:
>>:  * Zortech c++ 3.1  dos / windows
>>:    -  includes 16- and 32-bit dos extenders
>>:  * MultiScope debugger 2.0
>>:  * Whitewater Resource Toolkit 3.0
>>: 
>>: One offer was for $249, the other was for $169, so if you're interested
>>: in the bundle you should demand the cheaper price :-)
>
>>The $169 is if you are already a registered Zortech user.
>
>
>My offer was for $129.00.  It also included Whitewater Resource Toolkit
>version 3.1 (not 3.0).  Wow, I already own version 3.5.  And, when I
>called to find out what the WINC conversion libraries were, among
>many other things, the "Pre Sale" Tech Support guy didn't know what
>they were and had never heard of them.  Somethings just not right here.
>
>??????????
>
>Craig Ulbricht

WINC is a set of libraries that allows DOS or UNIX command line type
programs to compile and run in a MS Windows window.

Ted Wright (wright@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov)
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools
From: rryan@panix.com (Rob Ryan)
Subject: Re: FYI : Zortech c++ bundle deal
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 02:49:02 GMT
Organization: Panix, NYC

For all of Zortech's (aka Symmantec's) weaknesses, they do have the cheapest
32-bit DOS compiler that I've seen.  If you want big DOS programs, check it
out.

Incidentally, did anyone else notice the comment about ObjectWindows in the
Zortech add?  Are they including it?  Isn't that odd since they supposedly
licensed to use MFC at the Windows NT conference a few months ago.  I'm a
little disappointed to see them go the OWL route if that's what they're 
really doing.

-- 
 Rob Ryan
    rryan@panix.com
From: jcl@bdrc.bd.com (John C. Lusth)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools
Subject: printing
Date: 18 Dec 92 19:38:53 GMT

This question maybe a FAQ; if it is, I most humbly apologize and will
wait anxiously for it to appear as it is not on site at the moment.

How does one print using OWL?  The Borland documentation is very confusing
to me (perhaps because I'm a windows newbie).  It seems to me that
all I would need to do is instead of writing to a display context
I would write to device context instead.  Windows should take
care of everything else for me.  Thus, if I had a function that produced
some output, I would send it a device context or a display context
depending on where I wanted the output to go.  Am I being naive? 

Another question is how to I get a device context?  The CreateDC function
needs the driver name, the device name, and so on.  Why do I need to
supply these things?  I just want output to go to the default printer.

Would some kind soul send me a minimal program to print the phrase
"Hello, world!" via Windows?

thanks muchly,

john
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools
From: beaurega@ireq.hydro.qc.ca (Denis Beauregard)
Subject: Re: FYI : Zortech c++ bundle deal
Organization: Institut de recherche d'Hydro-Quebec, Varennes, Canada
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 22:22:51 GMT

In article <1992Dec15.175306.17263@beaver.cs.washington.edu> simmons@cs.washington.edu (David Simmons) writes:
>I just received 2 offers from Symantec for the following bundle:
> * Zortech c++ 3.1  dos / windows
                ^^^

The first new version since 16 monthes?  Great.  As I was to change to
MS/Borland (-;  ....

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From: green@rwja.umdnj.edu (Cliff Green)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps,comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Re: TCP/IP, WFW, ethernet, and internet mail
Date: 14 Dec 92 14:26:12 GMT
Followup-To: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Organization: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway NJ

cmenzel@tamsun.tamu.edu (Chris Menzel) writes:

>Will WFW allow one using a PC on a campus ethernet to use Microsoft
>mail (which, I understand, is bundled with WFW) to send and receive
>internet mail directly?  Thanx.

According to MS, you will need one of their (not well described) gateway
products.  I asked the WFW product manager essentially the same question,
and got a breezy answer about an undescribed gateway product, which would
use your internet mail host as a post office.  Oh yeah, those gateways
are not on the market yet.  :(
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: lawson%ssdvax.decnet@lbgwy.mdc.com (Jim Lawson)
Subject: Random desktop pict on startup ?
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 92 03:54:05 GMT
Organization: MDSSC-SSD
Reply-To: Lawson%ssdvax.decnet@lbgwy.mdc.com
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Does anyone have a suggestion on a share/freeware app which will randomly
pick a gif/bitmap for my windows desktop when I start up ?

Thanks in advance for your posts/e-mails :-)

Jim

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: scottb@sun1x.actc.res.utc.com (Scottb)
Subject: Re: Windows WIN386.swp file
Organization: United Technologies Research Center
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 19:25:53 GMT

I haven't noticed my swap file getting bigger and bigger.  But then again,
I consider all space on my hard drive "precious", so, I do not use a
permanent swap file.  I use a temporary swap file.  This way when I exit
windows, it goes away and when I go into windows, a new one is created.
Granted, a temp swap file is not as fast as a permanent, but for me, I  
feel that the tradeoff is worth it.  Perhaps you might want to try a 
temp swap file - it would at least solve the "getting bigger and bigger"
problem.
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From: cgaeth@amsaa-cleo.brl.mil (Christopher Gaeth)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Suggestions Needed for Scanning Graphics
Keywords: Windows, Graphics, HP Scanjet Plus
Date: 18 Dec 92 14:02:50 GMT
Organization: U.S. Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity

I'm looking for a package that runs under Win3.1 to scan graphics on a
HP Scanjet Plus.  We have Omni Page to do text now we need something to
to graphics.  Any suggestions and experiences would be appreciated.

As a side note I'm looking for a replacement for the Windows Paintbrush
program.  Any ideas?

Thanks again,

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From: gt0707d@prism.gatech.EDU (Wow! A Letter from Big Al!)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: Help: Procomm Questions
Date: 15 Dec 92 05:23:20 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

In <1992Dec14.005559.12648@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> baileyc@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (Christopher R. Bailey) writes:


>connection, but I want it to wait about 2 seconds before doing anything.  It
>sends a couple of carriage returns as it's first thing so that I get a prompt.
>Yet, if it sends them right away, they get lost.  I have the for loop at
>1 upto 1000, seems to work most of the time, but I'd prefer to just wait lik
>e 1-3 seconds.

>Christopher R. Bailey            |Internet: baileyc@dendrite.cs.colorado.edu

use the "pause" function

syntax:

pause <num-seconds>

eg.:

pause 3

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From: pk64380@kaarne.cs.tut.fi (Kuusisto Pasi Petri,,,SIG,64380)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: Windows WIN386.swp file
Date: 16 Dec 1992 08:07:48 GMT
Organization: Technical University of Tampere, Dep. of Computer Science ,Finland 
Distribution: world
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From article <1992Dec15.192553.6258@sun1x.actc.res.utc.com>, by scottb@sun1x.actc.res.utc.com (Scottb):
> I haven't noticed my swap file getting bigger and bigger.  But then again,
> I consider all space on my hard drive "precious", so, I do not use a
> permanent swap file.  I use a temporary swap file.  This way when I exit
> windows, it goes away and when I go into windows, a new one is created.
> Granted, a temp swap file is not as fast as a permanent, but for me, I  
> feel that the tradeoff is worth it.  Perhaps you might want to try a 
> temp swap file - it would at least solve the "getting bigger and bigger"
> problem.

    I think you misunderstood the problem here - the permanent swap file
    is ALWAYS of the same size, it's the temp swap that keeps growing
    (up to the max size defined). What the problem was (now this is
    all guessing on my part - feel free to correct me) is that once
    you quit applications presumably swapped on the disk, the swap
    file won't shrink anymore, but retains the same size (or bigger
    if you start more apps - again up to the max size) for the rest
    of the Windows session. 

    The original guestion was, why this file won't shrink, ie is
    there no "garbage collecting" that would from time to time
    organize (and effectively, compress) the swap file.

    I'd like to know, too. Anyone?

-zi
From: vince.maiocco@satalink.com (Vince Maiocco) 
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: VT320 Emulation
Date: 19 Dec 92 10:26:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Datamax/Satalink Connection * Ivyland, PA (215) 443-9434
Reply-To: vince.maiocco@satalink.com (Vince Maiocco) 

Does anyone happen to know the character strings sent by 
a VT320 when one presses the function keys on the terminal?  
No, wait, this is on-topic, because I want to code those 
character strings into the FKey slots in Crosstalk for 
Windows so I can connect to the VAX where I work.  Problem 
is I can't find a VT320 manual that will tell me what the 
FKeys on a terminal send out.  
Any help would really be appreciated.
TIA.


--- WinQwk 2.0 a#0
                                                               
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: jpichett@sobeco.com (Jacques-Bertrand Pichette)
Subject: Re: Does WinFAX Pro work with Zoom AFC fax/modem???
Organization: JBP Consuting
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 04:55:49 GMT
Keywords: fax, windows, winfax, zoom

In <2642@grivel.une.edu.au> dwatson1@metz.une.edu.au (David Watson) writes:

>In article <9924.723479921@cca.vu.nl> hendrik@cca.vu.nl (Hendrik te Winkel) writes:
>>Hello netters,
>>
>>I can't seem to solve the question stated in the Subject line.
>>Does anyone know the answer? Has anybody tried the combination?
>>I've bought the Zoom AFC fax/modem and got the MTEZ/Fax software
>>with it, and I am satisfied with it. The software works OK, both
>>modem and fax software, but only under Dos.
>>I am figuring out which Windows Fax package to buy: WinFAX or BitFax.
>>I tend to the first one, but since the demo package didn't work that
>>good, I am hesitating to buy...
>>Maybe someone knows the BBS number of Delrina? I only know the
>>Tech support nr.
>>
>>Thanks for any info.
>>Bye,
>>Hendrik
>>-- 


From Winfax Pro Manual:

Your system must have the following:

-	an internal or external fax/modem with send or send/received 
capabilities.  Send-only fax/modem must be Sendfax compatible.  Send/receive
fax/modem must conform to oe of the following set of specifications:
-	Intel/DCA CAS (Communicating Applications Specification),
-	TR29.2 EIA PN 2388 recommendations for Class 2, or
-	EIA 578 recommendations for Class 1 faxes and data modems.


For more info, you can reach Delrina at:

	(416) 441-0774 (fax), 
	(416) 441-0335 (phone),

	or sign on to CompuServe and type GO DELRINA
From: Kevin McIsaac <playboy@earwax.pd.uwa.edu.au>
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: Videoblaster only works in Low Resolutions
Date: 18 Dec 1992 00:02:05 GMT
Organization: SysAdm
Distribution: world
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>wolfi@opal.cs.tu-berlin.de (Wolfgang Schwanke) writes:
>
>>There is no problem, that's normal behaviour. Only use 640x480 drivers
>>with no more than 256 colours.
>
>     The advertisement I'm looking at says it will display 14 million
>true colors on a standard VGA monitor... Either you are mistaken, or
>someone is engaging in false advertising.


No both are correct. The 14 million colours are generated by the VB card
and sent directly to the monitor.  THis is possible as the output of the
VGA card is composited with the video signal on the VB THEN sent to the
monitor
From: banshee@cats.ucsc.edu (Wailer at the Gates of Dawn)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: qpro4w and WP4w loaded slows down 486
Date: 12 Dec 92 01:16:38 GMT
Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz
NNTP-Posting-Host: am.ucsc.edu


jcberger@grasp1.univ-lyon1.fr (Jean-Claude Berger) writes:
>In article <1992Dec10.112607.1@vax1.umkc.edu> edowdy@vax1.umkc.edu writes:
>>I have a 48633dx 8mg and a trident card. When I load and use Quatro PRo for
>>WIn and load WP4w 5.2 my machine slows down. I know it should slow down a touch
>>but on a 486 with 8mg? I have to wait a few seconds (5-6) for menus to appear
>>and things to happen in each. Am I missing something somewhere, as far as
>>setting up my machine. I use Smartdrv with 1024 cache and noems.
>>
>Look at the ressource % left by QPW. I have the same symptoms when
>it is loaded. QPW eats memory, resources and CPU time. It is almost
>unusable. When you open 2 or 3 documents, you fall to 10% and must
>leave Windows. I have never seen an application like that.

I use QPW every day on an 8 meg ram system and it runs just fine.  Describe
your system configuration.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: (Tim Keitt)
Subject: re: Windord 2.0 A VIRUS ?
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 92 22:38:16 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM
Reply-To: tkeitt@algodones.unm.edu

In article <92346.131706ASI509@DJUKFA11.BITNET> ASI509@DJUKFA11.BITNET writes:
>Have you ever tried to install Winword 2.0 on a partition different from your
>Windows or WinOS2 partition ?  Where did you get your Word stuff ?
>I got it partly where I wanted it to be and partly in the middle of my
>operating system. And there is ABSOLUTELY NO REASON for it to be there.
>
>Is this an installer bug or is it MS trying to write some virus-like apps ?
>If a program is eating up system resources like swapspace or spooler space
>without permission or worse after I explicitely told it not to do so, I would
>call that behaviour similar to what a virus does.
>
>Since this behaviour remains the same in Windord 2.0a I would think it is
>intentionally.
>
>Michael Bode.

The stuff that word puts in your windows sub-directory is not 
technically part of word but are OLE server apps that could be 
used by any program that is OLE enabled.  Thus you could use 
the MS-Chart program to embed a chart in say Micrografx Draw.  
I think what MS is trying to achieve is to put more and more of 
the basic program functionality into these OLE applets so that 
documents eventually become collections of objects produced by 
modular installable components.  Programs like word would then 
become meta-level applications that simply act as containers 
for the underlying functionality.

However, I do agree that the MS-knows-best attitude of word's 
install program is annoying.  I've never liked the idea of 
installing apps under the windows directory.

--
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From: weiss@curtiss.seas.ucla.edu (Michael Weiss)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: Dates in Excel 4.0
Date: 10 Dec 92 23:24:32 GMT
Organization: SEASnet, University of California, Los Angeles

In article <1992Dec5.051003.5323@panix.com> rryan@panix.com (Rob Ryan) writes:
>Incidentally, if you think 1900 is arbitrary, earlier Mac versions
>started the dating system at 1904 for some reason.

The reason is that the Mac itself is based on the 1904 system, which relates
to the fact that it was introduced in 1984, eighty years later.
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: cook@mothra.rose.hp.com (Allan Cook)
Subject: Re: What is MS Access?
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 23:11:36 GMT
Organization: HP - Systems Technology Division
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Terry Davidson (tld@moon.base.bellcore.com) wrote:
: Greetings...  Caught the tail end of the thread; and have never
: heard of Microsoft Access...  What is it (a menu-interface like
: Direct Access or SuperMenu)???  Or something entirely different?
: 
	MS-Access is a "database" program written by Microsoft for
	MS-Windows.  I don't know anymore about it except that I hear
	it is supposed to have some really nifty stuff on it.

	- Allan
From: nazareth@malibu.janet.ucla.edu (Sean F. Nazareth)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Crosstalk
Date: 17 Dec 92 20:29:09 GMT
Organization: University of California at Los Angeles, EE Dept.

I have Crosstalk for Windows ver 1.2.  I run windows in 1024x768 mode and was
wondering if there was any way that I can fit more lines on the screen.  Right
now, the bottom ~2inches of my screen are not used.  I am using vt102 terminal
emulation.  

Please email responses to nazareth@janet.ucla.edu

Thanks,


sean

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps,comp.os.msdos.apps
From: boba@miki.pictel.com (Bob Alexander)
Subject: Re: Tax Software
Organization: PictureTel Corporation
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 13:24:28 GMT

In article <1992Dec17.193034.6671@dnbf01.bram.cdx.mot.com> phil@dnbf01.bram.cdx.mot.com (Phil Longstaff) writes:
>  I just wished to warn people that blindly entering numbers
>may not yield the most advantageous results, since different packages will
>produce widely varying results.

I will certainly review the output of my tax program, but I can't claim
to be more knowledgable about the tax code than the people who wrote the
software.  I suspect the average person is no worse off relying on a
tax program than relying on himself.

>Is there a "best" package?  I would assume that the one which gives the lowest
>bottom line while still following legal interpretations would be considered by
>most people as "best".

I also suspect that no single package will give the lowest tax in every
circumstance.

Things would be so much simpler if the IRS stopped playing games and simply
confiscated 100% of everyone's income. ;-)

     Bob Alexander                                     boba@pictel.com
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From: mh@cs (Mark Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Default font in Access
Keywords: Access, font
Date: 14 Dec 92 13:01:29 GMT
Organization: Appalachian State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.cs.appstate.edu

I've had Access for a couple of days now, and if software value can be
measured in bytes/buck this is one hell of a bargain.  But I am wrestling
with a few glitches.

The default font for designing queries, tables, etc is an 8-point sans serif.
When entering conditions and other data, the cursor is in the wrong position.
It's very hard to determine where you're entering characters - on pressing
<Enter> the string is more readable, but then it's too late.  It's easy to 
change fonts for forms and such when they are actually used, but the font
for the design phase doesn't seem to be changeable.  Any suggestions?

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: shmueli@titan.ucc.umass.edu (Avinoam Shmueli (Avi))
Subject: Ghostscript
Organization: University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 17:00:50 GMT

There have been a few references to GhostScript, a postscript emulator
display program for MS-Windows, in this group recently.
I will appreciate if if someone could let me know where the program can 
be found (ftp'ed) on the net: my archie queries were futile.... Thanks!
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