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From: aa699@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Tony Thomas)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Corel Draw Bug Documentation/Workarounds
Date: 8 Sep 1992 00:09:09 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: aa699@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Tony Thomas)
NNTP-Posting-Host: thor.ins.cwru.edu


Instead of whining about bugs in Corel 3.0, let's work constructively
and document extant bugs and anomalies and share the results with the
user community.

I found that Corel 3.0B does not like to deal with large amounts of
imported text in small point sizes.  (I much prefer to deal with
text intensive chores in a DTP program anyway--after all, Corel is
a *draw* package that can handle small amounts of body copy, albeit
not very quickly.)

There is a fix on Compu$erve for hard disk Corel users:

CDRFONT.DLL     100160     08/24/92 
 
This file may be used with CorelDRAW! 3.0 rev B only.
 
Installation:
 
        In the DRAW subdirectory, rename the existing CDRFONT.DLL
        to be CDRFONT.ORG.  Copy the new CDRFONT.DLL (check the date
        and size as noted above) into the DRAW subdirectory and
        restart CorelDRAW!. 
 
Changes:
 
        1- Divide By Zero errors, caused by attempts to rasterize
        very small text entries for use in the image header, are
        eliminated.
 
        2- Incorrect font-mapping, caused by the use of the space
        character as a delimiter, should not occur.  Font names, in
        the [CorelDrw20FontMap], may contain spaces.  The calibration
        values, however, MUST all be present, and MUST be separated
        by commas.
 
 
 
Of course, this doesn't help CD-ROM users.  I ran some experiments
and found that Corel will crash out with a "divide by zero or overflow
error" when you try to import text over Corel's 4K limit.  If importing
text, import small quantities (under the 4K limit) and put them in
separate blocks.  Better still, enter text in directly or bring it
in using DDE via the clipboard.

To prevent losing your work in the case of crashes, change the
AutoBackupMins= command from 10 to 1 or 3 or whatever you're comfortable
with.  (This command is in the COREL.INI file in the Corel directory on
your hard disk--it is there even if you run from CD-ROM)   If it does
bomb out and you don't have a recent back up, all is not lost.  It saves
the file in @@@CDRW.TMP.  Just rename it to a ____.CDR file (back it up
first), continue editing and delete body text and try saving again.
Make sure you export your body text if you don't have another copy.

Hopefully Corel will have a maintenance release for CD-ROM users soon.
(But not too soon.  I want a new CD that fixes all of the bugs found
by users, not just a few!!)


 



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From: mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: VT100 emulation
Summary: Windows is the wrong place to do it
Date: 13 Sep 92 21:07:23 GMT
Article-I.D.: athena.1992Sep13.210723.25718
Organization: University of Georgia, Athens

My own considered opinion is that terminal emulation on the PC is best
done with the screen in DOS full-screen mode (i.e., native VGA text mode),
not Windows, for one simple reason: SPEED.  

The VGA, like its predecessors all the way back to the MDA, is a special
piece of hardware much of whose circuitry is designed to put _characters_
on the screen _fast_.  Windows discards all this optimization and runs it
in graphics mode all the time.  This is much slower.

And terminal emulation is _exactly_ the application in which you might
want to put characters on the screen at the rate of a thousand or two
per second.

For terminal emulation I still use MS-DOS Kermit (an immensely versatile
program) in DOS full-screen mode, under Windows.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: benz@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Benjamin R. Zaborowsky)
Subject: Can CLIPBOARD be saved as an eps file?
Originator: benz@mars.ncsa.uiuc.edu
Organization: Nat'l Ctr for Supercomp App (NCSA) @ University of Illinois
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 15:51:46 GMT


Is there a way to save the contents of CLIPBOARD as an eps file?  I've
been pasting it into WfW and then printing to an eps file, but that 
doesn't alway give me the bounding box that I need.   Thanks
Ben Zaborowsky    benz@ncsa.uiuc.edu

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: lelebrun@eos.ncsu.edu (LOUIS E LEBRUN)
Subject: Re: Downloading in the background?
Originator: lelebrun@c10020-319mn.ce.ncsu.edu
Reply-To: lelebrun@eos.ncsu.edu (LOUIS E LEBRUN)
Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 15:31:52 GMT


I have a 486/33 and use UNICOM 2.0.  I up/download all the time in the
background.  No problems whatsoever.

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: davidric@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (david ricardo)
Subject: FTP sites other than ftp.cica.indiana.edu
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 06:27:49 GMT

Anyone know another good ftp site other than the indiana one for
windows shareware.

Specifically I am looking for Sabdu 1.6 (version number is important)

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: storm@uriel (Marc WANDSCHNEIDER)
Subject: Re: Looking for a good application bar
Organization: SOCS, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 17:36:49 GMT

In article <18mmrrINNcfs@matt.ksu.ksu.edu> brettw@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Brett D. Watson) writes:
>clangst@iastate.edu (Chris Langston) writes:
>
>>In <1685CDB24.B249236@vmtecqro.qro.itesm.mx> B249236@vmtecqro.qro.itesm.mx (Elite of the NetWork) writes:
>
>>>Hi,
>>> 
>>>    Im looking for a NeXT-like application bar for windows 3.1,  I have tested
>>>some shareware and freeware:  NeXT 3.2, AppBar 3.30 and IcoBar 1.5
>>> 
>
>  What is the NeXT 3.2 app bar?  Is this the same one as is on CICA?
>I've tried all of them and found them lacking.  I'd really like one to
>replace Program Manager but haven't found one.
>

	On the right side of the screen, there are bunch of icons that you
can click on to launch apps on the NeXT.  This is built into the NeXTStep
interface.

	However, this isn't done in windows, so people have written some
tools to actually do it.

	Most of them suck, but I have seen one which is absolutely exceptional
and will allow you to just drag things from the File Manager and onto the
Dock.  There are many properties you can set, and you can also launch any
app by double clicking the top icon.

	It's called windock.zip and is available from cica in util or misc
(I forget)

	At 10$, it's a steal.

	Toodlepip!
	Marc 'em.
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: dj@ssd.kodak.com (Dave Jones)
Subject: Re: Weird problem with PC-SPEAKER...
Keywords: pc-speaker
Organization: :noitazinagrO
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 18:58:27 GMT

In article <1992Sep11.151829.4829@news.iastate.edu> rjhoffma@iastate.edu (Richard J. Hoffmann) writes:
>In article <1992Sep10.092028.22042@odin.diku.dk> ballerup@diku.dk (Per Goetterup) writes:
>>
>>I get my tada sound when starting windows and my chime sound when
>>exiting windows - otherwise nothing!. As I understand it, I should get
>>my assigned sound (chord) when for instance a dialog box appears with
>>an exclamation mark in it, but nothing happens. Am I misunderstanding
>>something fundamental or what?
>>
>>Help please!
>>
>>Reply via e-mail if possible... otherwise please post.
>
>*****I'd appreciate a posting on this subject.********

Pretty straightforward: if an application invokes the function
MessageBeep with the parameter corresponding to the MessageBox icon,
then you get the sound.  If it doesn't, and most don't, then no sound.

The icon parameters are: MB_ICONASTERISK (same as MB_ICONINFORMATION),
and MB_ICONEXCLAMATION.

You can get the Exclamation sound very easily: just do something stupid.
No, take off the funny red plastic nose: I meant do something in an
application that is stupid.  Try pressing Page Up when you're at the 
beginning of a file.  That sort of thing.


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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: elee969@elroy.uh.edu (Brown, William J.)
Subject: More questions on WinQVT/net
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: University of Houston
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 22:32:00 GMT

Ok, I'm zeroing in for the kill on WinQVT, however I still have a few more
questions.  Basically, is there any fine-tuning I need to do to the config
file that will speed up things a bit?  For instance, I've noticed that when
I ftp something off of the pc, the transfer time seems extremely long compared
to ftp'ing from say a vax or unix box, not to mention the fact that the pc
slows to a crawl during the transfer.  Could it be a problem with the ethernet
connection, since we've noticed that a Next hooked up to the same ethernet line
seems a bit sluggish at times also.  Or is this just symptomatic of trying to
ftp off of a dos box?  Your help is appreciated.

bill
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: edd151s@nella1.cc.monash.edu.au (Mr I.P. Rayner)
Subject: Re: How to make Win 3.1 File Manager not be an icon (2nd plea)
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 05:11:28 GMT

aspoon@ee.ualberta.ca (Alvin Poon) writes:
>trekkie@netlink.cts.com (Bryce Newall) writes:
[...]
>>  I do have the "Save Settings on Exit" toggle under the "Options" 
>>menu toggled on, so that's not the problem.  Any idea how to correct 
>>this?
>> 

>Ever try "Save Settings On Exit"?

>Alvin


Gee, Alvin .. I expect you're pretty embarrassed about that ... :)

As for Bryce's problem, couldn't you put Fileman in the RUN line of your
win.ini, instead? 

Ivan Rayner
From: mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: 2 questions about fonts
Date: 12 Sep 92 01:51:27 GMT
Article-I.D.: athena.1992Sep12.015127.7421
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Georgia, Athens

(1) Where can I get a TrueType font for Cyrillic (Russian)?

(2) What do I need to do to create my own TrueType fonts
    (or convert some other widely recognized kind into TrueType)?

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: rassilon@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Brian Preble)
Subject: TrueType problem with complex fonts
Organization: /etc/organization
Distribution: gl
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 03:46:54 GMT

I'm having a problem displaying and printing "complex" TrueType fonts.
By complex I mean elaborate fonts such as Davys Ribbons, assorted
"drop cap" fonts, and even Zapf Dingbats.

My problem is that beyond a certain point size (it varies for each
font, letter, and destination device) my precious letters are replaced
by a white box with a black border.

Has anyone else experienced this?  If so, is there a solution?  Perhaps
more memory?  (I have 4 Mb.)

					Signed,
					  Desperate
From: popineau@pelletier.loria.fr (Popineau Fabrice)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: TureType Font Conversion
Date: 8 Sep 92 10:23:06 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: CRIN, Nancy, France


I tried to use tt-converter-11 to convert  Mac TrueType Fonts to MsWin
TrueType fonts, but  Windows tells me  that "Invalid TrueType Font has
been detected", and that I should exit Windows.

Did anybody manage in converting fonts between Mac and MsWin ?

Thanks for any clue,

F. Popineau
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From: B249236@vmtecqro.qro.itesm.mx (Elite of the NetWork)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Looking for a good application bar
Date: 8 Sep 92 21:34:59 GMT
Organization: Instituto Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Queretaro

Hi,
 
    Im looking for a NeXT-like application bar for windows 3.1,  I have tested
some shareware and freeware:  NeXT 3.2, AppBar 3.30 and IcoBar 1.5
 
I like AppBar, but I think there are some things missing.  I need an
application bar with the AppBar 3.30 features and with these features too:
 
    - Easy setup (Like IcoBar 1.5)
    - Scroll capabilities (Like IcoBar 1.5)
    - "Sub-Icons" option (Like NeXT 3.2)
    - An icon-eye and a icon-time option (Like NeXT 3.2)
    - Exit Windows option
    - And all the AppBar 3.30 features!!!
 
 
Is there any application bar with aIl these features?  Or, any other
application bar around?
 
                                        Thanks in advance
From: hilmer@daimi.aau.dk (S|ren Hilmer Pedersen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Driver for IBM 3852-2 inkjet
Date: 15 Sep 92 11:14:06 GMT
Organization: DAIMI: Computer Science Department, Aarhus University, Denmark

Subject about says it all. I am looking for a windows 3.x driver
for an IBM 3852-2 inkjet printer.

thanks in advance
Soeren Hilmer Pedersen
hilmer@daimi.aau.dk

P.S. Please reply bby email.
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: sgw@boy.com (Steven Warner)
Subject: Re: PROCOMM for Winddows 1.01 maintenance release
Organization: Beach Systems / RTFM UN*X Solutions, Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Date: Sun, 06 Sep 1992 07:35:41 GMT


If you wait a while, you should be able to FTP this file.

Watch the usual places for info.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: jcmorris@mwunix.mitre.org (Joe Morris)
Subject: Re: TrueType problem with complex fonts
Organization: The MITRE Corporation
Distribution: gl
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 18:02:49 GMT

rassilon@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Brian Preble) writes:

>I'm having a problem displaying and printing "complex" TrueType fonts.
>By complex I mean elaborate fonts such as Davys Ribbons, assorted
>"drop cap" fonts, and even Zapf Dingbats.

>My problem is that beyond a certain point size (it varies for each
>font, letter, and destination device) my precious letters are replaced
>by a white box with a black border.

>Has anyone else experienced this?  If so, is there a solution?  Perhaps
>more memory?  (I have 4 Mb.)

It's a little hard to answer this without more info...

Did this problem suddenly start, or has it always existed since you 
installed Windows 3.1?  

What type of printer?  Cartridges?  Available memory?  Serial/parallel
connection?  Network?  PCL or PostScript?

What fonts are installed on your system (TrueType or otherwise)?  What
fonts are present in your printer (built-in or downloaded)?

Is the failure just in the printed image, or is the screen font also
lost?

What release of the printer driver?

Exactly what character, from what font, and at what size fails?  (I'm
not looking for a complete list of what doesn't work.  What's needed
is a list of environments which *do* fail on your system.)

What application generated the file?  Does the problem occur if the
entire document consists of the single character at <size> points,
or do other fonts have to be used before the failure occurs?  Does
the same failure occur when you use other applications?

Have you called Microsoft tech support?

Joe Morris
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: dhartung@chinet.chi.il.us (Dan Hartung)
Subject: Re: NT on a Mac???
Organization: Chinet - Public Access UNIX
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 17:40:57 GMT

sammy@anagld.analytics.com (Sam Blackburn) writes:
>din@gradient.cis.upenn.edu (Clarence Din) writes:
>
>>Anyone know if Microsoft has any plans for putting NT on a Mac?
>>Now that would be neat!
>
>Microsoft isn't planning it but there's nothing preventing Apple from porting
>it over to their hardware. :-)

Actually, there are persistent rumors of a Mac-based Windows.  These have
been somewhat verified by a) a demonstration of same at a trade show by
Microsoft (no plans to make it a viable product yet, though); and b)
the new ability of SoftPC for the Mac (the PC emulator) to run Windows
in standard mode.  Not quite what you want but interesting nonetheless.


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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: mikeh@col.hp.com (Mike Hammar)
Subject: Re: Single-sheet printing in Windows
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 20:50:27 GMT
Organization: HP Colorado Springs Division

trekkie@netlink.cts.com (Bryce Newall) writes:
> Does anyone out there know how to make Word for Windows (or any other 
> Windows program) know that my printer uses single-sheet paper rather than 
> continuous tractor feed?  It gets very annoying having to tell Word for 
> Windows to print pages 1 through 1, then 2 through 2, etc., especially on 
> a 25-page document!  Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks in advance...
> 
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   I don't know what kind of printer you're using so I'll make the assumption
   that when you set it up as your default printer PrintManager gives you the
   same options as my Panasonic 1124i.  My printer can be tractor loaded (both
   push and pull) and manual fed.  From Main choose the Print Manager and pull
   down the Options menu.  Choose Printer Setup... and then the actual Setup
   menu.  From there the box you want is the Paper Source menu.  When you 
   choose this it should have an option for Manual feed.  That should work,
   hope this helps.


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From: olhe4000@mailszrz.zrz.tu-berlin.de (Olaf Hendel)
Subject: Searching tool for partial screen-dump
Organization: ZRZ/TU-Berlin
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 10:29:27 GMT

Hi,

with <ctrl><alt><print> you can make a screen dump of the active window to
the clipboard. But I'm searching for a tool/method wich allows me to make
a screen dump only of a part of the active window. 
One method is to load a full-dump into a graphic-programm.
But maybe somone out in the net knows a more comfortable way.

Thanks

Olaf Hendel
hendel@zrz.tu-berlin.de

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: tchamberw@cc.curtin.edu.au
Subject: Microsoft's AVI, info needed
Organization: Curtin University of Technology
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 05:28:05 GMT

I read somewhere about Microsoft bringing out something called AVI.  Supposed
to do things similar to QuickTime but for Windows has any one else any other
info.
 
William
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: jmeyers@ecst.csuchico.edu (Jeff Meyers)
Subject: Tseng ET4000 ClearView driver problem
Organization: California State University, Chico
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1992 18:59:28 GMT

I am using the ClearView drivers for my et4000 board.  The turbo drivers
are nice and fast, but they occasionally made the screen blank
(occasionally=once a week or so).  Then it happened three times in a row
so I switched to the "non-turbo" 800x600x256 driver and that worked fine.

Till today.  Now that driver has started acting up.  I have seen someone
else post about this problem.  Any cures?  Suspicions?  Updated Drivers?


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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: jeffb@audiolab.UWaterloo.ca (jeff bamford)
Subject: Re: How to set up COM 4 i
Organization: Audio Research Group, University of Waterloo
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 14:05:40 GMT

In article <1492.5.uupcb@uttsbbs.uucp> reza.naima@uttsbbs.uucp (Reza Naima) writes:
>jeffb@audiolab.UWaterloo.ca (jeff bamford) writes:
>
> stuff deleted
>>
>
>   I don't remember ever seeing microsoft diagnostics?  Is it on one of 
>the install disks?  Or did it copy itself to my HD like Dr. Watson, but I 
>don't know about it?  I'm gona drag out the manual and try to find 
>something, but i'm not good with manuals (don't like them)
>
>Reza
	Yup, it is undocumented.  It should be copied to the Windows
directory, it is used when you call MS for help.  It gives very detailed
info about your ports, type of computer & other hardware etc.  Just exit
windows (it will work better outside Windows) and type MSD.  If Windows
is in your path any directory will do, else switch to the windows dir.
Jeff.


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