waashk/20ng huggingface dataset:
Hello,      I'm investigating the purchase of an Object Oriented Application Framework.  I have come across a few that look good:    Zapp 1.1 from Inmark   Zinc 3.5 from Zinc software   C++/Views from Liant   Win++ from Blaise  Some considerations I'm using:    Being new to Windows programming (I'm from the UNIX/X world), the quality and intuitivness of the abstraction that these class libraries provide is very  important.  However, since I'm not adverse to learning the internals of Windows programming, the new programming methodology should be closely aligned with the native one.  I don't believe arbitrary levels of abstraction, just for the sake of changing the API, are valuable.    Since we will be developing for the 32bit Windows NT system the memory management issues and issues particular to the Windows 3.1 API are less important.     We will probably buy another C++ class library (something like Tools.h++ or Booch components from Rational) to handle data structures and other miscellaneous stuff  (allocators etc...).  So those features are not that important for this toolkit to have.  The two that I have narrowed it down to are ZApp and Zinc, they seem to be the two toolkits that have received the most attention from the media.  I was wondering if anyone had any first-hand experience with any of these toolkits (especially ZApp and Zinc).  A couple of observations about these toolkits that seem particularly noteworthy are:  ZApp ----   Seems to have the most extensive coverage of Windows functionality and     also includes some other miscellaneous useful classes.   Has new fancy 3D-style controls available, and support for custom controls.   Has a Windows NT version (Essential)   Redirectable graphics display/output architecture (useful for printing)   Sizer class for automatically managing control layout after resize.   Seems to be the newcomer, this could be an advantage in designing a better system.   Zinc ----   Has a platform independent resource strategy.  (Not too important for me right now)   Comes with a interface builder tool   Has a Windows NT version (Essential)   Seems to have been around longer (more mature), but grew up out of a DOS version.     Had a better demo :-)  Both have source code availability options Both are lacking OLE support Neither seem to have any particular support for multimedia type stuff   Any thoughts anyone has on this would be much appreciated,  Thanks,   Brett Harper
My suggestion would be to contact Microsoft about the Video4Windows SDK. You would need to call Developer Services at (800)227-4679 extension 11771 from 6:30am to 5:30pm Pacific time.
In article <1993Apr26.030204.27417%gtonwu@Uz.nthu.edu.tw> gtonwu@Uz.nthu.edu.tw (Tony G. Wu) writes: > >Hi. >  >    Well, I really hate to make a decision, but recently, I have to choose >    whether stacker 3.0 or dos 6.0 with double space for my poor HD. >    I am using windwos 3.1 and I hope what I choose will live with windows. > >    Any help will be appreciated. > > >   >--  >===================== ( Forever  23,  Michael Jordan.) ===================== >    Tony G. Wu                                     gtonwu@uz.nthu.edu.tw  >    CAE/Rheology Lab.  NTHU.                       tony@che.nthu.edu.tw >     Stacker achieves better compression ratio than DOS6, yet the latter comes with virus detection, memory manager, and multiple booting. Each of them are not so good as the NAV, QEMM or NDOS in my opinion, but with a package of only $45, it's nice if haven't yet installed all of those stuffs.  Both certainly work with Win31.
In article <1993Apr19.235430.6097@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> alee@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu (Alec Lee) writes: >Is there an ftp site where I can get the MS speaker sound driver?  There's >a "sound.exe" file that claims to be the driver but I'm suspicious since >it's not a .drv file.    Thats the file...
In article <1993Mar30.113436.7339@worak.kaist.ac.kr>, tjyu@eve.kaist.ac.kr (Yu TaiJung) writes: > Does anybody have document of .RTF file or know where I can get it? >  > Thanks in advance. :)  I got one from Microsoft tech support.
In article <ardie.313.736188058@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> ardie@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu   (Ardie Mack) writes: > >On my PC I almost exclusively run windows. The only dos based   application   > >I have is ProcommPlus.  In my config.sys I have emm386 loaded with the   > >option noems (no expanded memory). Following a thread in one of the   comp   > >newsgroups, I read that it was no necessary to have emm386 loaded.   Indeed,   > >in the manual, it says that emm386 is used to get expanded memory out   of   > >extended memory. Since I have the noems option, it seems to me that the   > >emm386 device is useless in my case.  > > > >Should I use emm386 or should I remove it from my config.sys? > > > >Thanks for your help, > > > >-Eric >  > emm386 noems enables the system to use the "upper memory" between 640   and  > 1024.  That's a good place for device drivers, DOS kernal, etc. > (Keep it in!)  Well, I thought that highmem.sys would do that too. I just took out emm386   of my config.sys, and I'm still loading my other drivers high (mouse, vga   shadow bios, dos-key etc.) I haven't checked mem/c, but I believe I have   managed to load them high (ie between 640KB and 1024KB).  Also, ever since I took out emm386, windows loads slightly faster, I get   about 3 extra meg of freemem in windows (I'm running 386 enhanced with 4   Meg RAM, 7 Meg swap) and I got rid of my ctrl-alt del reboot problem   (before, the computer would not reboot using ctrl-alt-del after exiting   windows).   I would really like to keep emm386 out of my config.sys. Anybody else have   info on this???
Alwin Hoogerdijk (alwin@zen.et.tudelft.nl) wrote: : julio.botelho@hlbbs.uucp (Julio Botelho) writes: : >IS3does anyone know whether or not it is possible to have 2 monitors working : >IS3with Microsoft Windows 3.1? I have a Taxan Multi Vision 550 and a NEC  : This may work when using a VGA and a Hercules card in one system, but : using two VGA-cards in one system will never work.   I believe that two 8514 (8514/A?) may be used in tandem on one system. This is the one exception to the VGA+Mono dual monitor combo that I have heard about.  Has anybody done this?
Help! I am working on a project that involves using text with foreign language characters (in this case Norwegian). I have been manipulating the data with Excell 4.0 and then exporting the data as comma seperated variable files to an RS6000 workstation.  The Norwegian characters show up fine under Windows, but appear as "funny" characters on the workstation.  The workstation is setup for national language support and we have problem entering the Norwegian characters from the workstation keyboard.  On further investigation I found that the character codes used by Windows are different (for these characters) than those specified by the MSDOS code page.  The MSDOS codes seem to be the same as the workstation.  What gives, and how can get around it. Please reply by E-mail as I will be out of the office the next few days and will not be reading the news. Thanks.
Ok, so if everyone is cheating.. is there any tests that run some  macro (to load a huge drawing, etc...) on the SAME machine that might  then tell us what the REAL world results are?  I mean, run the tests on the same machine with different video cards running word, excel, or something like that to see how fast the cards are?  --  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- swyatt@brahms.udel.edu  !!! no disclaimer...I blame everything on someone else
bjgrier@bnr.ca (Brian Grier) writes:  >This has gone on too long people! Get a life.  >If you haven't converted anyone to your way of thinking yet >you probably will not convert anyone. Just let this subject >die a quiet, though painfull death.  >If this keeps up I'll start believing the self righteousness >should be CAPITAL offense.  You'll have to kill off half the net. Maybe that isn't such a bad idea...
In article <735952415.AA01739@f-454.fidonet.org> (C. Doelle) writes: >Brad, >    What is the procedure used to 'specially' compress the BMP file?  I would >love to use some of my BMP files I have created as a logo screen.  Thanks > >Chris > * Origin: chris.doelle.@f3333.n106.z1.fidonet.org (1:106/3333.26)  I don't know the specifics of the compression algorithm, but I've used the shareware program, PaintShop, to convert between the two.  You can download it from ftp.cica.indiana.edu, but I don't know what the file is called or what directory it is in (you can start by looking in pub/pc/win3 or try scanning the index files).  To convert a .BMP file to a .RLE file, you just load the .BMP file and do a "Save as..."  Select "Windows bitmap" and "Compressed" (or is it "RLE"?) Whatever it is, it's fairly intuitive...  Sorry I don't have all the details, but I'm currently on an IBM3151 dumb terminal and can't do much researching...Good luck!
>This is the part that usually gets me. While I am set to make money, there usually >are OTHER things to be considered and debated. That is the purpose of life.  Like it or not stock prices and sales of a particular product ARE measures of success. They can be measures of short term or long term success. I think in MS case they are a good measure of their long term success. The original post mentioned how it seems on this group that there are a large number of people attacking MS and not willing to accept anything positive about MS. I was trying to make a point that the attacks are over emphasized and to look at the sales of MS products they definitely tell a different story.
In article <sundaram.737186206@msuinfo> sundaram@egr.msu.edu (Divya Sundaram) writes: >jenk@microsoft.com (Jen Kilmer) writes: > >[much BS deleted for brevity] > >>Again, my point was that not all microsofties are here to "sell"  >>readers on our products (which would conflict with the "no-ads"  >>philosophy of usenet).  Nor do we necessarily have access to info >>that others have. > >It certainly smacks of that! Remember the "POLL" that you quoted saying that >you had seen a 95% of users being satisfied with DOS 6.0? Care to recall how >unbiased the sample set was? That post sure looked like FUD....and coming >from a microsoftie .... well, it sure seemed like something was not on level.      If I recall, Jen said right up front how the sample set was derived. Where's the FUD?   >Advocacy is GOOD - but spreading FUD to advocate your favorite OS is very  >unethical - especially when you have a vested interest in the success of that >OS.      Does this mean I can flame you if I ever see you doing it?     Face it - the .advocacy groups are _for_ the kind of things that you're preaching against.  This is why they were created in the first place - to filter out all the crap from the newsgroups that might contain real information.  				-Phil
In article <1993Apr23.214110.15315@sarah.albany.edu> jr0930@eve.albany.edu (DIAMOND) writes: >When running DOS 5.0 under Windows 3.0, I lose the ability to do a >print-screen. >I have no problem with this when I'm running DOS not under Windows. ...  Open up the .PIF file with the PIF Editor, click on the "Advanced" button, and then reserve the PrtSc key for the application.  Any keys that you select in this section will be passed along to the application rather than being processed by Windows.
To all hardware and firmware gurus:  My current home project is to build a huge paddle keyboard for a  physically handicapped relative of mine.  My goal is for this keyboard to look exactly like an AT sytle keyboard to its host system. This will be a highly endowed keyboard with a Little PCL from Z World at its heart.  The only thing I lack is detailed information on the hardware signaling that the 486 (with  Windows 3.1  and DOS 5.0) will be  expecting.  My project is independant of Windows, my hope is that some of you fellow Window's users/programmers will recognize what I need and be  willing to point me in the right direction.   I have The Winn L. Rosch Hardware Bible (2nd edition).  The HB gives most (if not all) of the information I will need concerning scan codes  and even a wire diagram for the PS/2 style connector I will need, but it  leaves a number of important questions unanswered. 1.  Is it synchronous or asynchronous serial communication?  I'm     guessing synchronous since the host is providing a clock.  In either     event, how is the data framed? 2.  Is it half-duplex or truly one way?  I'm guessing half-duplex     since the host can turn LEDs on and off. 3.  Are there any chipsets available for communicating with the "AT     keyboard standard" (other than by cannibalizing a real keyboard)?  If anyone knows of a book or article (or any other written source of information) on the above, please advise me at gamet@erg.sri.com. Whatever I do it must be safe for I cannot afford to replace the 486 in the event of a booboo.  Thank you for your time. Danke fuer Ihre Zeit.
JG> After this fall, I believe IBM no longer has any rights to JG> view Microsoft code.  After that, the only way to maintain JG> some sort of compatibility is to reverse-engineer.  Would JG> you want to reverse-engineer an OLE2 application?  Don't they retain Windows NT OEM status? If so, that gives them NT source code, and since Windows is headed toward NT... (Win32S, Win32C)   * SLMR 2.1a * --T-A+G-L-I+N-E--+M-E-A+S-U-R+I-N-G+--G-A+U-G-E--
mike@schleppo.bocaraton.ibm.com (Mike Dahmus) writes: >In <1993May13.010048.22404@microsoft.com> jimfr@microsoft.com (Jim Francis) writes: >>NOTE: I have been working for MS for the past 2 years. I have been >>a developer for the past 13. OS/2 is technically superior to Windows. >>Considering that MS makes more money per copy of OS/2 sold than IBM and >>we co-wrote most of it...  >Differences between OS/2 1.2 and OS/2 1.3:  >-- OS/2 1.3 had about half the memory requirements >-- OS/2 1.3 was quicker even at half the memory >-- OS/2 1.3 was much more stable  >Oh, and one more thing  >-- IBM did OS/2 1.3 by themselves.  >Yes, a lot of what OS/2 2.0 has in common with OS/2 1.x was written by you >guys. However, many of the things that made OS/2 2.0 so much more successful >(Win-OS/2, Workplace Shell) than previous versions were IBM work.  >So "we co-wrote it" may be technically accurate, but it's really a red herring, >as the bits that are selling the product weren't written by you.  Don't forget seamless Win apps on OS/2. MS couldn't do it (viz WLO) but IBM managed to do it right.
I'm working at a workstation which is usually attached to a Novell network (using shell version 3.22, I think). The workstation, a 386, was set up to run Windows 3.0 with the network about a year ago. Needless to say, I'd like to upgrade it to Windows 3.1, and have it work with the network.  	Basically, the Windows files'd be on the local hard drive, but several DOS applications, like Word Perfect, will be on the network. I'd mainly want Windows to access the network drives, the network printers, and perhaps handle some network functions as well. If I could multitask the DOS apps whose executables are on the network, that'd be great, but I could live without it.  	Eventually, I'd like to get a few other 486s in the office working with the network and Windows 3.1 as well. (However, most of the terminals are 286s, which leaves the network pretty much DOS-bound, and I guess that leaves out Windows for Workgroups.) And in the future, maybe there'd be Norton desktop, but that's gettingahead of myself.  	As you can guess, I've never done anything like this before. I've read through the networks material that came with Windows, but still, I'd like to know if anyone out there has any experience in such an area.  	Please reply by Email. I don't scan these newsgroups often.  	Thanks for any replies.   Brian "Rev. P-K" Siano                                  revpk@cellar.org
Hello,  i'm looking for a Driver for an IBM 3852-2 Color Ink Jet Printer. Any pointers are welcome.  thanks in advance   Ralf
In article <1qvpdo$q7i@bigboote.WPI.EDU> bigal@wpi.WPI.EDU (Nathan Charles Crowell) writes: >Hi there, > >Is there any utility available that will make Windows >randomly select one of your windows directory's .BMP >files as the wallpaper file? > >Nate > [nate's sig]  There are a couple.  I am personally using screenpeace, which is a screen saver which will also select your wallpaper from a specified directory (not necessarily the windows dir.).  Let me know if you want info.  I've been pretty happy with screenpeace, and the latest version (3) is *not* at cica, but  oak, /windows3/scrpc3or.something  Mickey
We are developing an MS-Windows based product that uses a full screen window to display ~24 rows of textual data.  Is there any product for Microsoft Windows that will enable blind individuals to access the data efficiently (quickly) ??  Please email responses and I will post a summary to this group.
Brian Grier (bjgrier@bnr.ca) wrote:  > So to most of the computer users in the world MS product symbolize > quality. MS has made their life easier, and more productive and to them > that is quality. They do not care about what innovative things MS has > done, other than to make their life with a computer one heck of a lot > easier. You may know better than most computer users in this world > but that will not change their perception.  Excuse me? Are you one of those people who *enjoy* working w/win? Come talk  to a house-mate of mine and tell him how productive his life is when he  encountered yet another sudden appearence of the DOS-prompt while cutting  and pasting in win! Or an empty win screen without any tasks running (i.e. ^ESC brings up an empty list, progman has done it again.)  Leo
Is it possible to use WinQVT/Net on a machine that uses NDIS to connect to a Token Ring ? I tried it with older versions (< 3.2) but got an invalid packet class error or something the like...  Regards,
I have heard many things about the ATI Ultra Pro card. Some have been positive but most are negative. Could people please confirm these?  (I am interested in the EISA version in particular).  1) The card does not work in a system with 32M RAM.  2) The card works in a 32M system with some switches    set but it is much slower.  3) The card is _interlaced_ in its 24bit (true-colour) modes.  4) The latest build 59 drivers still do not work in many    cases.  5) This card is the fastest full colour card for the money.  6) This card is the greatest thing since sliced bread. ;-)  Thanks for your feedback. I will summarize.  Al
Please excuse if FAQ but... New Trident 8900CL based card claims to have 1280x1024 support. Drivers with card indicate several 1280x1024 drivers on diskette. Windows 3.1 does not make all drivers on diskette available to configuration dialog box. Any suggestion? Thanx; please e-mail. dfeldman@uswest.com
games@max.u.washington.edu writes:  >In article <1993Apr3.174759.15377@seas.gwu.edu>, lai@seas.gwu.edu (William Y. Lai) writes: >> In article <1ov6rj$gev@gabriel.keele.ac.uk> csd25@keele.ac.uk (C.M. Yearsley) writes: >>>I've just bought a PC which came with a bundle of Lotus stuff, including >>>Adobe Type Manager version 1.15. As a newcomer to Windows, I'm >>>confused about which I should be using, ATM or Truetype.  >>> >> ...  >There is a program called true-effects for windows, that allows you to define >attributes for true-type fonts, and have them look like new fonts.  It will >give your font different backgrounds, or shadows, or reverse, etc...  >It ONLY works with TT fonts.  Yes, and the idea was ripped off from Adobe, which has had a program called  TypeAlign for a few years now.  TypeAlign does the same thing for Adobe Type 1 fonts; *and* Adobe has said that the next version will work with both Adobe Type 1 and TrueType.  And TypeAlign does some things that TrueEffects does not - including some things you apparently want ...  >If you want to use it, you best not want to use it with an ATM type font.  >(Oh, yeah... lest you think this is a really cool program, none of the  >effects are scalable  (like the brick background pattern is the same size >whether your font is 10 point of 100 point.), and it is not extensible, >I.E. you CAN NOT add pattern of your own. >And you can't rorate the background pattern... >And you can't make the pattern extend beyond one character >	(Every character in that new font has the entire pattern in it, >	As opposed to having the SAME pattern run contiguously through >	a couple of characters)  >It is however cheap. >Maybe I will buy a copy when the next version comes out, if they fix some of >these gripes...
After setting up a very large (>4 pages) table in Word for Windows I asked word to print it to my HP laserjet II -- worked fine at first. After much editing of the table contents (but not structure) output requests now kick the LJ into manual feed mode for the document containing the table.  Other documents without tables print correctly.  Where should I look and what should I change to get the document with the long table to use the paper drawer rather than kick into manual feed mode? [I believe I've tried all the obvious printer manager changes as well as replacing the hppcl.[lp]00 files with archived versions.]  Thanks for any and all help.  Peter
In article <C56BHt.7qF@news.Hawaii.Edu> dmcgee@uluhe.soest.hawaii.edu (Don McGee) writes: > >Is there a free/share( ware) package that will allow multiple >desktops in windows 3.1.  What is desired is to have a desk top >for several people that each can personalize by name and choice >of programs etc.   Amishware has one included in their package. They were advertising here on the net a couple of weeks ago with a riduculously (That is in a good way, Ted!) low price. Does anyone remember what it was ?
> / hpcc01:comp.os.ms-windows.misc / u7911093@cc.nctu.edu.tw ("By SWH ) /  9:58 am  Apr 24, 1993 / > Hello, >  > 	Who can tell me   Where can I find the PD or ShareWare    > Which can CAPTURE windows 3.1's output of printer mananger? >  > 	I want to capture the output of HP Laser Jet III. >  > 	Though the PostScript can setup to print to file,but HP can't. >  > 	I try DOS's redirect program,but they can't work in Windows 3.1 >  > 		Thankx for any help.... >  > You CAN print to a file from an HP (or any other printer).  Just go into the Printers section of your Control Panel.  Select the printer you want to re-direct to a file, and click on Connect.  Then choose :FILE as the port to connect the printer to.  When you print from any application to that printer, Windows will prompt you for a file name for the file into which you want to capture the printout.  It's pretty easy.  Good luck!
Andrew L. Roberts (robertsa@unix2.tcd.ie) wrote: : What exactly does the windows bitmap format look like? I mean, how is : the data stored: width, height, no. of colours, bitmap data? I couldn't : find anything in ths user manual, is there any other reference material : which would give me this information?
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Hello,  I am looking for a Xterm emulator which runs under windows 3.1.  Please reply via E-mail.  Thanks.  Chera Bekker
//I'm using BC++'s ObjectWindows (version 3.1) and trying to get some data  //processed in a window object. However, when the calling program invokes  //the window object, it gives up the control to the window object, and keeps  //executing the next statement. I would like the calling program, after  //invoking the window object, to wait until the window object is closed.  //Can I do that? My program may look like:  class MyWindow : public TWindow { 	... };  void MyCallingProg(...)  // Could the calling program be a C function? {	... 	MyWindow *MyWinObj; 	MyWinObj = new MyWindow(...); 	GetApplication()->MakeWindow(MyWinObj); 	MyWinObj->Show(SW_SHOWNORMAL);