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louray@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Panayiotakis) writes: >>Is there any utility available that will make Windows >>randomly select one of your windows directory's .BMP >>files as the wallpaper file?  >There are a couple.  I am personally using screenpeace, which is a  If you need just to change the wallpaper, then I've written a short program in VB that does this by using SystemParametersInfo-function. The bad news is that you need VBRUN200.DLL to run it, and the DLL is some 350kb (the program is about 7kb). The order of pictures depends on the system date and the number of BMP-files in the directory, so the picture remains the same if you execute the program multiple times during the same day and the number of BMPs has not changed.  If you feel this is what you need then I could uuencode it and email it to you. (It is unavailable via ftp.)
I really think you are comparing apples and oranges. Nobody disputes that OS/2 has more big OS features. The question is Does an  individual need the power. The sales of Windows vs OS/2 answer that question. The next question is even if I did want to run OS/2 and I had this big monster machine to run it on, is there a diverse set of applications to run on it that allow me to productviely do my work. Go to your local computer store to answer this one. I think the comparison you need to be doing is NT vs OS2/2.1. This is where the new battle lines will be drawn. Windows 3.1 has won the single user PC war the next one will be the client server war and the entries are NT, OS2/2.1, UNIX and Netware 4.0. Granted these OS's will be eventually scaled down to be attractive to the single user PC and that will probably be phase II' of the war. Who wins only the marketplace will tell but it sure  is fun watching and arguing about it tho. Thx Dave L
I'm writing a mail management system using Word for Windows 2.0 as a front end. The user dials up a remote system and downloads a batch of mail as "foo.txt ." I've set up an AutoExec macro in Winword to load "foo.txt" OK, but subsequent invocations of the macro will of course pose file name contention problems.  What I'd really like to do is to create an AutoExit macro in Winword that would move "foo.txt" to a specified directory, rename it using the current date and time, and delete the original "foo.txt ."  In other words, "foo.txt" gets renamed as "5012300", say, on May 1 at 23:00- the user gets a time-indexed backup of his mail files and "foo.txt" is freed up for the next packet of mail, since my AutoExec macro points to it.  My main question is this:   How may one rename a file from within a WordBasic macro to include a  time/date variable in the new filename?    Thanks-  =======================================================================   "If you ever reach total enlightenment while drinking a beer,    I bet it makes beer shoot out of your nose." -- Jack Handey
Salutations! 	I don't usually subscribe to these newsgroups so I would really appreciate it if someone could possibly e-mail me the answer to my problem. I have been using Windows 3.1 since buying it last winter but I have just now come across an annoying bug. I now have about 8 different groups in program manager but it seems that everytime I install something new that makes a new group, it promptly disappears after I turn of windows! This happened when I installed Excel and WinFax Pro v.3. They both created their own groups but when I turned off windows and reran them, they were gone. I had to manually pull them up as new items and put them in a previously existing group as all new gropus disappear as soon as I turn off windows. 	my set up: 			precision 386dx-25 w/ 4 megs 			Trident 8900c with 1 meg  			Windows 3.1 running in 800x600 colour mode 			logitech mouseman 			 Thank you in advance!  Emile Woo ewoo@unixg.ubc.ca    --
I have two questions:  1) I have been having troubles with my Wordperfect for Windows.    When I try to select and change fonts, etc. some of the text    disappears.  I tried to center two lines once, and the second    line disappeared.  I can not find the error, and I do not    know how to correct it.  2) Is this the right newsgroup?  Where should I go?  E-mail prefered...                                                    _____ Who else is still waiting for "Naked Gun Part (Pi) | |  "
In article <1993Apr19.170631.17598@seas.gwu.edu> louray@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Panayiotakis) writes: > >Hey now.  First of all, sorry to post this DOS question in a WINDOWS >group, but I'm in kinda a hurry, so I can't scramble to find the dos >groups' names.   > >Anyway, anyone know where I ccan find the exit codes to DOS commands?  There are 3 alternatives: 1. You can try to write a small C program something like:     int my_int_var;    my_int_var = system("command");     and display my_int_var value (which is the exit code of the command).  2. Or use 4dos.com instead of command.com (it has built in move command)    you can also get any program exist code by using the exec function    of 4dos:     c:\>echo %@exec[command]     will display the exit code of the command.  3. Get DOS 6, not worth buying if you already have QEMM/PCTools/Norton,    and you only need the move utility.  >the manual doesn't seem to have all of them.  I'm particularly looking >for COPY, in order to make a "move" batch file, such that if the file >wasn't coppied properly, it won't be deleted. > > >please e'mail louray@seas.gwu.edu >Thanks, I.A, >Mickey >--  >pe-|| ||  MICHAEL PANAYIOTAKIS: louray@seas.gwu.edu  >ace|| ||                                   ...!uunet!seas.gwu.edu!louray >|||| \/|  *how do make a ms-windows .grp file reflect a HD directory??* >\\\\   |  "well I ain't always right, but I've never been wrong.."(gd)
Does anyone out there use a SIGMA designs VIDEO/SOUND card ? The model is called WIN-STORM-PC  . They also have one model the  Legend-24lx  Any info on these like performance and compatibility, or even problems encountered will be appreciated.
I am using WFW 2.0c with a Canon BJ10e. The printer driver is that  which comes with Windows 3.1. Unfortatunately, I am having a problem with  printing page numbers on the bottom of the page. I can print page number  on the top of the page, but not on the bottom. Has anybody had a similar  problem and/or does anybody have a solution for such a problem.  Thanks pwoodcoc@business.uwo.ca
HELP!  I am trying to find software that will allow COM port redirection under Windows for Workgroups.  Can anyone out there make a suggestion or reccommend something.  I would really hate to have to write some driver for the serial port that would support the network, but that is my next step.  Thanks in advance.
We are researching what support there is on various platforms for applications to use multi-byte characters (e.g., Japanese Kanji).  We know that Unix and X Windows can contain support for the i18N standard (depending on level and platform).  What support for i18N or wide characters exists on the Mac,  Windows 3.1 and Windows NT?
In <14957@news.duke.edu> kdb@sunbar.mc.duke.edu (Kurt Bollacker) writes:  >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.  >None of this changes the fact that MSW3.1 is objectively inferior to its >competition.  This is indeed true. I prefer Windows NT. It is certainly much better than Microsoft Windows 3.1/DOS.
In article <1qu8ud$2hd@sunb.ocs.mq.edu.au> eugene@mpce.mq.edu.au writes: >In article <C5o1yq.M34@csie.nctu.edu.tw> ghhwang@csie.nctu.edu.tw (ghhwang) writes: >> >>Dear friend, >>  The RISC means "reduced instruction set computer". The RISC usually has  >>small instruction set so as to reduce the circuit complex and can increase  >>the clock rate to have a high performance. You can read some books about >>computer architecture for more information about RISC. > >hmm... not that I am an authority on RISC ;-) but I clearly remember >reading that the instruction set on RISC CPUs is rather large. >The difference is in addressing modes - RISC instruction sets are not >as orthogonal is CISC. > >--  >+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ >|            Some people say it's fun, but I think it's very serious.         | >|                         eugene@macadam.mpce.mq.edu.au                       | >+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+  Theoretically supposed to be reduced.... not any longer.  That's why everyone is arguing about RISC v.s. CISC.  Personally, I think CISC will win out. Just take a look at the Pentium!  (Not that I like Intel architectures either, but that's another story...)  bye!   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian "Hojo" Lee       | "Hey, excuse me miss, could I have a .GIF of you?" leebr@ecf.toronto.edu  | leebr@eecg.toronto.edu | (try Linux... the best and free UN*X clone!)
We are trying to write a program which can read files created by quattro pro 3.0 and above.  Would anyone know where to find information regarding the format in which Quattro Pro stores its files.  Thanks in Advance Mahesh
>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
In article <735952415.AA01739@f-454.fidonet.org> C..Doelle@p26.f3333.n106.z1.fidonet.org (C. Doelle) writes: >Hello Brad! > >Monday April 26 1993 17:24, Brad Smalling wrote to (crosspost 1) All: > > BS> since I don't know your setup): > > BS> COPY /B WIN.CNF+VGALOGO.LGO+VGALOGO.RLE WIN.COM > > BS> (I grabbed this from _Supercharging Windows_ by Judd Robbins--great book) > BS> This is also how you can put your own logo into the Windows startup > >Brad, >    What is the procedure used to 'specially' compress the BMP file?  I would                                          [ to a .rle file   ^^^^^^^] >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 thought I'd reply to this, though I ain't brad.  AT any case, a lot of picture-file viewers that will convert, say, between .gif,etc, to .bmp *will* convert to .rle.  I Know for a fact that PaintShop (shareware from cica; /desktop, I think, filename psVVV.zip (I think, where VVV is the ver. number.  If that's not true, let me know and I"ll post a corection).   This, however, will write your .rle file with a .bmp extension, so you have to rename it.  NOW, another thing.... this is from the windows' FAQ:  your file has to be less than 64 K ( at least that's what the faq says, but Mine wont work for more than about 30...maybe they mend 32K, I don't know).  Your file has to fit VGA size (480 * 860, or whatever standard vga size is.)  If you use a non-vga screen (e.g. Cga, ega, svga, there is also a way to do it, but I thing instead of vgalogo.lgo you use another file, such as cgalogo.lgo, egalogo.lgo, or something.  I'm not sure about this, as I have a vga, but i'm sure you could find it in the faq (a windows help ver. of which *is* available at cica, but don't konw the filename).   ALSO....your .bmp has to be 16 COLOURS Or less.  These specs rule out some of the good .bmp's.  I found cartoon drawings work quite well as they have the advantage of looking good with little memory.  Finally, REMEMBER TO SAVE YOUR CURRENT WIN.COM before, and put your new win.com in the windows directory.  Also, don't start windows from a directory where another win.com is present, as *that* is used instead of the one in the windows dir, and win. won't start.   Share this fairly, but don't take a slice of my pie (PF).  Mickey
Yesterday, a friend of mine got a new driver for his card that more than doubled the speed... Naturally, besides being a tad jealous (same  machine -- different cards), it got me thinking... What if I am using a slow driver? Wouldn't that be _horrible_ ? :) So netlanders, I need samples of your collective experience (sic) -- Do you proud owners of a Trident 8900C video card w/ 1MB VRAM have tried out more than one driver fro MS Win 3.1 which? which is the fastest? Not to be selfish, and to give you a motive for responding, I promise I am going to collect all the answers, and the actual drivers (provided u give me a site to get it from or uuencode&mail) get the WinMarks using PC Magazine`s WinBENCH and... post the results here... I am interested in SVGA drivers only (plain VGA users should run the Win driver, or this is what I 've heard -- dont flame me!) Particularly 800x600x16 and/or 800x600x256 (that should cover the majority of SVGA users) Well, what are you waiting for? hit that r or f or whatever... All input welcome -- so are money and Sun SPARCstations... Thanx in advance...
In article <1T8FL2$EHS@BALSAM.UNCA.EDU>, kepley@photon.phys.unca.edu writes: |> In article <1993May16.143722.4555@samba.oit.unc.edu> dil.admin@mhs.unc.edu (Dave Laudicina) writes: |> >question. The next question is even if I did want to run OS/2 |> >and I had this big monster machine to run it on, is there a diverse |> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |> |> I think you're deliberatly overstating the requirements for OS/2. |> Considering that OS/2 is a multi-threaded true multitasking OS and |> takes the place of DOS and Windows and more, I actually think the |> requirements for OS/2 are very reasoable.  I also think that anyone |> using Windows 3.1 without 8 megs of RAM, a 386-40, and 200 megs of |> hard drive space, is beating their head against a wall.  Those are |> also legitimate requirements for OS/2.  In fact, the requirements |> for Windows 3.1 and OS/2 are about equal.                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^ Exquise me!? Since when does mankind consider twice to be equal??  |> |> -- |> |          "The natural progress of things is for government             | |> |              to gain ground and for liberty to yield"                  | |> |                           Thomas Jefferson                             | |> | Brad Kepley   kepley@photon.phys.unca.edu    704-252-8330/Voice-Days   |
Whenever I start File Manager, the status bar is not displayed, even though it is selected in the options menu. If I deselect it, then select it again, the bar appears. Anyone have any ideas why this is happening?  Thanks
In article <1993Apr30.211839.21296@leland.Stanford.EDU> kocks@chemistry.Stanford.EDU (Peter Kocks) writes:  >I'm looking for a good terminal program that will connect to >TCP/IP using windows. Some basic MS-Window that is connect to >a unix host would be great.  >Any suggestions?  Take a look at WinQVT/net -- the latest version is QVT/net 3.4 It comes in versions that are direct to packet driver, as well as a PC NFS  version.  It is priced quite low; registration = $40, student registration = $20, and is  a nice package -- comes complete with VT220 terminal emulation, FTP, POP3  client, LPR, and NNTP client.  You can FTP it from "biochemistry.bioc.cwru.edu" /pub/qvtnet/qvtnet34.zip  It was also uploaded to ftp.cica.indiana.edu recently.  Ashok
In article 5Iq@netcom.com, kasajian@netcom.com (Kenneth Kasajian) writes: } wnkretz@ikesg1.energietechnik.uni-stuttgart.de (Oliver Kretzschmar) writes: }  }  }  } }   Hey, }  } }   could somebody tell me, how it is possible to work with the mouse } }   in a NON-Windows application, which runs in an window. We use } }   MS-WINDOWS 3.1 and have CLIPPER applications. Exists there any } }   routines or something else ? Please mail me your informations. }  } }   Thanks for your efforts, }  } }     Oliver } }--  } } NAME : O.Kretzschmar                      Inst.IKE / University Stuttgart } } PHONE: +49 711 685 2130                           Pfaffenwaldring 31 } } FAX  : +49 711 685 2010                            7000 Stuttgart 80 } } EMAIL: wnkretz@ikesg1.energietechnik.uni-stuttgart.de }  } Very simple.  You have to have the MOUSE.COM or MOUSE.SYS loaded in DOS } before you run Windows.  Note that you don't need to have these files loaded } to use the mouse in Windows.   ... and you need a video driver which is completely Windows 3.1 compatible, and your mouse driver has to be completely compatible as well.  Not quite so simple. (I never could get my logitech mouse to work 100% in a DOS window with my old Paradise card:  now I have a Diamond SS24X and the 6.2 mouse drivers, and everything works perfectly).
Ok, here's a nice easy question for all you out there.  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. If it's relavant, I'm using 'Quarterdeck 6.0' expanded memory manager for my 386.   Please e-mail any responses, since I don't get to read the news too often.     Thanks in advance.
Actually, with several sharware utilities, you cn change both.  My fav is Plug-In.
In article <1t6efv$1pj@binkley.cs.mcgill.ca> gel@binkley.cs.mcgill.ca (Gilles KHOUZAM) writes: >>Macsee.zip on ftp.cica.indiana.edu is supposed to read and write Mac disks.   >>I've never tried it, though.  Good luck > >I just tried it, but I can't say that it works, 'cause it doesn't read 800K >disks, it only reads 1.44Mb. If there a program that does read 800K disks, >please let me know.   Well, you can't say that it don't work.  The inability to read 800k mac disks is not a SW problem.  Rather, it's a HARDWARE limmitation on PCs.
In article <1rhm0j$6cg@agate.berkeley.edu> nilayp@violet.berkeley.edu (Nilay Patel;;;;RC38) writes: >In article <C62onK.F7A@netnews.jhuapl.edu> ncmoore2@netnews.jhuapl.edu (Nathan Moore) writes: >>nilayp@violet.berkeley.edu (Nilay Patel) writes: > >>>I am looking for Bernoulli removable tapes for the 20/20 drive.. >>>Don't laugh ... I am serious... >>>If you have any 20 MB tapes lying around that you would like to get rid of, >>>please mail me ...  >> >>>-- Nilay Patel >>>nilayp@violet.berkeley.edu > >>You do mean disks, don't you, not tapes?  You forgot to say whether you >>were looking for the old 8" or the newer 5.25". > >Well...I need the old 8" disks ... You are right, disks is a better word, >but they are so big and calling them disks is kind of funny ... but the >appropriate word is disks ...  Gee, I remember the old 8" FLOPPY disks we used on an S-100 CP/M system back in high school.  Not to mention those old 24" multi-platter disk  packs that held about 15MB that went in the big washing machine drives at the local college I took some programming classes at. And this was even in the early '80's....  Tom paladin@world.std.com
Hi, I was wondering if anyone out there knows of any books that give helpful hints and tips on writing thesis papers in WfW.  I know about the dissertation template that comes with word but I want more.  I would like to have tips on how to use all the {seq ...} , {bookmark ...} , {index ...} , { chapter ...}, fields that are available in word.  I have looked through the help files,etc. but they really don't explain a whole lot.  I will post the results(That means email me first) if I get a lot of different suggestions since I think this might be of help to lots of crazy grad students such as myself. Thanks.   Brian Servis  p.s. How do you change the font that Help uses when printing a topic?  The       default is so choppy and hard to read.
When I use File Manager's disk copy, I find that Windows (3.1) can read the whole 1.2MB disk at one time,  but only 98% of a 1.44 disk. It looks like a problem of memory. However, The PC has 4MB RAM. There should be some  way to allocat more extended memory for disk copy.  Please advise me on this matter. Thanks in advance.
From article <1993May15.091822.14174@lth.se>, by knut@tts.lth.se (Ake Knutsson): > In Win 3.1, one may assign hot-keys for the program items within the > Program Manager. How about the Program Manager itself? Is there one > already, or is there some way to assign one?    Put ProgMan (with the hotkey) in your StartUp -group. Should do it.
I'm searching for a phonetic TrueType font for Windows 3.1. If  anybody knows one, please mail me!  Thanks.  dw
Is anyone familiar with a virus that infects the WINHELP.EXE file?  I have recently noticed some unusual system behavior and ran Norton AntiVirus for WINDOWS.  It indicated a possible unknown virus in the WINHELP.EXE file in both the MWINDOWS and WINOS2 directories.  Neither file changed since I installed my OS/2 system in January as far as I know.  Any information about this possible virus and suggestions on remedies would be greatly appreciated.
I have a question about the autocheck-boxes in Windows. Is it a possibility to let the boxes have several different colors at the same time?  Frode Kvam :-)  -- _______________________________________________________________________________   _/_/_/_/_/   _/_/_/_/        _/_/_/     _/_/_/       _/_/_/_/_/   _/           _/      _/    _/      _/   _/    _/     _/   _/           _/      _/    _/      _/   _/      _/   _/   _/_/_/       _/_/_/_/      _/      _/   _/      _/   _/_/_/   _/           _/    _/      _/      _/   _/      _/   _/   _/           _/      _/    _/      _/   _/    _/     _/   _/           _/      _/      _/_/_/     _/_/_/       _/_/_/_/_/    (C) _______________________________________________________________________________   Name:         Frode Kvam   Univ:         University of Trondheim, dept of informatics   E-mail:       frode@ifi.unit.no   Snail-mail:   Lademoens Kirkealle 8                 7042 TRONDHEIM   Voice:        + 47 7 50 45 06 _______________________________________________________________________________
Hey Larry,         How can you be a comp sci major and never crash a damn computer. What does your CS dept teach you...or are you just that good of a programmer that not one of your assembly programs have ever downed your machine.  >"Crash Protection" is such >a marketing gimick, it isn't funny..  Out of 4 months of using Windows on my >new machine I've only had it crash ONCE, and I don't have a "run of the mill" >configuration.  Why do you bother putting up such stupid posts...or are you that ignorant.
What files do I need to download for GhostScript 2.5.2?  I have never used GhostScript before, so I don't have any files for it.  What I *do* have is gs252win.zip, which I downloaded from Cica.  Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to work on it's own, but needs some more files that I don't have.  I want to run GhostScript both in Windows 3.1 and in MS-DOS on a 386 PC (I understand there's versions for both environments).  What are all the files I need to download and where can I get them?  Any info would be appeciated.  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------   Steve W Brewer                                                rewerB W evetS   cl238405@ulkyvx.louisville.edu                ude.ellivsiuol.xvyklu@504832lc