This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Jonathan: Also, wasn't QC/Win on the form you received at the Developer's Forum conference when you turned in you survey form? NOT the form for the freebie product (which I imagine will be a monster to administer for all those who chose to defer till WFW 2.0), but the multi-colored…
How do TPW apps print?
Message #3480
Tom: What's the "Comdex Giveaway"? Are they giving away free copies of your book? Maybe I should fly down there after all!
Jonathan: But I thought that C 6.0 included QuickC? I have a copy sitting around in the shrink-wrap (anybody want C 6.0 cheap?) that I could open to check, but that's what I recall. There is 1 Reply.
Jerry: I don't know where you could get this, since MSJ is rare on the newstands. The Computer Library of your local University might have it. Give me your address and I'll send you a copy of the article.
Jonathan: But I thought that C 6.0 included QuickC? I have a copy sitting around in the shrink-wrap (anybody want C 6.0 cheap?) that I could open to check, but that's what I recall. There is 1 Reply.
Jerry: I don't know where you could get this, since MSJ is rare on the newstands. The Computer Library of your local University might have it. Give me your address and I'll send you a copy of the article.
Dennis: There's a program in the back of Ross Smith's book "Learning PostScript: A Visual Approach" that shows you how to query the RIP to get stuff like this. Running it on my setup showed: – Product: PacificPage – Version: 4.06 – Revision: 0 – Language Level: 1 – Total…
Jerry: There's an article called "Acurately Timing Windows Events Without Timer Reprogramming" in the July 1991 Microsoft Systems Journal which describes "a low-overhead method ot timing events that is accuarte to 1 milliseconds on all PCs and 100 microseconds on some of the faster ones". I can't pretend to actually…
Chris: Hope you got it cheap too! I got mine for $2.98 at the U Bookstore sale. There is 1 Reply.
Dennis: The PCL driver? I thought we were talking about the PSCRIPT driver. That's what I've used the .WPD method for (there's one for a IIP with a PostScript cartridge). Are we crossing wires? There is 1 Reply.
Dennis: Hmm, your problem sounds VERY similar to a problem I had about a year ago (actually, I still have the problem but just gave up). In my case, I was printing a WFW document with spacing hard set to 12pts next to a field of embedded PostScript code, and…
John: You might ask Eric Landes (76701,76), he's the MS Section Leader in these parts. I think the SYSOP died or something; nobody's heard from him in a long time (he doesn't return messages or phone calls anyway, so you're wasting your time addressing anything to him) and the Libs…
George: Ummm, why not just select the stuff you want in the Windowed DOS app, and click on the right mouse button to put it in the Clipboard? There is 1 Reply.
KeithF: Well, I think it would be correct to say that there IS an unprintable region for all printers, but that it differs from printer to printer and MAY be 0" in any particular dimension (particularly top & bottom). The book "Printer Information for MS Word" lists the unprintable regions…
Dennis: Hmm, I called them in the meantime, and was quoted $149 for Printer Control Panel. I have a IIP with the PDP cartridge, and they said they'd licensed it to PDP a while ago, but I never heard anything; since I'm the registered owner of three of four of…
Mitchell: Actually, I have a couple of your books on Assembler that are blue, and one's even titled "Bluebook of Assembly Routines". There is 1 Reply.
Dennis: Quick update on our earlier discussion: I just saw a message that version 2.4 of PrintCache was available in the UW MicroComputer Lab, and that LaserTools has a new product out called (I think) "Fonts on the Fly". They also listed a product called "Printer Control Panel". There is…
Clayton: Ummm, you mentioned "file corruption" in your first sentence; what files were corrupted? How much memory do you have? Also, what kind of System Resource % are you seeing with those other apps running? I guess I'd heard a lot of stuff about NDW taking up a lot of…
Ted: I think it's more of a challenge to do it without reading the docs! Seriously, you SHOULD be able to query an application and get most of anything you need back. For example, without reading the docs (if indeed there are any) for Excel, I found the following: EXCEL…
Ted: Hey, that's great! BTW, does it contain all the bug fixes?
John( & Ted): Also, Mark offered to put together a custom DLL that contained ONLY the routines we were using, so the *penalty* for the user is negligible.
Jim: Well, the ProgMan in 3.0 doesn't implement full DDE. I didn't have any specs for it, but I played around with a VB tool for examining DDE connections and the only thing I got to work was: Application: PROGMAN Topic: PROGMAN Item: (null) which returns a list of ProgMan…
Charles (& Mitchell et al): Surprise! I got another one in the mail TODAY! FWIW, the cover says "Volume 1 – Summer 1991", so I assume it's the same one. Mitchell, if you're listening, there's a code number on the mailing label that says 002164, if that means anything to…
Nelson: Well, the "technical interest" aspect of most of them is pretty limited. I'd say forget the ones in Byte, but include Dr. Dobbs & MSJ, and I'll let you make the call on J.D.'s article! Actually, I'd include all of them; what's of technical interest to you and me…
Dennis: Well, maybe I should check into getting 2.3a and trying it again. Yes, I'm using Print Manager, but the only place I really see a slowdown is when I'm using Unicom (you actually have to keep clicking on the nicom window to update it's screen area with the downloaded…
Jim: Ummm, how about Excel? You can use DDE to get to / from Excel.
Mitchell: I ordered VB direct from MS about an hour after they started taking orders for it (Tuesday of Spring Comdex, I believe), and had it in hand Thursday; my gut feel is that I was in the first 50,000! Anyway, I do remember seeing a coupon, and sending it…
Dennis: They were promising the Windows version RSN a year ago. What version do you have? I just checked (actually I just loaded it while shelled from Recon while shelled from Windows, which hung my machine, but I guess that's what I expected to happen anyway), and I have version…
Helen: You've gotten slightly conflicting information. It's being distributed as part of the 3.1 beta, but it works with 3.0 and can be distributed with your applications now if you fill out a licensing agreement and send it in to MS. I don't think it's in the Libs here on…
Hank: Thanks again!
Nelson: Here are some articles: 1. Mixed-Language Windows Programming: Fortran as a DLL, Visual Basic for the front end, Dr. Dobb's Journal, October 1991. John Norwood 2. Create Real Windows Applications in a Graphical Environment Using Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft Systems Journal, July 1991. Laura Euler, Eric Maffei, Adam Rauch…
Charlie: I use all of them BUT PrintCache. Actually, I have PrintCache too, but it wasn't giving me any speed advantages under Windows 3.0 so I dumped it. In the year and a half I've had it, I haven't heard a peep from the vendor about an upgrade… There is…
Don: Well, in my case I'm using ThreadZ's Task Manager. I never did see the UAE though. I assume Nelson and KeithF are using the Windows Task Manager? There is 1 Reply.
Don: That'd be a great idea.
#VBTIPS Correction
Message #2155
Nelson: I just took a look at your VBTIPS / Viewer program. I got an error on the OPEN statement in CATEGOR.FRM. I removed DataDrive$ from the statement, and it worked fine. FWIW, DataDrive$ was "e:[MS-RAMDRIVE]" and DataPath$ was "e:\". Anyway, I saw the book reviews at the end of…
Eileen: I've never been to the London Zoo; what's the Penguin Enclosure? P-) There are 2 Replies.
Eileen: Apparently the author also did one comparing languages to cars that's supposed to be even better. I'll post it if I run across it. Anyway, Phillipe's at it again: InfoWorld: You've said some unkind things about the Basic language. Kahn: I didn't say unkind things. I said the truth.…
Brett: They were in the message, but it kept gettin blown off for space reasons, and I REALLY hate multi-messages. Anyway, here are (most of) the rest: PL/I – A bordello madam. She wears silk dresses, diamonds, furs and red high heels. At one time she seemed very attractive, but…
#Programming Like Women
Message #1935
ALL: Saw this out in the rec.humor.funny. Warning: May be offensive to ardent feminists. **** (edited for space) ***** PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES ARE LIKE WOMEN by: Daniel J. Salomon, Department of Computer Science, University of Waterloo There are so many programming languages available that it can be very difficult to get…
Don (et al): I remember KeithF saying he had a Logitech mouse. Also, he at one time thought it was related to *moving* the mouse cursor on-screen. Is there any chance it's either a bad Logitech mouse or (more likely) a bad mouse driver? Nelson: what kind of mouse are…
Keith: Wow! I've been following this thing, and HOPING that it had a rational explanation, but your latest results are kind of depressing. I hope you didn't spend so much time tracking this down that you've decided to drop the forum again! Anyway, thanks for persevering. There is 1 Reply.
Woody: It's the "…and send it through DDE.." part that I'm worried about!
Mark: …and Pee Wee Herman.
#1072-
Innovative Beta Programs
Message #1097
Chris: Yep. Actually, all the ISV people I've met have been pretty good. OTOH, what do you expect? I bet MS had a pretty good crop to choose from!