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XWorkplace 0.9.20 README
(W) Ulrich Möller, Feb 7, 2000
Last updated August 11, 2002
0. CONTENTS OF THIS FILE
========================
1. INTRODUCTION
2. REQUIREMENTS
3. INSTALLATION
4. UPGRADING
5. NATIONAL LANGUAGE SUPPORT
6. GETTING STARTED
7. KNOWN LIMITATIONS
8. LICENSE, COPYRIGHT, DISCLAIMER
9. CONTACT
1. INTRODUCTION
===============
Welcome to XWorkplace V0.9.20.
XWorkplace is a complex set of replacement classes for the
OS/2 Workplace Shell to enhance the WPS's behavior in many
ways.
This README has additional information which is not included
in the XWorkplace User Guide. Please read through all of this
before installing.
After installation, you can find this README in the main
install directory.
About this release
------------------
Things looked pretty good with V0.9.19, but a few fixes
still had to be made, so here's my next attempt.
Because I got bored bugfixing, I also added a few new
(optional) features. To go for the exciting stuff
right away, go to "Workplace Shell", "Folder views",
and enable "Lazy icon loading" and "mark shadow icons".
For details, refer to the "Version Notices" in the
"XWorkplace User Guide". To extract the documentation
only, see "2. INSTALLATION" below.
2. REQUIREMENTS
===============
XWorkplace is developed and tested only under eComStation
1.0, which is equivalent -- as far as the OS/2 code base
is concerned -- to the Merlin Convenience Package 1 (MCP1).
Since I can no longer get my Warp 3 partition to boot and
do not particularly care for spending more time on that,
XWORKPLACE IS NO LONGER BEING TESTED ON WARP 3. It might
work, but it might not. Use it at your own risk.
Starting with V0.9.19, XWorkplace makes a few assumptions
about some internal WPS structures, which might be
different on Warp 3. Again, I don't know.
The following should be safe, since they are based on
the same IBM code:
-- Warp 4 FP 15
-- WarpServer for e-Business
-- Merlin/Aurora Convenience Packages
-- eComStation 1.0
3. INSTALLATION
===============
XWorkplace must be installed using WarpIN. After all files
have been copied, WarpIN will restart your Workplace Shell
to make sure the changes become active. A reboot should not
be necessary.
WARNING: It was reported that the Workplace Shell hangs itself
up after the restart if you have the "Automatic lockup on
startup" setting enabled. In that case, disable that setting
before allowing WarpIN to restart the WPS.
---> In any case, before installing, MAKE A WPS BACKUP.
If you are still unsure whether you should use XWorkplace at
this point, you can select the "Documentation" package in this
archive only. This way can then read through XWorkplace's
documentation first and decide then whether to actually install
all of it. To install later, simply double-click on XWorkplace's
.WPI archive again.
4. UPGRADING
============
Upgrading from XWorkplace
-------------------------
IMPORTANT: If you are installing while the WPS is running
(which is most probably the case), WarpIN will show you
confirmation dialogs about various files that are currently
in use, most importantly, XFLDR.DLL. This is normal because
those modules are loaded while the WPS (and thus XWorkplace)
is running.
In those dialogs, you MUST select "Unlock (DosReplaceModule)",
or your installation will not be fully updated.
If you get this message for a help file (.HLP extension), the
XWorkplace help file is currently held open by the WPS.
Unfortunately, with OS/2, it is impossible to unlock data files
automatically. To unlock the help file, while the "locked"
dialog is showing, simply open any standard WPS help panel
(e.g. by clicking on an empty space on the desktop and
pressing F1), which will unlock XWorkplace's help file.
Besides, you will probably get a notification message that
XWPDAEMN.EXE is running and must be killed. Have WarpIN kill
that program (which is the XWorkplace Daemon).
If upgrading doesn't work, have WarpIN remove the installed
XWorkplace version first, restart the WPS, and install the
new version then.
Upgrading from XFolder
----------------------
XWorkplace is the successor to XFolder (the last XFolder
version was V0.85).
XWorkplace and XFolder cannot coexist, since XWorkplace
provides all the features of XFolder 0.85 plus many bugfixes
and even more features.
As a result, if XFolder is installed, XWorkplace will
disable your XFolder installation.
You should install XWorkplace to a directory OTHER than
your existing XFolder directory to make sure no file
conflicts occur. Several people have reported that
installing to the same directory can hang your WPS.
XWorkplace can take over your existing XFolder 0.85 settings,
if present. You will be prompted for that during the first
WPS restart after installation. However, many new settings
have arrived, so many will be initially disabled.
If you prefer to go back to your existing XFolder installation
later (after all, this is a developer's release), have WarpIN
de-install XWorkplace and install XFolder again, using
INSTALL.CMD in your XFolder directory. Your old XFolder
settings remain untouched by XWorkplace.
5. NATIONAL LANGUAGE SUPPORT
============================
This archive contains XWorkplace National Language Support
(NLS) for English only.
However, XWorkplace is prepared for supporting additional
languages via additional NLS packages, which are maintained
and released by people other than me.
Some are listed on www.xworkplace.org on the download page,
but you will probably find more up-to-date information about
NLS packages on the mailing lists (see CONTACT below).
6. GETTING STARTED
==================
In any case, after installation, open the new "XWorkplace Setup"
object first and go to the "Features" page. This is the most
central place to enable XWorkplace features. Press the "Help"
button there to get more information.
7. KNOWN LIMITATIONS
====================
Please check the BUGS and FEATURES files in this package also
before reporting bugs or suggesting features. Thank you.
8. LICENSE, COPYRIGHT, DISCLAIMER
=================================
Copyright (C) 1997-2002 Ulrich Möller,
Martin Lafaix,
Paul Ratcliffe,
and others.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as contained in
the file COPYING in the installation directory.
The full source code is available. See XFLDR001.INF for details.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
For details, refer to the "Notices" section in XFLDR001.INF.
9. CONTACT
==========
We have created two mailing lists at yahoogroups.com for contact.
Please use these lists from now on for questions, suggestions,
and bug reports.
For XWorkplace users:
xworkplace-user@yahoogroups.com
For XWorkplace developers and those who are interested:
xworkplace-dev@yahoogroups.com
For details, see "Notices" --> "Contact" in XFLDR001.INF.