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The OS2BBS CFORUM is where anyone may raise concerns regarding rules violations found in this and other CFORUMS. The IBM Owner of this forum is: Name: Kenneth M. Hopkins, OS/2 Support Services Mailing Address: IBM Manufacturing and Development 11400 Burnet Road Internal Zip 2900-042/1D003 Austin, Texas 78758 IBM Node/Userid: AUSVM8/HOPKINS ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 18:00:12 on 92/04/13 GMT (by XXBCHY11 at TORVMCOP) Subject:OS/2 2.0 Enhanced Editor. From: Joe Smeets, Vancouver, B.C. 604-663-2795 The PROOF function in the Enhanced Editor reports that LEXAM.DLL is missing. Will this applet support spell checking in the future ? Regards, Joe Smeets ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 01:45:58 on 92/04/15 GMT (by U6200 at BTVLABVM) Subject: OS/2 2.0 Enhanced Editor. Ref: Append at 18:00:12 on 92/04/13 GMT (by XXBCHY11 at TORVMCOP) Joe, See the E-Editor CForum for more information on the E-Editor and it's extensions. (Your question is already answered there!) Gary Coryer ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 04:38:17 on 92/04/15 GMT (by XXBCHY11 at TORVMCOP) Subject: OS/2 2.0 Enhanced Editor. Ref: Append at 01:45:58 on 92/04/15 GMT (by U6200 at BTVLABVM) Thanks Gary. Now that's Service ! ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 18:29:56 on 92/04/22 GMT (by BBURNS at ATLVMIC1) Subject:Installing a tune created by the Tune Editor How do I install tunes that I create using the Tune Editor ? I fell as though I've searched the online documentation thoroughly. Thanks, BBURNS at ATLVMIC1 R.E. (Bob) Burns ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 12:44:48 on 92/04/25 GMT (by TMARTIN at NHBVM4) Subject: OS/2 V2 To Do Lists I'd like to create a folder for each of several projects; and in each project folder there would be, amongst other things, a "to do list" for that project. I've tried copying the ToDoList data file into the project folder, and associating with it the PMDTODO program. This works reasonably well; but when PMDTODO saves the todolist, it adds a file extension "¢T¢", so I get two data objects instead of one. Is there any way to prevent PMDTODO from creating its own file names? Alternatively, is there another way to get multiple ToDoLists? Tim Martin (TMARTIN @ NHBVM4) 1992/04/25 13:41 BST ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 16:17:03 on 92/04/27 GMT (by XXTCAN01 at TORVMCOP) Subject: OS/2 V2 To Do Lists Ref: Append at 12:44:48 on 92/04/25 GMT (by TMARTIN at NHBVM4) Here is one way. I just tried. I draged 2 copies of the todo program onto my desktop. opened 1 it started as untitled. put in an entry did file --> save as (file1) again file --> save as (file2). opened up settings --> program. (I fill in a working directory) and under parameters enter the file name(less extension) to be opened on todo startup) set file1 for 1 copy and file2 for other. Now I have 2 todo list's just a double click away. Bob Turner Transport Canada ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 23:15:52 on 92/04/28 GMT (by SHADSKET at SYDVM1) Subject: OS/2 V2 To Do Lists Ref: Append at 16:17:03 on 92/04/27 GMT (by XXTCAN01 at TORVMCOP) Having created multiple To-Do List files they can each be associated with the one copy of the To-Do List program which can remain in the Productivity folder. Open Settings for the To-Do List program in the Productivity folder and add *.$T$ to the names in the Associations. You can now open any To-Do List file by double-clicking on the data file object. I also copied the ICON from the To-Do List program to the To-Do list data files and changed the Titles for the files to remove the .$T$. Only the Physical Name seems to require the $T$ extension. The same approach can be used if you want multiple Calendars (associate Calendar program with name *.$D$). David Sketch ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 18:55:25 on 92/04/30 GMT (by STILES at OWGVM6) Subject: Seek and Scan: can't save defaults I'd like to change the editor filespec default to something different. When I select "set Defaults" nothing appears to happen and the new editor name is not remembered for next time. (Using version that came with 2.0 GA.) What am I doing wrong? I put this append on pmseek forum and owner confirmed problem and suggested I append here. ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 11:21:06 on 92/05/06 GMT (by NBNJDZJ at OS2CUST) Subject: Re-dial in PMTERM Is there an easy way to get PMTERM to re-dial a number after a busy signal? ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 12:57:49 on 92/05/06 GMT (by XXTCAN06 at TORVMCOP) Subject: Re-dial in PMTERM Ref: Append at 11:21:06 on 92/05/06 GMT (by NBNJDZJ at OS2CUST) Will PMTERM let you type 'a/' to re-execute the last command? Pierre Legault Transport Canada 1-613-993-7149 ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 16:28:07 on 92/05/11 GMT (by AMRT039 at OS2CUST) Subject: Selective Install of PMChart After Initial Installation I wanted to go back and install PM Chart after my initial installation of 2.0. I used Selective Install from the System Setup folder and selected ONLY the PM Chart application. After a few seconds, I got a panel asking me to insert Disk 0 into Drive A. I assumed that this was the Installation Disk and since that didn't seem right, I closed the program. Is this a known bug? Or was it WAD? If I remember correctly, I did a selective install under 6.304E and it started the process with Disk 5 (the PM portion of the install). Can anyone offer any suggestions? Thanks, Toby Pennycuff American Airlines ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 15:07:58 on 92/05/12 GMT (by NAPK6PR at OS2CUST) Subject: PM Terminal & Ind$File I am interested in using PM Terminal to dial-in to a Host system. I would like to do PC to Host & Host to PC transfers using Ind$File. I did a search on Ind$File in the HELP for PM Terminal, and it mentions something about a Protocol Converter Profile which applies only to the Ind$File file transfer protocol. I then looked to add the Ind$File file transfer protocol, and discovered that it was not among those listed as available. Has this piece been removed? Or, am I looking in the wrong place? Dan Reffett ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 15:33:03 on 92/05/12 GMT (by SLAUSON at WATSON) Subject: PM Terminal & Ind$File Ref: Append at 15:07:58 on 92/05/12 GMT (by NAPK6PR at OS2CUST) Dan, A few months ago I was told that IND$FILE support (and general 3270 emulation) is available in the version of Softerm that is sold as a "product" by Softronics Inc, but that it was not included in the "applet" version of the program, included with OS/2. For a little more information about the Softerm product, select the "Product Information" under the Softerm "Help" menu. David Slauson IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY From: slauson@c-food.watson.ibm.com ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 17:58:07 on 92/05/12 GMT (by KEVINZ at RCHVMX2) Subject: Selective Install of PMChart After Initial Installation Ref: Append at 16:28:07 on 92/05/11 GMT (by AMRT039 at OS2CUST) I selectively installed an applet after completing intial installation and had the same result as you. You just need to keep feeding disks into the system. It will eventually find the correct one and install your feature. Apparently the selective install had no lookup table of what features/applets are where. Kevin Zemanek IBM Rochester, MN ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 14:06:21 on 92/05/18 GMT (by NBKVCQB at OS2CUST) Subject: PMSTICKY Lost (no text entered) ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 14:11:45 on 92/05/18 GMT (by NBKVCQB at OS2CUST) Subject: PMSTICKY Lost After Closing sticky #0 in the PMSTICKY applet, I can't seem to get it to pop up again. I have deleted the folder and redefined it, all to no avail. Once it is selected, it appears in the windows list, but will not open. Any help would be appreciated. Rick Gruber ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 16:49:27 on 92/05/26 GMT (by VA06582 at OS2CUST) Subject: Notepad facility Is anyone else having trouble with the Notepad applet? After fiddling with it for a while, we determined that it was corrupting data kept in the Notepad. Is anyone else experiencing this problem? Bill Pier @ Hughes Aircraft 714/732-8753 Fullerton, CA ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 14:48:01 on 92/05/27 GMT (by JJIN033 at OS2CUST) Subject: Database Printing I'm having a problem printing my database using an HP LaserJet II printer. When I ask for the entire database to be printed (directly to the printer), I only get the first page. If I ask to go to PMDSPOOL.$$$, then everything is printed, however, the name of the database is placed at the top of the output print file - this must be removed prior to printing because page is not correct. Walt Kapica Johnson & Johnson ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 22:31:56 on 92/06/02 GMT (by NOLINDB at OS2CUST) Subject: Notepad facility Ref: Append at 16:49:27 on 92/05/26 GMT (by VA06582 at OS2CUST) I've had a few problems, too. I've seen a situation where I get blank lines added to the top of notepad pages and seem to lose data. If I go thru each page, however, I find my data with the subject line of sorts I created on each page is down one line, followed by the data. I've seen another where blank lines get added in the middle of a page, too, but I may be thinking back to the last early ship version of 2.0. It's too nice a tool for it not to work right. ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 13:55:58 on 92/06/04 GMT (by SAMI3QU at OS2CUST) Subject: Pointers created with Icon Editor I've created a new pointer using the Icon Editor, so how do I use it? I can't figure out how to "assign" the new pointer. Thanks. Mark Thompson - Coal Services Corp. St. Louis, MO ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 16:18:12 on 92/06/04 GMT (by SDETWEIL at DETVMIC4) Subject: Pointers created with Icon Editor Ref: Append at 13:55:58 on 92/06/04 GMT (by SAMI3QU at OS2CUST) Use it where? As the system pointer? If so, you'd have to edit the DISPLAY.DLL file and replace the resource for the pointer. In your own application, Its WinLoadPointer, WinSetPointer Sam ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 11:07:31 on 92/06/05 GMT (by XXBELLA5 at TORVMCOP) Subject: Notepad facility Ref: Append at 16:49:27 on 92/05/26 GMT (by VA06582 at OS2CUST) I am experiencing the same proble with the NOTEPAD. Blank line added at top, Line lost at bottom... Has anybody found a solution to this? Pierre Gosselin Bell Canada, Montreal 514-870-3627 ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 21:06:34 on 92/06/09 GMT (by ACPAPRO at CHGVMIC1) Subject: Alarm settings externally Customer likes the Alarms program to execute a command line, But would like to have a external program change the settings of the alarm to vary the timed execution of the command line. Does anybody know if this can be done and how? Appreciate all responses, I also appended the PMDIARY forum... Thanks.... Al Paprocki (ACPAPRO at CHGVMIC1) ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 14:36:38 on 92/06/12 GMT (by GERLITZ at RALVMG) Subject: How do you mark a calendar day as holiday? OK, I have been through all of the productivity applets, and for the life of me I cannot figure out how to mark a day as a personal or national holiday on the calendar. I can find a help screen entry that says to select 'File' and then 'Statistics', but there is no pointer to a window type and I cannot find that combination in any of the applets. What am I missing? Ken Gerlitz ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 14:49:09 on 92/06/12 GMT (by SJGALLA at WASVMIC1) Subject: How do you mark a calendar day as holiday? Ref: Append at 14:36:38 on 92/06/12 GMT (by GERLITZ at RALVMG) Here you go: 1. double click on the day you want to mark as Holiday etc. 2. When the detail screen ( the place where you can input stuff ) comes up, do the following: -Edit -Activity Type You'll now see 'Out Of Office', 'National Holiday', etc. Pick the one you want. ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 17:01:30 on 92/06/12 GMT (by GERLITZ at RALVMG) Subject: How do you mark a calendar day as holiday? Ref: Append at 14:49:09 on 92/06/12 GMT (by SJGALLA at WASVMIC1) A million thanks! Ken Gerlitz ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 14:45:18 on 92/06/16 GMT (by SHJ at RALVM11) Subject: More productivity questions... Ref: Append at 17:01:30 on 92/06/12 GMT (by GERLITZ at RALVMG) 1. How do I get the Alarms/Calendar/etc. apps to come up minimized? 2. How can I associate the file 'Steve.$D$' with the calendar so I don't have to select it *every time* I turn on my PC? Steve Johnson Internet: shj@ralvm11.vnet.ibm.com ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 15:46:02 on 92/06/16 GMT (by SJGALLA at WASVMIC1) Subject: More productivity questions... Ref: Append at 14:45:18 on 92/06/16 GMT (by SHJ at RALVM11) >1. How do I get the Alarms/Calendar/etc. apps to come up minimized? I've never been able to get it to do it either >2. How can I associate the file 'Steve.$D$' with the calendar so > I don't have to select it *every time* I turn on my PC? Open the settings, right below the path/filename is a 'Parameter' field. Put in /f STEVE.$D$ or whatever filename you want to autoload with the miniapp. Presto! ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 15:47:12 on 92/06/16 GMT (by GOBEILLE at WSCVM) Subject: More productivity questions... Ref: Append at 14:45:18 on 92/06/16 GMT (by SHJ at RALVM11) For "2": put STEVE.$D$ as the parameter in your program object. Then it will start up with that as the default calendar. Janet Gobeille ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 16:49:07 on 92/06/16 GMT (by PERSHNG at YKTVMH) Subject: More productivity questions... Ref: Append at 14:45:18 on 92/06/16 GMT (by SHJ at RALVM11) 1 - The "new, improved, object-oriented" way is to simply drag a shadow (or a copy) of the various icons out to the desktop, where they will act like "minimized icons" even though they are really program objects. The IBM Internal version of these mini-apps had the ability to come up minimized, but I don't believe that this is available in the OS/2 mini-app versions. 2 - Do an Open/Settings on the calendar icon and type the filename ('STEVE' in your case) into the "Parameters" box. John A. Pershing Jr. ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 23:59:04 on 92/06/16 GMT (by U6200 at BTVLABVM) Subject: More productivity questions... Ref: Append at 16:49:07 on 92/06/16 GMT (by PERSHNG at YKTVMH) John, In this case, he needs to be able to minimize the running application. The Alarm function needs to be running to raise the alarms. Putting the program object icon on the desktop just makes it available to start, but doesn't start it. Gary Coryer ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 15:19:02 on 92/06/17 GMT (by HAMMOND at RCHVMV) Subject: System clock Ref: none I like running the system clock in the upper corner of my display. I found that I had to put a shadow of it in the STARTUP folder to be sure that it came up every time. Playing with the settings I found that I could set the background of the clock window to the same color as the desktop. So now it looks like I have a clock running on the desktop, rather than a window with a clock in it on the desktop. This what I want, except that the window border is still visible. Is there a way to hide the window border, or change it to be the same color as the desktop? (I don't want to change ALL window borders, just the clock window border). Pat Hammond ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 23:23:27 on 92/06/17 GMT (by PIENIAZE at FSHVMFK1) Subject: System clock Ref: Append at 15:19:02 on 92/06/17 GMT (by HAMMOND at RCHVMV) Try bringing up the palette (reachable thru system settings) and pick the background color. Drag and drop it onto the clock border. I don't know a way to do this if you are using a bitmap background, only solid color. Larry Pieniazek | TEAMOS2 - East Fishkill ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 12:54:42 on 92/06/22 GMT (by PERSHNG at YKTVMH) Subject: More productivity questions... Ref: Append at 23:59:04 on 92/06/16 GMT (by U6200 at BTVLABVM) If a given applet (e.g., "Alarms") is minimized when you shutdown your system, it will come up minimized the next time you boot. At least, this is the behavior that I get. John A. Pershing Jr. ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 14:27:46 on 92/06/24 GMT (by XXTCAN01 at TORVMCOP) Subject: More productivity questions... Ref: Append at 16:49:07 on 92/06/16 GMT (by PERSHNG at YKTVMH) The way I do it. On setings--> associations for the calendarI have the association to *.$d$ when I double click on any $d$ file up comes the calendar. I have a doc file in startup which bring up one instances of the calendar (daily activity planner also uses same file.) Thanks Bob Turner Transport Canada ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 18:35:41 on 92/06/24 GMT (by IL19609 at OS2CUST) Subject: '*.$_$' files... Are there any file layouts, in the form of C struct's or something, for the MINI-APPS '*.$_$' files ? If so, where? If not, could they be included in the future ? Scott Russell ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 12:24:27 on 92/06/25 GMT (by PERSHNG at YKTVMH) Subject: '*.$_$' files... Ref: Append at 18:35:41 on 92/06/24 GMT (by IL19609 at OS2CUST) I don't believe that the "official" file formats are documented, but if you look at them (e.g., with an eidtor), I believe that the layout is pretty self-evident. John A. Pershing Jr. ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 00:18:20 on 92/07/03 GMT (by SKILLS at SYDVM1) Subject: Seek and Scan: can't save defaults Ref: Append at 18:55:25 on 92/04/30 GMT (by STILES at OWGVM6) I too have no success trying to save a different editor name using 'Set defaults'. In addition I have tried to set a different default drive and PMSEEK ignores that as well. OS/2 V2 (including PMSEEK) is installed on my G: drive, and this is the selected drive when I start PMSEEK. I want to default to my E: drive where I have tools and applications. So I check 'E', uncheck 'G', hit Set Defaults, there is some disk activity, but if I close PMSEEK and start again, it's back to E.EXE as the editor and G: as the default drive. The Set Defaults help > Use set defaults to save the options and editor file specification > (such as E.EXE) as the default settings for PMSEEK. certainly reads as if Set Defaults was designed to be useful, but in the shipped version it seems it isn't. Ron ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 01:41:12 on 92/07/03 GMT (by SKILLS at SYDVM1) Subject: Clipboard viewer - works every other time Consistently, the first time I double click on this, it starts, then puts up the contents of the clipboard, clears immediately, then exits. If I double click again, it starts and displays the clipboard. If I then close it, and start it again, I get the original behaviour.Next time it works OK. Strange behaviour ! Ron ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 03:08:17 on 92/07/03 GMT (by ROK2070 at OS2CUST) Subject: PM Terminal Batch Dowloads Ref: Append at 17:38:03 on 92/06/25 GMT (by MMLIR02 at OS2CUST) I'm having no trouble downloading a group of files from the IBM NSC BBS using Ymodem-G transfer protocol. I "marked" several files then simply started the download. What sort of problems are you having? Ron Palmer, Rockwell International, Rocketdyne Division ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 17:41:05 on 92/07/07 GMT (by IL42384 at OS2CUST) Subject: PMSTICKY Lost Ref: Append at 14:11:45 on 92/05/18 GMT (by NBKVCQB at OS2CUST) I had the same problem with sticky pad. It appears that the program has a bug. To correct the problem, select the task list, high light sticky pad. Then select Window, pick either cascade or tile. This will restore sticky pad back on the screen. Next just restore the two windows. It appears that if you leave sticky pad active when you shut down it will reappear, on bootup, in the lower left hand corner as a 1 pixel yellow box. I have found that many of the applets have bugs. While they could be very useful they don't work very well. For example the calander and daily planner can't (normally) be started minimized. The clock program doesn't operate or display correctly. I hope this will help Jerry Sitbon (718) 357-4369 ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 18:01:59 on 92/07/08 GMT (by V$ISTEAR at AUSVM8) Subject: PMSTICKY Lost Ref: Append at 17:41:05 on 92/07/07 GMT (by IL42384 at OS2CUST) I'm not sure what you are trying to do with the calendar and daily planner, but if you are looking for "minimized to desktop" why not just pull them out of the productivity folder onto the desktop where they reside in a normal icon state rather than minimizing them. The clock has worked beautifully for me and is in my startup command. The secret seems to be in creating a copy in the startup command rather than moving or creating a shadow. Hope this helps. Terah Stearns IBM OS/2 Service and Support, Austin TX ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 18:43:14 on 92/07/09 GMT (by IL42384 at OS2CUST) Subject: PMSTICKY Lost Ref: Append at 18:01:59 on 92/07/08 GMT (by V$ISTEAR at AUSVM8) There are a number of problems reported on the OS/2 Clock. The APAR number is PJ03647. Problems include incorrect display format in digital mode. Unable to change font size of clock character, unable to move or setup clock when displayed with "No title Bar" set on. As for the Daily Planner and other applets: 1. If you bring a shadow of them into the Startup Folder, the next time you start the system, all applets will start with their folders open. 2. If you leave the applets active but minimized , after shut down, again on start up they will all appear with the applation folders open. The problem with most of the applets is that one can not start them minimized. If you look at program such as SideKick for OS/2 you will notice that they can be started either hiden or minimized. When a dozen applets all open up on the desktop it can create a very messy screen (Looks like MS-Windows) For some reason the programmer of these applets did not allow the programs to be started minimized As for Sticky pad, I have not yet reported the problem. If you leave sticky pad active when you shut down, the next time you start you will find one yellow dot in the lower left hand corner. You will be unable to click on the dot to open sticky pad. If you try to select it from the Window list, you will also fail to bring up sticky pad. Even if you close it and start it back up the problems will return the next time you start sticky pad. The only way to correct the problem is to select sticky pad from the Window list, then press the right mouse button and pick either cascade or tile. Jerry Sitbon (718) 357-4369 ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 18:51:11 on 92/07/09 GMT (by IL42384 at OS2CUST) Subject: Icon Editor and Bitmaps I have a question on how OS/2's Icon Editor works with Bit maps. 1. How do you use the Icon Editor to modify a Bit Map image like Lighthouse.VGA, which is included in OS/2. When an attemp is made to load this image into the Icon Editor a warning message is displayed. "The Bitmap is too large to process." What is interesting is that you can save and modify the image but the Icon Editor will only work in a small area of the image. There is not way, that I can see, to slide the image. 2. OS/2 makes it very easy to capture images and screens from DOS, Windows and OS/2 sessions to the Cipboard. Once an image is captured in to the Clipboard it is rendered as a Bitmap. My question: IS there a direct or easy way to save an image stored in the clipboard to a Bitmap file. Jerry Sitbon (718) 357-4369 ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 17:06:42 on 92/07/13 GMT (by AYP1795 at OS2CUST) Subject: Notepad We are having the same types of problems with Notepad. Is there any solution? Terri Pisula, Allegheny Power ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 21:08:47 on 92/07/13 GMT (by IL36727 at OS2CUST) Subject: Problem With Order of Events Displayed in Monthly/Daily Planner In using the monthly and daily planners I have noticed a problem. Sometimes when I have entered items for both the morning (am) and evening (pm) they appear sorted by hour with no regard for the am or pm. That is to say an item scheduled for 5 pm will appear on both the daily and monthly planners as though it were scheduled for 5 am. The alarm function still treats the item correctly, it is only the display that is in error. This is not a major problem, but it would be helpful to my and to the others that use my schedule to plan meetings if the items sorted and displayed properly. Is there any action I can take to correct this problem? I wonder if there is some problem with the planner file that causes this. I have noticed that if I correct the situation by editing (changing the time by one minute) and saving the daily planner entry it will sort and display correctly. I have also noticed that this fix is temporary. The next time I reboot the system the item will show the same sorting and display problem. Any thoughts? Thanks, Jim Jim Michael - Cal. State University - Fresno ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 21:50:58 on 92/07/13 GMT (by THRUMD at SYDVM1) Subject: Notepad Ref: Append at 17:06:42 on 92/07/13 GMT (by AYP1795 at OS2CUST) There is a known problem with notepad (apar PJ04046). Not sure when a fix might be available (I'm waiting too...) Dave ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 11:09:40 on 92/07/14 GMT (by MMLIR02 at OS2CUST) Subject: PM Terminal Batch Dowloads Ref: Append at 03:08:17 on 92/07/03 GMT (by ROK2070 at OS2CUST) I am able to download more than one file but in my old DOS package I could just request them all to download and just sit back. They would download to the sam e file name as they were on the BBS. I am using Xmodem and while I can still re quest multiple files and the BBS handles as a batch I have to enter each reciev ing file name one by one. Does this happen because of Xmodem or is it the mini- application. I have not tried the other types of downloads. With my old package I used Zmodem which handled this very simply. This is a real pain when I have 5 - 10 little fix files. Before I could start the download and work on somethin g else but now I have to wait in order to feed the system file names. With the volume of fix files any help with making the downloads easier would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Dennis Airoldi, MassMutual Life Insurance ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 11:26:43 on 92/07/14 GMT (by GOBEILLE at WSCVM) Subject: PM Terminal Batch Dowloads Ref: Append at 11:09:40 on 92/07/14 GMT (by MMLIR02 at OS2CUST) This is XMODEM I believe. ZMODEM (and probably others) has the 'batch' capability you mentioned. I agree. When downloading lots of little files, it is invaluable. Janet Gobeille - Gaithersburg, MD ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 11:06:12 on 92/07/15 GMT (by MMLIR02 at OS2CUST) Subject: PM Terminal Batch Dowloads Ref: Append at 11:26:43 on 92/07/14 GMT (by GOBEILLE at WSCVM) I tried the Y-Modem and it solves my problem. Thanks for the help. This makes m y life much easier. It would have been much easier if the mini-apps had a littl e more documentation. It's a shame that these are just thrown in and not pushed a little better. Things like the Comm package, seek/scan, and the grapics tool could save companies lots of money. Making OS/2 much more attractive. Again th anks a lot for your help. Dennis Airoldi, MassMutual Life Insurance ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 15:02:53 on 92/07/16 GMT (by XXWESB22 at TORVMCOP) Subject: PM CHART DATA EXPORT PM Chart is an Interesting little program! This should be shouted about more! I thought it was a "Charting" utility (and who needs that?) but in fact it is a Vector Drawing utility. It is about on par with an old program I bought for windoze called In*a*Vision. Cool! The problem I have is how do I get any of the drawings that it creates into anything other than *.drw or *.grf format?? Are there conversion utilities that anyone knows about that will take this into a format that the rest of the world uses (eg *.tif, *.gif, *.pic etc)? ADVthanksANCE Gareth Jones ISM - Information Systems Management Regina, SK Phone (306) 781-5109 ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 15:15:02 on 92/07/16 GMT (by NBIUBMY at OS2CUST) Subject: Problem With Order of Events Displayed in Monthly/Daily Planner Ref: Append at 21:08:47 on 92/07/13 GMT (by IL36727 at OS2CUST) We have seen the same thing. The TIDY function also causes an update and corrects the problem. Additionally, if the monthly calendar is left up past midnight, the date does not change. The only work-around that I've found is to close and re-open the PMDMONTH.EXE session. ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 19:10:47 on 92/07/22 GMT (by TURNBULL at BTVLABVM) Subject: Icon Editor and Bitmaps Ref: Append at 18:51:11 on 92/07/09 GMT (by IL42384 at OS2CUST) The only obvious link I've come up with between the ICON EDITOR, The CLIPBOARD, and BMP (bitmap) files is that it's possible to import an image saved to the CLIPBOARD directly to the ICON EDITOR. The result is a shrunken image of the bitmap that can be used as an icon. This is done via the PASTE function under EDIT of the editor. I've used this function to place more meaningful icons on the image library entries I have. The editor takes the large image and renders it down to the point where it is icon sized. Obviously, a lot of detail is sacrificed to do that. Simple images scale down more cleanly than "denser" patterns. Sometimes I clip only a portion of the image for use as the icon. This doesn't answer your question of how to generate BMP's from the clipboard. I have yet to find a way to do that with the mini-apps that came with OS/2. I have generated BMP files from other images using IBM internal and shareware applications (at work and home, respectively) I tested out WinGif under OS/2 to see how the seamless windows worked. While I didn't exercise the entire WinGif function set, everything seemed to be working well. I was able to convert many image types(GIF, TIF, PCX) into BMP. These BMP files, although targeted for M$ Windows, worked just fine on my VGA display under OS/2. It's especially fun to send some of them through the puzzle mini-app under games. In case you didn't know, WinGif is a shareware product designed to run under M$ Windows. It performed well in a seamless OS/2 Window. BeMeUp Scott E. Turnbull TeamOS2 Burlington OS/2 on Mod 80 at work and on a PS/1 B82 at home ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 04:20:38 on 92/07/23 GMT (by XXUWAT06 at TORVMCOP) Subject: Icon Editor and Bitmaps Ref: Append at 19:10:47 on 92/07/22 GMT (by TURNBULL at BTVLABVM) Would you please specify the steps to add new pictures to the jigsaw puzzle in OS2? Thank you. Elliott M. Avedon University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1 (519) 885-1211 x2204 ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 11:40:40 on 92/07/23 GMT (by TURNBULL at BTVLABVM) Subject: Icon Editor and Bitmaps Ref: Append at 04:20:38 on 92/07/23 GMT (by XXUWAT06 at TORVMCOP) I did it by copying the BMP files to the BITMAP subdirectory under the OS2 directory. Seems to me that a facility to select a file path within the puzzle mini-app would have made it a lot friendlier. I'm still surprized that the "games" were bundled by IBM at all. I haven't seen my company bundle "entertainment" software since the initial shipment of AIX for the RT. The level of material then (1986?) was "Hunt the Wumpus" and "Hangman". By the way, once the BMP files are in the BITMAP subdirectory, they are also easily selectable from the SETTINGS menus for use as window or desktop backgrounds. BeMeUp Scott E. Turnbull TeamOS2 Burlington ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 13:46:35 on 92/07/23 GMT (by ENRICO at TORECS) Subject: PM Terminal (SoftTerm) Is IND$FILE supported by the PM Terminal applet in the Productivity folder. If you do a search of IND$FILE in the Help, you will find two references to it. However, I do not see IND$FILE as on of the available File Transfer protocols. Enrico Zapanta IBM ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 14:34:11 on 92/07/23 GMT (by SLAUSON at WATSON) Subject: PM Terminal (SoftTerm) Ref: Append at 13:46:35 on 92/07/23 GMT (by ENRICO at TORECS) I don't believe that IND$FILE is supported in the applet version of the program. I've been told that the vendor sells (or is planning to sell, not sure which) a more advanced version of the package that does more complete 3270 emulation, including IND$FILE support. However, PMHPO, which will be provided to OS2BBS customers in the near future, is an async 3270 emulator that *does* support IND$FILE (as well as EHLLAPI calls). David Slauson - IBM T.J. Watson Research Center From: slauson@c-food.watson.ibm.com ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 20:04:27 on 92/07/23 GMT (by XXHTSL04 at TORVMCOP) Subject: PM Terminal & Ind$File Ref: Append at 15:33:03 on 92/05/12 GMT (by SLAUSON at WATSON) For those of you who have access to the OS/2 dial-in BBS. There is an application called PMFTERM that provides 3270 emulation and ind$file file transfer. The Vancouver BBS has this file available free of charge. Regards, Marc Hache Systems Consultant C. Dubetz and Associates ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 20:46:36 on 92/07/23 GMT (by NAAO3IY at OS2CUST) Subject: PM Terminal (SoftTerm) Ref: Append at 13:46:35 on 92/07/23 GMT (by ENRICO at TORECS) The applet is, I gather, a restricted (but pretty darn good) version of a commercial offering from Softronics. Sometimes help information from the full version accidentally slipped in, and IND$FILE seems to an example of this. IND$FILE is supported by the (otherwise pretty horrible) asynch. component of Communications Manager (in the Extended Services product). It is also supported by PMFTTerm, which you can download for free from here. John Kennedy -- Hoechst Celanese, Bridgewater, NJ ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 23:50:14 on 92/07/23 GMT (by XXHTSL04 at TORVMCOP) Subject: PM Terminal Batch Dowloads Ref: Append at 11:06:12 on 92/07/15 GMT (by MMLIR02 at OS2CUST) For your future reference, Modem7, Telink and Kermit also support batch file transfers. Marc Hache Systems Consultant C. Dubetz and Associates ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 20:15:50 on 92/07/24 GMT (by IL33057 at OS2CUST) Subject: PM CHART DATA EXPORT Ref: Append at 15:02:53 on 92/07/16 GMT (by XXWESB22 at TORVMCOP) Gareth, You should be able to print to an encapsulated Postscript File. I've done this with Lotus for OS/2, and I can't see any reason why it wouldn't work for PM Ch art as well. Wil Davies, California Legislative Analyst's Office ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 20:20:24 on 92/07/24 GMT (by IL33057 at OS2CUST) Subject: PM Chart Documentation Is anyone aware of any written documentation for PM Chart? We spoke to MicroGr afx, and they say that IBM is responsible for supporting the product. Wil Davies, California Legislative Analyst's Office ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 23:55:23 on 92/07/28 GMT (by ALLT001 at OS2CUST) Subject: PMFTERM - Where's the HOME key? Since the HOME key on the keyboard is mapped to 'CLEAR', what is now the 'HOME' key function? Bruce M. Ferry, ALLTEL Corporation ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 22:21:02 on 92/07/30 GMT (by SBSTBE4 at OS2CUST) Subject: PM Terminal bugs Is anyone having program bugs with the PM Terminal async emulator? We are and have reported such to the support center with no success on finding an updated version. Does any know of an updated version, or if one exist, or where to obt ain one if it does exist? We are also experiencing problem with the send file to a VAX host in which after about 2K of data a timeout message appears and the machine freezes in it's track. A power off is required. Help anyone. Thank y ou. John Miranda ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 06:51:14 on 92/08/03 GMT (by MMAREYN at SYDVM1) Subject: Saving clipboard to BMP Ref: Append at 18:51:11 on 92/07/09 GMT (by IL42384 at OS2CUST) This reference is lifted from another forum, and I can't vouch for it, but try: 'PrntScrn for OS/2 PM' MITNOR Software (918)357-1628 FAX:(918)585-3303 This supposedly does what you want (&more) John Reynoldson Melbourne, Australia ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 19:15:39 on 92/08/11 GMT (by XXWESB22 at TORVMCOP) Subject: PM CHART DATA EXPORT Ref: Append at 20:15:50 on 92/07/24 GMT (by IL33057 at OS2CUST) Thanks for the hint. I actually got it to work using an HPGL output because WordPerfect seemed to do strange things with EPS files. Anyways, thanks for the hint, it got me thinking in the right direction. I still think IBM should say more about this program, even if it just renamed chart and draw or something, because it is much more than a charting tool! Gareth Jones ISM - Information Systems Management Regina, SK Phone (306) 781-5109 ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 19:29:45 on 92/08/13 GMT (by ROK2027 at OS2CUST) Subject: PMFTerm Problems I have tried using the PMFTerm package with no luck. I consistently get garbage characters on the screen and nothing seems to work. I have tried with both a NEC 9635E modem (V.32, V.42, V.42bis) direct and the same modem accessed via a modem pool thru a Rolmphone 240D. Any suggestions....(I would love to trash FTTERM) Lionel Dyck - Rockwell International, Information Systems Center ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 15:18:30 on 92/08/17 GMT (by IL48466 at OS2CUST) Subject: PMFTerm Problems Lionel, I am disappointed that you are having difficulties with PMFterm. I have used it from home with a 1200 baud Hayes compatible modem and good results. I sign on through IBMLink so the settings I use are to access my local link. A couple of suggestions that I can make: 1) simply any auto key functions functions that you may be using. IBMLink asks for a terminal id when I sign on and I use type 19. 2) Experiment with profile settings (especially terminal type and communications protocols). 3) ensure that your protocol has been saved by selecting the save box 4) Are you able to sign on to any local PC based bulletin boards? Linwood Goff NationsBank ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 18:38:56 on 92/08/17 GMT (by XXCOOP39 at TORVMCOP) Subject: win100ae I have a machine that is getting a win100ae error when trying to use some of the miniapps ( calculator, to-do, alarms, sticky pad etc.) I saw that someone else had had this problem, but I couldn't find the reply if there was one. Any idea of what this problem is? Kevin Engel Cooperators Data Services LTD ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 23:56:08 on 92/08/25 GMT (by IL74545 at OS2CUST) ..... MINIAPPS CFORUM modified at 04:26:48 on 92/08/26 GMT (by IL74545 at OS2CUST) Subject: A number of related questions on Daily Planner and Alarms 1) How do I get Alarms to automatically start minimized at OS/2 2.0 boot time? I've tried minimizing it, then shutting down the system. But, when I reboot the system, OS/2 2.0 starts ok, but Alarms is not started. 2) Does Alarms have to be running to automatically trigger any alarms I've set through the Daily Planner? I think so but I need confirmation. 3) Does the Daily Planner have to be running to trigger any alarms I've set there? Or is just Alarms enough? If the Daily Planner DOES have to be running, does my daily planning file need to be Opened, or is just running Daily Planner enough? 4) How can I get the Daily Planner (or any of the other planners, for that matter) to automatically open my daily planning file when I start the application? I've tried simply putting the name of the planning file in the "Parameters" field of Settings, but that doesn't do it. When I start the Planner I want my personal plan to be opened automatically. 5) How can I get the Alarms applet to automatically open my personal master planner file when I start the applet? Bob Cole - United States Auto Club - Speedway, IN Thanks! ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 15:10:04 on 92/08/26 GMT (by PERSHNG at YKTVMH) Subject: A number of related questions on Daily Planner and Alarms Ref: Append at 23:56:08 on 92/08/25 GMT (by IL74545 at OS2CUST) 1) There are problems with auto-start (and lots of other things on the desktop that involve extended file attributes). It's supposed to work "right", but doesn't always. For safety, I suggest that you drag a shadow of "Alarms" into your Startup folder. If it is minimized when you shut down, it should come up minimized, but mine always comes up "restored" and I have to click on the "minimize" button each morning. 2) Yes, Alarms has to be running to get any alarms. If you try to close it, it will tell you this. 3) The daily planner does not need to be running to trigger alarms, but it *might* have to have been opened in order to populate the alarm list. I'm not sure -- you will have to experiment. 4) Putting the name of your file (without the file extention) into the parameters field is supposed to "just work". Make sure that the file name and current directory are coordinated between the daily planner and the calendar. 5) I don't know. As I said above, it might be the case that you have to open the calendar or daily planner in order to populate the alarms for the day. This is one aspect of this application that changed when they took the IBM internal application and repackaged it for inclusion with OS/2. John A. Pershing Jr. ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 15:17:48 on 92/08/26 GMT (by NAAO3IY at OS2CUST) Subject: A number of related questions on Daily Planner and Alarms Ref: Append at 23:56:08 on 92/08/25 GMT (by IL74545 at OS2CUST) 1) You can't make Alarms come up minimized. It has already been acknowledged by IBM that design in this area is a little dumb, and it is being addressed. Perhaps it will be in the fall service, but I don't know. 2) Yes, Alarms must be started to get either Alarms alarms or Planner alarms. 3) No, the Planner itself does not need to be up to get alarms. 4) If your various Planner files are named foo.* and are in C:\OS2\APPS, then putting foo in Parameters should work; it works for me, at any rate. 5) To set Alarms to use a particular planner file, use Customize->Set Master Planner File. *) Although the interface is a little clunky, and there are a few buglets, I confess I've grown fairly fond of PMDiary (the collective name for the various planners, Alarms, and quite a few of the other applets. At least the bugs are (mostly) less severe than Sidekick's were. John Kennedy -- Hoechst Celanese, Bridgewater, NJ ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 14:21:26 on 92/08/31 GMT (by PERSHNG at YKTVMH) Subject: A number of related questions on Daily Planner and Alarms Ref: Append at 15:17:48 on 92/08/26 GMT (by NAAO3IY at OS2CUST) Hmmm... Came in this morning, booted, and "Alarms" came up minimized... John A. Pershing Jr. ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 15:24:07 on 92/08/31 GMT (by XXNOVA24 at TORVMCOP) Subject: A number of related questions on Daily Planner and Alarms Ref: Append at 14:21:26 on 92/08/31 GMT (by PERSHNG at YKTVMH) John, be aware, if the system behaves like you prefers, then it must hide a real serious problem or bug. <g> Geza Szivos NOVACOR Chemicals (403)-290-6583 NHO-32 801-7th Ave Calgary, Alberta, CANADA T2P 2N6 ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 21:58:51 on 92/09/02 GMT (by KERICKS at DALVMIC5) Subject: Installing a tune created by the Tune Editor Ref: Append at 18:29:56 on 92/04/22 GMT (by BBURNS at ATLVMIC1) Has anybody ever figured out how to get the alarm to play any other tune than the default? Kent Erickson ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 16:25:17 on 92/09/03 GMT (by NAAO3IY at OS2CUST) Subject: Installing a tune created by the Tune Editor Ref: Append at 21:58:51 on 92/09/02 GMT (by KERICKS at DALVMIC5) If you are setting the alarm from the Alarms applet, the choice of tune is right there in the Set Alarm dialog box. If you are setting it from the Daily Planner, use the Select Alarm Tune item under Edit. John Kennedy -- Hoechst Celanese, Bridgewater, NJ ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 18:41:51 on 92/09/03 GMT (by XXTCAN01 at TORVMCOP) Subject: Installing a tune created by the Tune Editor Ref: Append at 16:25:17 on 92/09/03 GMT (by NAAO3IY at OS2CUST) Note that if you have a working directory set up for alarms you may not find the tunefile that was shipped with OS/2. It's PMDIARY.$$A Lots of good tunes. My alarms go off telling me to go home each day with a random tune.(I usually leave hours later) Thanks Bob Turner Transport Canada ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 16:26:57 on 92/09/04 GMT (by KERICKS at DALVMIC5) Subject: Installing a tune created by the Tune Editor Ref: Append at 18:41:51 on 92/09/03 GMT (by XXTCAN01 at TORVMCOP) Ahh - of course I had erased the PMDIARY.$$A file, in a fit of trying to fit everything into 120Mb. (7K saved is 7K earned?!) Interesting - when you open the alarm without the PMDIARY.$$A file present, the tunes list shows a default tune (0:), tunes numbered from 49: to something, and a random tune. Real tune files are numbered 0:9 and A:Z. Kent Erickson ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 23:00:04 on 92/09/10 GMT (by ROK2027 at OS2CUST) Subject: PMFTerm Failure w/3708 I must be a glutton for punishment because I keep trying various programs and PMFTERM is one of the latest. It works fine when connecting to IBMLink but fails when I contact my office. The sequence is as follows: 1. Dial into office Micom 2. Enter appropriate security prompts for Enigma-Logic 3. Select 3708 from Micom menu 4. garbage now appears on the screen. Connections are 8-n-1 at 9600 ....back to old reliable FTTERM Lionel Dyck - Rockwell International, Information Systems Center ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 03:56:53 on 92/09/12 GMT (by XXUWAT06 at TORVMCOP) Subject: PMFTerm Failure w/3708 Ref: Append at 23:00:04 on 92/09/10 GMT (by ROK2027 at OS2CUST) I can't even get it to work with the LINK, so I've stayed with FTTERM as an OS2 DOS application. PMFTERM hooks me to the LINK, and there it stops. Maybe I don't understand how to set it up! And maybe there is something wrong with it. I downloaded my copy from CompuServe. Where did your copy come from? Elliott M. Avedon University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1 (519) 885-1211 x2204 ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 18:38:13 on 92/09/14 GMT (by ROK2027 at OS2CUST) Subject: PMFTerm Failure w/3708 Ref: Append at 03:56:53 on 92/09/12 GMT (by XXUWAT06 at TORVMCOP) I got my copy from the ftp site (software.watson.ibm.com) as it takes only a few seconds via that method compared to several 10's of minutes with ibmlink... Lionel Dyck - Rockwell International, Information Systems Center ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 03:11:39 on 92/09/19 GMT (by IL42384 at OS2CUST) ..... MINIAPPS CFORUM modified at 17:55:37 on 92/09/25 GMT (by IL42384 at OS2CUST) Subject: Service Pack Fixes for Applets What I'd like to know is will the applets included in OS/2 2.0 be corrected and included in the release of the Service Pack. As many of us know, using programs like Sticky Pad will trash the system. Other applets don't work correctly. It would also be nice if they could be started minimized. Does anyone know their status? Inquiring OS/2 users would like to know. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- #$%#@& I have asked a number of times if the applets would be fixed in the release of the service pack. I have yet to hear an answer. It is well known that if you execute a program like Sticky Pad, it will corrupt the system. The applets may not be the most important part of OS/2 but it is the first thing new users play with. They should work half way desently. Please can any IBMer tell me what is there status. Are they correct on the 32 bit Beta version. I will be testing it shortly and would be very disappointed if they still had the same bugs. ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 22:51:24 on 92/09/19 GMT (by HNDERSON at AUSVM8) Subject: IBM partication in the CFROUM Ref: Various appends by IBMer I strongly recommend that all IBMer take time to READ THE HEADERS of THIS AND ALL OTHER CFORUMs. This Cforum and all other Cforums are for Customers to ask questions offer views, suggestion, etc. TO other customers, and to IBMers. They are NOT TO CONTAIN references to IBM Internal USE Only products. They are not to reference IBM INTERNAL minidisk that are not available to customers. They are not to contain reference to unannounced products. __ __ ___ __ __ _ _ | |_| | / \ | \| | | |./ / Hank Henderson HNDERSON at AUSVM8 | _ | / _~_ \ Sincerely | . < Staff OSS to OS/2 BBS (TEAMOS2) |__| |__| /_/ \_\ |__|\__| |_| \_\ Tie:8-793-8647 Austin, Texas LNK1SM7 @ IBMLINK - OS/2 BBS ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 21:08:48 on 92/09/25 GMT (by WZ00624 at OS2CUST) Subject: Service Pack Fixes for Applets Ref: Append at 03:11:39 on 92/09/19 GMT (by IL42384 at OS2CUST) I wouldn't bet on it - apparently PM-HPO was not tested with the 32-bit GRE!!! What is it exactly that causes applications to have such problems - I don't pre tend to know but with the release of the second version of the SP one month later, something is going on... The key may be in the PCM tables for clones - "18 OS/2 functions tested" and based on these results the system either passes or fails. It does seem to me that <20 tested functions makes it very important WHAT exactly is evaluated. I would guess that the applets are not at all included in suchANYting. I'm getting tired of all the excuses ---'it's time to either issue a functional onsystem or just forget about the entire venture. Six months from GA is ample time to straighten most everything out, with our help nonetheless. Reports that GA installation bugs StillTILLst in the WINOS2_31/32-bit GRE that were present at GA are too much! Chris Knoell (MGH) ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 20:20:59 on 92/10/01 GMT (by WZ00624 at OS2CUST) Subject: Service Pack Fixes for Applets Ref: Append at 21:08:48 on 92/09/25 GMT (by WZ00624 at OS2CUST) Jerry, I was looking over the new APARs on the Service Pack update and saw PJ03647! This corresponds to the clock settings problem - maybe there is some hope. Now what about Sticky Pad? Chris Knoell (MGH) ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 17:03:07 on 92/10/02 GMT (by IL42384 at OS2CUST) Subject: Service Pack Fixes for Applets Ref: Append at 20:20:59 on 92/10/01 GMT (by WZ00624 at OS2CUST) Chris I think we found an area that no one else reads. Anyway, as of today I have not tested Sticky Pad in the Beta version. I did try the clock and it has all the old problems. By the way you were right that there was a new copy of the PMHPO program. I down loaded it and it does work in the Beta version. Insterseting thing is that while you can select a font in PMHPO you can no longer select the font size. They took off that feature. Sounds like they realize there is a bug in the Beta version but decided just to work around it. I still haven't finished testing the Beta version on the work place stablity. I asked IBM what kind of testing they want on this version. See (Beta Area forum) IBM Do you know the if the applets work yet !!!!! Jerry Sitbon (718) 357-4369 ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 19:22:45 on 92/10/02 GMT (by XXNOVA24 at TORVMCOP) Subject: Service Pack Fixes for Applets Ref: Append at 17:03:07 on 92/10/02 GMT (by IL42384 at OS2CUST) Jerry, The Clock is still not fixed? I'll open a problem report for this today. Priority 2. Geza Szivos NOVACOR Chemicals (403)-290-6583 NHO-32 801-7th Ave Calgary, Alberta, CANADA T2P 2N6 ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 20:15:28 on 92/10/09 GMT (by X013813 at HONE85) Subject: Service Pack Fixes for Applets Ref: Append at 17:03:07 on 92/10/02 GMT (by IL42384 at OS2CUST) ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 18:57:27 on 92/10/11 GMT (by WZ00725 at LINK21) Subject: IBM partication in the CFROUM Ref: Append at 22:51:24 on 92/09/19 GMT (by HNDERSON at AUSVM8) I would like to know if anyone has tried to use Database by importing other file formats. I have tried to look at the file format and the only thing I can tell, is that the first row conatins the name of the fields. The subsequent rows are the records. The fields seem to be separated by the ║ symbol. Has anybody else tried to import any data? Edward R. Miller. Northwest Airlines ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 21:32:35 on 92/10/12 GMT (by RFITCH at ATLVMIC1) Subject: PMDiary Are there any known problems using the CALENDAR, ALARMS, & TODO LIST in the Productivity Folder? Customer is using these apps and getting system hangs from time to time; Model 80-111. Right now we're testing to see if not running the apps will cause the system hangs to stop. This customer is also using some data files for CALENDAR that he used and created with PMDiary under OS/2 1.3. Is there any problem with using old data files? Randy Fitch ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 21:35:30 on 92/10/22 GMT (by TANG050 at OS2CUST) Subject: Seek and Scan: can't save defaults Ref: Append at 00:18:20 on 92/07/03 GMT (by SKILLS at SYDVM1) Does the set defaults in PMSEEK work or not???? Am I missing the answer to this problem, because I seem to have it too. Steve Kuekes/Tangram Systems ----- MINIAPPS CFORUM appended at 14:54:06 on 92/10/23 GMT (by SLAUSON at WATSON) Subject: Seek and Scan: can't save defaults Ref: Append at 21:35:30 on 92/10/22 GMT (by TANG050 at OS2CUST) I did not see a "set defaults" fix for PMSEEK listed in the APAR fix list. )-( There does seem to be a new PMSEEK.EXE distributed with the service pack, but I could not tell what had changed. David Slauson IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY From: slauson@c-food.watson.ibm.com 
