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The loader L4-LOAD.COM is meant to allow users of DESQview to run
Lotus 1-2-3 version 3.1 in a DESQview window without having to
set the field "Keyboard Conflict" in the Lotus 1-2-3 Change a
Program menu to 8. Because of certain calls that 1-2-3 3.1 makes
within its keyboard interrupt handler, it crashes frequently
inside DESQview without "Keyboard Conflict" set to 8. However,
setting "Keyboard Conflict" to 8 sometimes can create unpleasant
side effects. The most common of these is shift-state confusion,
with the shift key seemingly sticking in upper-case mode when the
cursor keys are used in a 1-2-3 spreadsheet. With the L4-
LOAD.COM loader, "Keyboard Conflict" can be set to 0 in the Lotus
1-2-3 3.1 Change a Program menu without inviting system crashes.
To use the loader:
1) Copy the file L4-LOAD.COM to the DESQview directory.
2) Go to the Change a Program menu for Lotus 1-2-3 version 3.1. The beginning
of the menu probably looks something like this:
Change a Program
Program Name............: Lotus 1-2-3 Rel 3.1
Keys to Use on Open Menu: L3 Memory Size (in K): 330
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Program...: 123.EXE
Parameters:
Directory.: c:\123r31
Edit the menu so that the loader, with a full path name, is on the "Program"
line, and 123.EXE is on the "Parameters" line, as follows:
Change a Program
Program Name............: Lotus 1-2-3 Rel 3.1
Keys to Use on Open Menu: L3 Memory Size (in K): 330
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Program...: C:\DV\L4-LOAD.COM
Parameters: 123.EXE
Directory.: c:\123r31
If you are already passing a parameter to Lotus 1-2-3, as in the below example:
Change a Program
Program Name............: Lotus 1-2-3 Rel 3.1
Keys to Use on Open Menu: L3 Memory Size (in K): 330
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Program...: 123.EXE
Parameters: VGA
Directory.: c:\123r31
... then put both 123.EXE and the parameter on the "Parameters" line, as
follows:
Change a Program
Program Name............: Lotus 1-2-3 Rel 3.1
Keys to Use on Open Menu: L3 Memory Size (in K): 330
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Program...: C:\DV\L4-LOAD.COM
Parameters: 123.EXE VGA
Directory.: c:\123r31
If you are loading 123.EXE from a batch file, do not change the "Program" and
"Parameters" line in the Change a Program menu. Instead, edit the batch file,
inserting the loader (with full pathname) at the beginning of the line that
loads 123.EXE. For instance, if your batch file now looks like this:
cd\123
del temp.wk3
123 vga
... change only the line that loads 123.EXE, so that the new batch file now
reads:
cd\123
del temp.wk3
c:\dv\l4-load.com 123 vga
4) Make sure that the "Keyboard Conflict" field on the second page of the Lotus
1-2-3 version 3.1 Change a Program menu is set to 0, not to 8.
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