WINDOWS 3.0 Display Driver Installation Version 2.02 Release Notes May 22, 1991 This document contains information related to Version 2.02 of the Windows Display Driver Installation. The information contained in this document is more up to date than the printed manuals. As a result, where information in the manuals conflicts with information in this document, this document should be assumed to contain the correct information. ------------------------------------ NEW FEATURES A PC version of the Windows 3.0 Display Driver is available on 5.25", 1.2MB and 3.5", 720KB disks for PC (AT-bus) display subsystems. New features include: 1. Two new presentation size options that provide "LARGE" (192 "logical DPI") and "EXTRA LARGE" (240 "logical DPI") fonts for the Windows menu display (title bar, menu bar, program manager etc.). These two new presentation size options, along with the two introduced in earlier versions, bring the total number of choices to four. New larger fonts for DOS-emulation windows are also included with the LARGE and EXTRA LARGE presentation size options. For more information, please refer to the "Logical DPI" table in Section 2, Installing the Windows Display Driver, of this READ.ME. 2. The PC version provides support for the DP150 (PC2048A) and DP120 (PC16xA) display subsystems. However, this release does not include support for the DP150N (PC20xA). NOTE: Since the larger fonts require a higher dots per square inch specification in the driver, commercial Windows software will not run properly in some cases. The following list contains the known anomalies for the new, larger font Display Driver: - Ventura DTP for Windows has irregular character display. WORKAROUND: Use commercially available fonts from Bitstream, Adobe or Z-Soft. - Powerpoint's installation program will produce a UAE (Unrecoverable Application Error) using the default mode. WORKAROUND: Install Powerpoint using Option mode. Powerpoint will now work normally under the Windows 3.0 Display Driver. ------------------------------------ KNOWN PROBLEMS IN THIS RELEASE OF WINDOWS 3.0 DISPLAY DRIVER This release of the Windows 3.0 Display Driver has the following known defects: 1. When using the 386MAX 5.0 application as the memory manager, Windows works correctly until you exit the program and then attempt to restart in the same session. At this point, Windows will not come up. 2. When using the Word 5.0 application in Windows 3.0, the system hangs up or displays the error message, "this system has violated the system integrity..." when the DOS Word 5.0 preview is run. 3. There is a space between the pop-up menu and the menu title itself under GROUP. 4. This release does not support DOS-emulation for the Microchannel Video Controllers (PS1600A-1-19 or PS0768A-g-15). 5. This release does not now, nor will it in the future, support very early revisions of the DualPage (PC1600A-g-19), where g =gray levels. Hardware upgrades are available through Technical Support. NOTE: For information on the availability of updated Windows 3.0 display drivers, check the Cornerstone BBS (408-425-8943) for new releases or call Cornerstone Technical Support (408-435-8900). ---------------------------------- PROBLEM RESOLUTIONS Solutions have been provided in Release 2.02 for the following "bugs": 1. In one plane mode, the Coral Draw application toolbox divider is not visible. Using grayscale in the two and four plane modes, a trail is left on the screen when the coordinate line is moved. 2. The system displays an "Unrecoverable Application Error" message while running the Paint program if you choose "Monochrome or Color Image" under the Options selection "Image Attributes." When this happens, the mouse will only be able to move about one inch from any side of the screen. This bug only occurs while using the grayscale modes. 3. If you click the mouse on the Paint application and then choose Scissors, the system will display a "UAE" message. This problem only occurs in two and four plane mode. 4. When using the Toolbox Calculator in Windows 3.0, colors will appear incorrectly and the system may even hang up if the Print and Cancel selections are clicked on repeatedly. 5. In Solitaire, the cards leave trails when run in grayscale under Windows 3.0. 6. The Powerpoint slide sorter now works in both one and four plane modes under Windows 3.0. 7. The zoom-in color inverse has been fixed. 8. Optimal color matching from RGB values to the gray-scale levels are not used in 2 and 4 plane controllers. This problem is seen in two ways. First, programs explicitly specifying a gray RGB value may display an incorrect shade of gray. Second, programs that display one color on another (i.e. a program that displays red text on a green background) may display the same shade of gray for both colors. ---------------------------------- SCREEN FONTS IN WINDOWS Windows 3.0 ships standard with Times Roman, Helvetica and Courier screen fonts in sizes 8,10,12,14,18 and 24. In addition, there are now four sizes of system fonts available for the Windows menu display (title bar, menu bar, program manager, etc.). If the user calls for screen fonts other than these sizes, applications will handle the request in one of the follows ways: 1. Generate the requested size from one of the standard sizes. This will produce jagged fonts. 2. Select the font closest to the requested size. This may cause it to appear that no change has been made. 3. Select a font of another type face. Because the screen font is managed by the application, it is difficult to predict how an unavailable screen font will be approximated. If screen fonts do not appear as requested, use the standard sizes or purchase any of the commercially available screen fonts such as Adobe Type Manager, Bitstream Facelift or Z-Soft SoftType to provide additional fonts. ---------------------------------- APPLICATION BUGS WHICH IMPACT CORNERSTONE DISPLAYS When running the Ventura application, the system will display an "Unrecoverable Application Error" message when the 'Special Effects' menu is used. This problem may occur on all displays which exceed VGA resolution and are logged with Ventura as AR772 and AR791. Ventura should be contacted for patched software or a new release date. Note: The 'Divide by Zero' error that occured in earlier releases when an HP Laserjet printer was specified has been fixed. The "Help" menus in the Designer program do not display the underline correctly when using the medium or extra-large Display Drivers (the underline runs straight through the text). WORKAROUND: Use only the small (96 DPI) or large (192 DPI) Display Drivers. The Gupta-System displays an "Unrecoverable Application Error" message when asked to run Windows with CTI medium, large or extra-large Display Drivers. WORKAROUND: Use only the small (96 DPI) Display Driver. ---------------------------------- IF YOU ARE UPDATING A SYSTEM THAT USES WINDOWS DISPLAY DRIVERS PRIOR TO VERSION 2.00, YOU WILL NEED TO MANUALLY UPDATE YOUR CONFIG.SYS FILE. The Configuration Manager is now named "VIDCONF". The VIDNSTAL program creates a line in CONFIG.SYS as follows: DEVICE = \dir\VIDCONF.DEV where 'dir' is the directory you specify during installation. If you already have a line in CONFIG.SYS as follows: DEVICE = \dir\xxCONFIG.DEV where 'xxCONFIG' is either DPCONFIG, XLCONFIG, PC12CONF, SPCONFIG, PS16CONF or PC10CONF, you must manually delete this DEVICE declaration. ------------------------------------ INSTALLING THE WINDOWS 3.0 DISPLAY DRIVER Installing Windows You should refer to your Microsoft Windows installation documentation for complete Windows installation details and follow the four steps below which must be completed to correctly install your Windows Display Driver: 1. Install the Configuration Manager. -Two files are supplied with the Downloaded files VIDCONF.EXE VIDCONF.DEV -To install the Configuration Manager you must use a TEXT editor to change the CONFIG.SYS. The CONFIG.SYS should read: DEVICE = [D:\subdir\]VIDCONF.DEV D=drive letter where VIDCONF.EXE and VIDCONF.DEV are installed. -You must reboot the computer before the Configuration manager is completly installed. 2. Run SETUP from the Microsoft Windows Directory Issue the following commands to run Microsoft SETUP: CD \WINDOWS (or your Windows directory) SETUP The first screen displayed allows the modification of System Information. To correctly set up your display, you must do the following: A. Select DISPLAY. Scroll down and choose 'Other'. B. Enter the path name to the drive and directory you have copied the Windows 3.0 display driver. C. Select one of the following choices: Windows Display Driver - Small D. Specify again the floppy drive which contains the Windows Display Driver disk. E. Complete Windows SETUP. 3. Reboot your PC Rebooting your system installs the Configuration Manager into memory. The Configuration Manager is REQUIRED for your high resolution Display Driver(s) to execute properly. 4. Run Windows Startup Windows. The desktop will fill the screen and Windows will be functional for installing and/or running Windows applications. NOTE: If you have any difficulties with this installation of the Windows Display Driver, run Windows SETUP and choose the Hercules Display Driver to ensure that you have correctly completed the installation. If you have the same or similar problems installing Windows for Hercules, contact Microsoft for installation support. If you continue to have difficulties, before running Windows SETUP, check for the files listed below in the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory and delete them. Once completing Windows SETUP some of these files will appear in the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. The reason for this step is once the Windows 3.0 display drivers are installed for one DPI then installed for another, there may be some conflicts. If you have a version 2.0 or later version of VIDNSTAL you can install the WINDOWS DISPLAY DRIVER and the program will do this for you. SMALL.386 CTI40WOA.FON SMALL.GR2 CTI80WOA.FON SMALL.GR3 HELVE.FON MEDIUM.DRV SYMBOLE.FON MEDIUM.386 TMSRE.FON MEDIUM.GR2 COURE.FON MEDIUM.GR3 HELVF.FON LARGE.386 TMSRF.FON LARGE.GR3 VGAFIX.FON EXLAR.DRV VGASYS.FON EXLAR.386 VGAOEM.FON EXLAR.GR2 FNTVISYS.FON EXLAR.GR3 FONTVI.FON SPAGE.386 F1624.FON SPAGE.GR2 F1624U.FON SPAGE.GR3 F2030.FON DPAGE.386 CTI.GR2 DPAGE.GR2 CTI.LGO DPAGE.GR3 HERCLOGO.RLE If you would prefer one of the alternate Display Driver Sizes, run Windows SETUP again and select your alternate choice. Complete SETUP and run Windows. Doing a Windows Display Driver Update NOTE: Performance is a critical issue for Windows. For information on optimizing performance, see Appendix D - Memory Management in the Microsoft Windows 3.0 User Manual. ========================================================================== = Small Medium Large Extra Large = = = = SinglePage XL 96 120 192 240 = = = = All DualPages 120 120 192 240 = ========================================================================== Table 4-1 Logical DPIs provided with Display Driver Size Selection Installing DOS Display Drivers In addition to the Windows Display Driver, the following drivers are also supplied for DOS-based applications: - Ventura Publisher - WordPerfect - Microsoft Word - AutoCAD - Lotus 1-2-3 and Symphony - Windows/286 These Display Drivers are found on the DOS Display Driver Disk supplied with your Display System. Installation instructions are provided in Chapter 6 of the Installation Guide.