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PMsndX version 1.36
by
William Scott Hiles
As always, all comments are welcomed as well as bug reports.
INTRODUCTION:
This is the a new release of PMsndX. Extensive online
help is provided from the main control panel. To read the
help, pull down the system menu in the upper left corner
of the PMsndX control panel and select HELP. This provides a
description of the form and function.
CONTENTS:
You should have ten files from the compressed .zip file.
Name CRC-32 Description
------------ -------- -----------------------------------------
pmsndx.exe 34559917 Executable PMsndX
install.exe 0a523d1f PMsndX Installation program
pmsndx.hlp 1b569c2b Help file
smallhlp.hlp 8ebf2e97 Help file without user interface examples
README.TXT 5ce0ea96 This file
HISTORY.TXT 8330c260 History of all changes and future work
file_id.diz cde7a0ea Information file to BBS sysops too.
order.txt a398dcac Form for registering
license.txt d668c05b Licensing information
hints.txt 45ec06f8 Hints for commonly asked questions
bugrep.txt 3369a2fc Form for reporting bugs
sample/ 00000000 Sample directory
sample/brettapp.wav 3f389a3b Example sample
sample/example.cmd a166992b Example REXX command script
sample/testsntx.cmd c5838198 File with full syntax for reference
INSTALLATION PROGRAM:
Starting with version 1.36, PMsndX includes a very simple
installation program which copies the executable and appropriate
help file to the destination directories. The program lets
the user select the paths that are in the PATH and HELP
variables.
As this is the first release of the Instalation program, it
does not have the capability to create a WPS object on the
desktop yet. That will be added in a future revision.
MANUAL INSTALLATION:
If the installation script does not work on your system,
you may manually install PMsndX on your system with the
following instructions.
Installation of PMsndX is very simple. You must place
the executable in a directory that is referenced in your
PATH statement in your config.sys. If this is not done,
PMsndX will not be able to play samples from the command
line. You must then place the help file in a directory
in your HELP path or in the same directory as the
executable program. That is it.
Look at your config.sys file with an editor like E.EXE
and locate the statement that looks like this:
SET PATH=E:\OS2;E:\OS2\SYSTEM;E:\OS2\INSTALL;E:\;E:\OS2\MDOS;E:\OS2\APPS;
Choose something like \os2\apps and copy the file pmsndx.exe
to that directory.
There are two help files included in the compressed .zip file.
They are identical in content except that the larger one
contains bitmap examples of the user interface in the text.
The smaller file (smallhlp.hlp) does not contain the bitmaps
and is about one-third the size of the larger file. The
smaller file is provided for people who are concerned about
disk space. Whichever file is not used can be deleted. To
use the smaller help file, rename smallhlp.hlp to pmsndx.hlp.
Look at your config.sys file with an editor like E.EXE and
locate the statement that looks like this:
SET HELP=E:\OS2\HELP;E:\OS2\HELP\TUTORIAL;E:\MMOS2\HELP;
Choose something like \os2\help and copy either pmsndx.hlp
or smallhlp.hlp to that directory and name it pmsndx.hlp.
WARNING:
There is a known problem with PMsndX and MMPM/2 version 3.0.
When running PMsndX under Warp, anything which interrupts the
playback of a sample (such as a system sound or pressing Pause)
will cause PMsndX to hang the next time playback is requested.
A future release of MMPM/2 will correct this problem. To
minimize the effect, I have provided the option to have
PMsndX open the Audio device without sharing (the default).
This problem does not appear to affect PMsndX on previous versions
of OS/2 (i.e. 2.0, 2.1 and 2.11).
ENDING:
I can be contacted using email at whiles@relay.nswc.navy.mil.
Thanks for your time.
Scott
Archive: pmsndx.zip
**********************************************************************
* There is a known problem with PMsndX and MMPM/2 version 3.0. *
* *
* When running PMsndX under MMPM/2 3.0, anything which interrupts the*
* playback of a sample (such as a system sound or pressing Pause) *
* will cause PMsndX to hang the next time playback is requested. *
* This problem will be corrected in a future revision of MMPM/2. *
* Please read the HELP file for more information on identifying this *
* problem on your machine.
**********************************************************************
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4268 Defl:N 1905 55% 12-07-94 22:26 5ce0ea96 ^readme.txt
40339 Defl:N 14064 65% 12-07-94 22:17 8330c260 ^history.txt
232 Defl:N 177 24% 10-30-94 00:58 cde7a0ea ^file_id.diz
1787 Defl:N 491 73% 10-30-94 00:58 a398dcac ^order.txt
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7384 Defl:N 2988 60% 11-16-94 22:59 45ec06f8 ^hints.txt
1445 Defl:N 248 83% 10-30-94 00:58 3369a2fc ^bugrep.txt
0 Stored 0 0% 11-12-94 23:25 00000000 ^sample/
71274 Defl:N 36742 48% 03-23-94 22:21 3f389a3b ^sample/brettapp.wav
716 Defl:N 399 44% 11-29-94 22:11 a166992b ^sample/example.cmd
14929 Defl:N 2786 81% 11-12-94 23:08 c5838198 ^sample/testsntx.cmd
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