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Utilities / Re: XDF disk extractor
« on: November 02, 2018, 01:54:42 am »
I know when I installed WPS security on my system, it originally wanted a floppy disk drive.  I tried VFDisk and even though the virtual drive was not drive A or B, it had no problem finding and using the Virtual floppy disk to install itselp.

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Applications / Re: How to get a user and password in netlabs?
« on: November 02, 2018, 01:27:09 am »
What versoin of FM/2 are you using?  The latest is FM2 version 3.24 dated Oct. 12, 2015.

https://ecsoft2.org/system/files/repository/fm2-3-24-0.wpi

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Utilities / Re: XDF disk extractor
« on: November 02, 2018, 01:04:23 am »
Rick

Have you tried vfdisk.  Virtual floppy disk 6.0 and necessary control programs.

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/download/pub/os2/system/drivers/filesys/vfdisk60.zip

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Comments, Suggestions & Questions / Re: Captcha doesn't like old browsers
« on: October 30, 2018, 04:13:34 pm »
I sometimes wonder if our browser had the option of manually changing the browser version that is reported to sites, more sites would allow access.

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General Discussion / Re: ES/2, the open source OS/2
« on: October 26, 2018, 07:31:57 pm »
Rick

Could your scan tools be of benefit to those programmers that are presently modifying and fixing bugs in the of ArcaOS when completed?  If so, this could greatly benefit the community until you have progressed further along on your kernel and operating system.

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General Discussion / Re: ES/2, the open source OS/2
« on: October 24, 2018, 09:48:11 pm »
Hi Rick

What has made OS/2 so appealing to a lot of us users is the Workplace Shell.  Windows and Linux have nothing like it.  It is one of the reasons I have remained with versions of OS/2 all these years.  So long as WPS works on top of your kernal, I would be happy.  I look forward to seeing what you can accomplish.  Be sure and do away with the SIQ in your version.  Thanks again.

David

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Utilities / Re: DO.EXE new version commandline utility 1.99
« on: October 20, 2018, 07:01:10 pm »
good to hear that doo has already another meaning...

doit is not so useful, because the parameters are verbs

do delete
do rebuild
do copy
do touch

Perhaps, anyone else has got a good idea.

I know you are trying to make it simple.  Later post indicate this is not so easy to do.  How about "makeitso"

makeitso delete
makeitso rebuild
makeitso copy
makeitso touch

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Applications / Re: DLLs not found in libpath
« on: October 19, 2018, 05:48:44 pm »
It is always the same programs, no matter what version of ArcaOS2.  When the *.exe is tested, PMDLL states that those dlls are not found in the libpath.

But did you use PM DLL's UI to change the current directory to the directory of the tested EXE? Otherwise try http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/download/pub/os2/util/system/whatisthedot12.zip.

Andre

OK, I changed the working directory for the PMDLL program object to point to each program directory and the error goes away.  But why for these few programs and not others?

I just tried WhatstheDot and the errors go away.  Thanks again.

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Applications / Re: DLLs not found in libpath
« on: October 19, 2018, 04:40:56 pm »
It is always the same programs, no matter what version of ArcaOS2.  When the *.exe is tested, PMDLL states that those dlls are not found in the libpath.

Dave, based on what you have said, then probably the XWP and the Dragtext dlls don't necessarily need be found using pmdll.

FM/2 and Warpin are I believe PM programs.  Not sure why PMDLL reports on their dlls the way it does.

One thing I noticed is that AMouse had a problem in ArcaOS version 5.02 which I stated some months back.  The error no longer exists in ArcaOS version 5.03

I just wanted to bring this up in case it might be a problem.

Thanks for all the input.  Not being a programmer, I need others to enlighten me.

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Applications / DLLs not found in libpath
« on: October 19, 2018, 09:46:16 am »
Checking some of the programs found in ArcaOS 5.03 or that I install and use, I noticed some would say that a dll was not found in libpath when tested with PMDLL.  I do not know how important that is for the  program to work properly.  To fix this, I just make another directory called copied_dlls on the drive root, added it to the libpath statement in my config.sys, and copied these dlls to it and the errors PMDLL showed went away.

Dragtext:
drgtxt39.dll
dtinit39.dll

FM/2:
fm3dll.dll

XWP 1.0.12 GA
XWPhook,dll

Lucide 1.41.b10
ludoc.dll

Warpin 1.22
wpirtl.dll

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Web applications / Re: Firefox ESR 38.8.0
« on: October 18, 2018, 02:06:59 pm »
I plan to continue to contribute.  It is nice to have a working browser for now.  I agree with you that a newer more up to date browser is needed.

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Web applications / Firefox ESR 38.8.0
« on: October 18, 2018, 06:01:34 am »
I have been testing using this version that came with ArcaOS 5.03 and must say that I am impressed.  This is the most stable release I have tried.  It has no problem playing youtube videos and the browser itself is very responsive.  This is by far the best I have used.  Although not quite as fast as its Windows version, it comes close.

I must also say that ArcaOS 5.03 is the most stable version yet.  I can only applaud the team and their effort and work so far.

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Applications / Re: A button to set window to ideal size
« on: October 17, 2018, 01:31:22 am »
Hi David,

Close, but not quite the functionality I am suggesting. Instead what I'm looking for is that upon Desktop initialization the XPager functionality automatically put the window into a pre-assigned virtual Desktop screen. In that particular screen the window should then open using the "ideal size" setting, as defined by the user.

The way SkyScraper accomplished this was by having you setup the full virtual Desktop environment across multiple desktops and essentially do a "Save As" on all the locations (you could have multiple profiles). That way upon re-boot (or actually anytime) you could simply select a different virtual Desktop profile (mapping/layout) and existing applications would automatically get re-positioned to their "parent" virtual Desktops.

I think where you went with the idea allows for more functionality, and it certainly would accomplish what I am looking to do, although I personally am not looking for so much more functionality.

I found the program Megadesk on eCSoft/2

https://ecsoft2.org/megadesk-desktop-expander

https://ecsoft2.org/system/files/repository/megads.zip

After experimenting, I see what you are talking about.   In its options, it has the options
Restore Main State
Restore Numbered State
Redraw all Screens
Capture lost screens
Change Medadesk
Erase numbered State
Save Numbered State
Save Main State

It saves the states to its own megadesk.ini file.

After playing with it some, I agree it is nice to save states if one so chooses when starting it.  I tested it with Xpager disabled.  As near as I can tell it works fine with Xpager disabled.  However, this was not an in depth test.

I then tried it with XPager enabled.  It appears I can operate with three rooms.  However, if I go for a fourth room, it appears to get confused. Other than this, I can see no detriment to my system.  I just close Megadesk to bring everything back to normal.   Basically, XPager does most of what it does, except for the saving of states (rooms).


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Applications / Re: back on OS2 after 18 years
« on: October 15, 2018, 03:58:48 am »
a little bit better after a system reboot, even if still not really running a level of same Firefox in other systems.
But this is encouraging after all

Mauro

It doesn't and it won't.  The present code has become too burdensome for the few programmers working on the OS/2 port.  That is why QT5 is being ported so a new and more responsive browser and other internet tools can be built.   The age of the machine you are using determines how fast FF does things.   You may have to continue to do some things in Windows or Linux until the work is complete on QT5.  I have a Lenovo thinkpad 430S and FF is very responsive although as you have said, it is still not at the level of FF in other systems.

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Applications / Re: back on OS2 after 18 years
« on: October 14, 2018, 12:15:41 am »
Hi Mauro, welcome back.
The latest Firefox is available here, https://github.com/bitwiseworks/mozilla-os2/releases with 45.9 the latest and some considering 38.8 the most stable.

My experience is that if you have a dated computer, version 38.8 is the way to go.  If you have  a computer that is only a few years old, the latest version of FireFox is the way to go.  Version 38.8 does not play youtube and other videos well, if at all.  Version 45.9.0 does, but if the machine is extremely old it may not work well at all.

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