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SmartSuite 96 Edition for Windows 95 Release Notes (README.TXT) --------------------------------------------------------------- This file contains information about installing and using the CD-ROM and disk versions of the SmartSuite 96 applications. Contents -------- 1. Before You Install SmartSuite A. If You Are a Network Administrator B. New Default Directory Structure C. Making the Install Program Efficient D. Server and Distribution Install E. Installing SmartSuite 96 When Running Windows from a Server F. Installing SmartSuite 96 on Windows NT 3.51 G. Multilingual Installation 2. During SmartSuite Install A. Installing SmartSuite 96 B. Ignoring a Size Field 3. After You Install SmartSuite A. Reading Individual Application README Files B. Removing Registration Files 4. Extra Content on the CD A. 1-2-3 and Freelance Graphics File Translator B. Additional LotusScript Help Files for Word Pro 96 C. The Approach 96 ZIP Code Database D. The Approach Web Browser E. Freelance SmartMasters 5. Information for 1-2-3 Release 5 Users A. 123 .INI File Settings B. Hard-Disk Space Requirements C. Customized Sets of SmartIcons 6. Information for Organizer 2.1 Users A. Protecting Files with a Password B. Installing Organizer Group Scheduling Agents 7. Information for Word Pro 96 Users A. To Install over Ami Pro B. To Install over Word Pro 8. Information for Freelance Graphics 96 Users A. Default Installation 9. Information for Approach 96 Users A. Installing Approach from a Read-Only File Server Directory B. Installing to Directories Other than the Default 10. Uninstall A. How to Invoke Uninstall 11. Windows 95 Compatibility A. Long File Names B. Universal Naming Convention (UNC) 12. Cross-Application Information A. Using OLE Services B. OLE Automation 13. LotusScript Release Notes A. Integrated Development Environment (IDE) B. LotusScript Language C. Win16/Win32 Differences 14. Known Issues A. Organizer 2.1 and SmartCenter 96 B. Displaying ScreenCam Movies C. Specifying Directories on a File Server D. Using the TCP Network Driver E. Using Internet Files F. Opening Windows 3.x Files -------------------------------- 1. BEFORE YOU INSTALL SMARTSUITE -------------------------------- Before you try to install SmartSuite 96, you should close all Windows programs and shut down all anti-virus protection programs. Also, be sure to read "Exploring SmartSuite 96" to be sure your system meets all the hardware and software requirements. A. If You Are a Network Administrator ------------------------------------- If you are a network administrator, see the READNET.TXT file on your CD-ROM (or on Disk 1 if you are installing from disk). READNET.TXT contains information about supported networks, performing server and node installs, running an automated Install, and other topics. B. New Default Directory Structure ---------------------------------- SmartSuite 96 offers a new default directory structure. The new structure makes it easier to maintain and upgrade your products, since your work, backup, SmartMasters, samples, and other directories are independent of your main product directory. Lotus recommends that you install all of your Lotus products under this new directory structure. This diagram illustrates the new directory structure: LOTUS\ (Main Lotus product directory for all Lotus products) | | |---<main_prod_dir1>\ (Executables and other core | files for one Lotus product, e.g., \WORDPRO) | |---<main_prod_dir2>\ (Executables and other core | files for another Lotus product, e.g., \123) | . | . (other Lotus products here, for example:) | . \SMARTCTR \APPROACH | . \SCRNCAM \ORGANIZE | . \ACROREAD \FLG | |---SMASTERS\ (SmartMasters for all Lotus products) | | | |--<prod1> (SmartMasters for Lotus product 1) | | | |--<prod2> (SmartMasters for Lotus product 2) | |---SAMPLES\ (Samples for all Lotus products) | | | |--<prod1> (Samples for Lotus product 1) | | | |--<prod2> (Samples for Lotus product 2) | |---WORK\ (Work directory for all Lotus products) | | | |--<prod1> (Work directory for Lotus product 1) | | | |--<prod2> (Work directory for Lotus product 2) | |---BACKUP\ (Backup directory for all Lotus products) | | | |--<prod1> (Backup directory for Lotus product 1) | | | |--<prod2> (Backup directory for Lotus product 2) | |---COMPNENT\ (Shared components for all Lotus products) C. Making the Install Program Efficient --------------------------------------- To maximize the efficiency of the SmartSuite Install program, you should perform the following procedure to reclaim lost clusters on your hard drive(s) before you run Install. You do not have to convert the lost clusters to files. On systems using Windows 95, complete the following steps: 1. Open Windows Explorer. 2. Right-click your hard-drive letter (for example, C:). 3. Choose Properties. 4. Click Tools. 5. Click Check Now under Error-checking status. D. Server and Distribution Install ---------------------------------- Lotus recommends that you install the Server and Distribution versions of SmartSuite 96 in new or empty directories. E. Installing SmartSuite 96 When Running Windows from a Server ------------------------------------------------------------ If you install Approach 96 as part of SmartSuite 96 while logged into a server with read/write privileges to a server-based Windows directory, the Install program copies some ODBC drivers for Oracle and MS SQL Server to the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory on the server. To prevent this from happening, log into the server with read-only privileges to the Windows directory on the server. Then, * If you are installing SmartSuite as a server application, the Install program copies the ODBC driver files to the \LOTUS directory. * If you are installing SmartSuite as a standalone application, the Install program copies the ODBC driver files to your personal \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. F. Installing SmartSuite 96 on Windows NT 3.51 ---------------------------------------------- If you plan to install SmartSuite 96 on a system running Windows NT(TM) 3.51 or later, you should have administrator privileges on that system so that files that should be copied to \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 are updated if they are in use by another program. If you do not have administrator privileges, shut down all applications and restart Windows NT before you install SmartSuite 96. SmartCenter 96 uses Windows 95 functionality that is not available in Windows NT. Therefore, you cannot use SmartCenter 96 on a system running Windows NT. In addition, ScreenCam 2.1 will play, but not record, on systems running Windows NT. If you are using Notes 3.x, you cannot attach an Approach 96, Word Pro 96, or Freelance Graphics 96 file to mail, nor can you use TeamMail to route mail on systems running Windows NT. In addition, you cannot use Notes/FX between Word Pro 96, Freelance Graphics 96, Approach 96, and Notes 3.x. G. Multilingual Installation ---------------------------- You can install copies of SmartSuite 96 in multiple languages. This capability is part of the Lotus strategy for multilingual computing. NOTE: SmartCenter 96, Word Pro 96, Freelance Graphics 96, and Approach 96 support this strategy of multilingual computing. You can run these applications in different languages at the same time. ScreenCam 2.1, DocOnline, Organizer 2.1, and 1-2-3 Release 5 do not support this feature. You can run these applications only in the language that was last installed. If you want to install SmartSuite 96 in more than one language, Lotus recommends that you install all of the SmartSuite 96 applications first. The first language you install becomes the default language. Then you can choose which applications to install in subsequent languages. To add an additional language version of SmartCenter 96, Word Pro 96, Freelance Graphics 96, or Approach 96, you must run SmartSuite Install again. The Install program informs you that you already have a copy of the application in a different language, and preserves the directory structure of the default language. Lotus recommends that you do not change this default directory. Remember to deselect ScreenCam 2.1, DocOnline, Organizer 2.1, and 1-2-3 Release 5 before you begin to copy files in the secondary language, unless you want to overwrite these applications with the secondary language. When you install different language versions of SmartCenter, Install will create a folder for each language installed. For each language installed after the default language, the folder name will include a 2-character ISO tag to identify the language. If English is the default language, for example, then English applications will be in a folder called "Lotus Programs," and Italian applications will be in a folder called "Lotus Programs - IT." SuiteStart will only launch the default language. If you installed a node version of SmartSuite 96 or one of its applications, you can click the Install icon for the language you want to install next. As you add additional language versions of SmartSuite 96, the Install program populates the Start menu with icons for the additional languages. For example, the icon for the German version of Word Pro 96 is labeled "Lotus Word Pro - Deutsch." ---------------------------- 2. DURING SMARTSUITE INSTALL ---------------------------- A. Installing SmartSuite 96 --------------------------- Follow these instructions to install SmartSuite 96: 1. Insert Disk 1 or the CD-ROM into the appropriate drive. 2. (Windows 95) Choose Start - Run. (Windows NT 3.51) Choose File - Run from the Program Manager. 3. Enter X:\INSTALL in the Run dialog box, where X: is your disk drive or CD-ROM drive. Install consists of a series of dialog boxes that are generally self-explanatory. If you need more information when using a dialog box, choose Help by clicking Help or pressing ALT+H. 4. After Install is complete, restart Windows. B. Ignoring a Size Field ------------------------ During SmartSuite Install, in the "Select SmartSuite Applications to Customize" dialog box, there is a list box that includes a size field. That field shows the default size of an application. If you customize an application and delete features, the dialog box does not update the size field, even though the application now requires less disk space. ------------------------------- 3. AFTER YOU INSTALL SMARTSUITE ------------------------------- A. Reading Individual Application README Files ---------------------------------------------- After you install SmartSuite, you can read the README files of the individual applications for more information. The README files reside in each application's directory (for example, C:\LOTUS\123\README.TXT). To access these files, select Start - Programs - Lotus User Assistance. B. Removing Registration Files ------------------------------ To help you save hard-disk space, you can remove the Lotus registration files after you have successfully installed and registered SmartSuite 96. This will save approximately 700KB on your hard disk. You can also remove these files if you don't want to register using the Lotus electronic registration program. To remove the Lotus electronic registration program from your system, first remove the reminder utility from the StartUp group: 1. (Windows 95) Using Windows Explorer, find the \STARTMENU\PROGRAMS folder. (Windows NT 3.51) Locate the Startup group on your desktop. 2. Delete Reminder_lot40101. 3. Reboot your system. Now, you can delete the following files. They are located in <drive>:\<lotus main directory>\REGISTER (e.g., C:\LOTUS\REGISTER). * CRAM32.DLL * REGISTER.EXE * REGRMDR.EXE * REGPRINT.CTL * MAILFORM.CTL * REMIND.SCH * PIPEDLG.DAT * REMIND32.EXE * PIPELINE.INI * SLIDSHOW.FSS * PIPERM32.DLL * SSLIB32.DLL * PLINE32.DLL * SMLBACK8.BMP -------------------------- 4. EXTRA CONTENT ON THE CD -------------------------- Information in this section applies only if you are installing SmartSuite 96 from a CD-ROM. A. 1-2-3 and Freelance Graphics File Translator ----------------------------------------------- The 1-2-3 and Freelance Graphics File Translator converts spreadsheet and presentation graphics files between the OS/2« and Windows file formats. You can convert to and from the 1-2-3 WG2 and WK4 file formats, and to and from the Freelance PRS and PRE file formats. NOTE: The 1-2-3 and Freelance Graphics File Translator will not convert .PRZ files created using Freelance Graphics 96. For more information about installing and using the 1-2-3 and Freelance Graphics File Translator, refer to the WINTRANS.TXT file in the /EXTRA/TRANS directory on the SmartSuite 96 CD-ROM. B. Additional LotusScript Help Files for Word Pro 96 ---------------------------------------------------- If you received your copy of SmartSuite 96 on CD-ROM, Word Pro 96 specific LotusScript Help was included but was not automatically installed. For more information about accessing these files, refer to the Word Pro 96 README file. C. The Approach 96 ZIP Code Database ------------------------------------ If you installed Approach 96, you can access a ZIP code database from the CD-ROM version of SmartSuite 96. When you start Approach, click "Browse for more files..." and choose the SmartSuite 96 CD-ROM. Then, change to the EXTRA\DBASES directory and open the ZIP.APR file. If you want to copy this file to your hard drive, choose File - Save As. The ZIP code database supplies the appropriate ZIP code when you enter a city, county, or state. You could also enter the ZIP code to find the corresponding city, county, or state. When you join this database to a customer, contact, order, or other database, you will have a powerful tool for creating mass mailings, tracking product sales by ZIP code, and more. This SmartMaster includes one report organized by city, and another report organized by ZIP code. D. The Approach Web Browser --------------------------- If you install Approach 96 from a CD-ROM, you can access a World Wide Web browser in the form of an OLE Automation Custom Control (OCX). You can embed the Approach Webster OCX into an Approach form or use it with another application. The Webster OCX is included in the Surf the Net SmartMaster (SURFNET.MPR) as an alternative to your current browser. This SmartMaster, installed as part of the default Approach installation, helps you find specific Web sites on the World Wide Web by providing views by category, keyword, and location. You can connect to a Web site using any browser, including the Webster OCX browser. This allows you to browse the Web without leaving Approach 96. You can install this OCX directly from the Approach SmartMaster Setup screen, or by running SETUP.EXE from the CD. When you select the Surf the Net SmartMaster from the New Database dialog box, the SURFNET.APR file is created in the \WORK\APPROACH\ directory on your system. To create the SmartMaster and install the Webster OCX, follow these steps: 1. Start Approach. 2. Click the "Create a new file using a SmartMaster" tab on the Welcome dialog box. 3. Select the "SURFNET.MPR" SmartMaster application. 4. Click OK. 5. Choose Setup on the Surf the Net main menu. 6. Click the button to install the Webster OCX and follow the instructions. To install this OCX from the CD-ROM, follow these steps: 1. Double-click the My Computer icon on your Windows desktop. 2. Find \EXTRA\OCX\WEBSTER on the CD-ROM. 3. Double-click SETUP.EXE to begin installing the Webster OCX. Once the installation is complete, see "Overview: OLE Custom Controls" in Approach Help for more information on how to use OCX controls within Approach. The Surf the Net SmartMaster includes SURFNET.DBF, a database that contains all the information for approximately 500 World Wide Web sites. Because some Web sites may have changed or may no longer work, you should update the URLs in SURFNET.DBF accordingly. E. Freelance SmartMasters ------------------------- You can save up to 19MB of hard-disk space by accessing the SmartMaster looks, content topics, clip art, palettes, and diagrams directly from your CD-ROM. To do this: 1. Install Freelance Graphics 96, then delete all the SmartMaster looks, content topics, palettes, clip art, and diagram files in C:\LOTUS\SMASTERS\FLG. 2. In Freelance Graphics 96, choose File - User Setup - Freelance Preferences. 3. In the Freelance Graphics Preferences dialog box, click File Locations. 4. In the File Locations dialog box, set the path under "SmartMaster looks, palettes, & clip art" to \EXTRA\SMASTERS on the CD-ROM. 5. Click OK to return to the Freelance Graphics Preferences dialog box. 6. Click OK. ---------------------------------------- 5. INFORMATION FOR 1-2-3 RELEASE 5 USERS ---------------------------------------- A. 123 .INI File Settings ------------------------- If you install 1-2-3 Release 5 on a system that contains a version of 1-2-3 that is earlier than Release 4, you must install Release 5 to a new directory (Lotus recommends that you install Release 5 to LOTUS\123). The old directory remains intact and none of the 123W.INI settings carry over to Release 5. If you install 1-2-3 Release 5 on a system that contains 1-2-3 Release 4 or 4.01, you can install the application in a new directory or over the existing version. Regardless of your choice, certain settings that exist in the 123R4W.INI file automatically carry over into the new 123R5W.INI file. These settings are: [COUNTRY] driver= [AUTOLOAD ADDINS] [PRINTER] DefaultPrt= [CONFIG] beep= undo= autoexec= B. Hard-Disk Space Requirements ------------------------------- If you install 1-2-3 Release 5 in a directory that contains a previous release of 1-2-3 for Windows, you may need as much as 19MB of available hard-disk space, depending on the options you choose to install. If your Windows 95 directory is on a different drive from your 1-2-3 directory, the drive that contains your Windows directory should have 2MB to 4MB of available hard-disk space. C. Customized Sets of SmartIcons -------------------------------- If you modified any of the sets of SmartIcons in a previous release of 1-2-3 for Windows, and have not yet installed Release 5, follow these steps to ensure your icon sets display the same in Release 5: 1. Create a temporary directory on an available drive. 2. Copy the .SMI files for the sets of SmartIcons you have customized from the icon directories 123R4W\PROGRAMS\SHEETICO, 123R4W\PROGRAMS\GRAPHICO, and so on, to the temporary directory. 3. Install 1-2-3 Release 5. 4. Copy the .SMI files into the 1-2-3 Release 5 icons directories. If you have already installed 1-2-3 Release 5, but have not yet deleted your previous version of 1-2-3 for Windows, follow steps 2 and 4 in the preceding procedure. -------------------------------------- 6. INFORMATION FOR ORGANIZER 2.1 USERS -------------------------------------- A. Protecting Files with a Password ----------------------------------- You can set passwords on your Organizer 2.1 files so that others can view, but not change, your schedule, names and addresses, and other information. When your files are password-protected, SmartCenter 96 prompts you for the password when you first open the calendar and address drawers, and when you change or add information. If you mistype your password, SmartCenter 96 displays a blank copy of your calendar or address drawer. To restore these drawers, simply close and then reopen the drawer. You may want to turn off the password protection for your local copy of your calendar and addresses, so that you are not prompted for a password each time you change information. B. Installing Organizer Group Scheduling Agents ----------------------------------------------- To use group scheduling, talk to your network administrator or send in the Lotus Organizer Group Scheduling Invitation Card found in your SmartSuite 96 package. Before installing Organizer 2.1 with group scheduling on a local area network, network administrators need to review the Organizer Release 2.1 Administrator's Guide, which you will receive when you send in your invitation. If you are installing from disk, you will receive the Organizer Administrator's Guide and the Agent Disks when you send in the Lotus Organizer Group Scheduling Invitation Card. If you are installing from CD-ROM, the Organizer Release 2.1 Administrator's Guide is included as part of the SmartSuite DocOnline. The Agent software is available on the SmartSuite CD-ROM in the \WINAGENT and \OS2AGENT directories. The Lotus Organizer Release 2.1 Administrator's Guide is intended for administrators who use Organizer mail-based or single-server scheduling. It is not intended for Organizer Personal Information Manager (PIM) users. If you are installing the agent software from disk, use the INSTALL.EXE file located on the Agent Disk for your operating system. If you are installing from the SmartSuite CD-ROM, use INSTALL.EXE located in the \WINAGENT directory (if you use Windows 95) or in the \OS2AGENT directory (if you use OS/2). NDEPLOY.WRI and CDEPLOY.WRI are Windows 95 Write files that answer common deployment questions for administrators who use Organizer group scheduling with Lotus Notes or cc:Mail, respectively. The files are not intended for administrators who use Organizer 2.1 for single-server scheduling, or who do not use group scheduling. The files are located in the \LOTUS\ORGANIZE\ADMIN directory after installation from SmartSuite. TECHNOTE.OR2 provides information for Organizer 2.1 administrators and advanced users. The file is located in the \LOTUS\WORK\ORGANIZE directory after installation from SmartSuite. ------------------------------------ 7. INFORMATION FOR WORD PRO 96 USERS ------------------------------------ A. To Install over Ami Pro -------------------------- By default, Word Pro 96 is installed into a LOTUS\WORDPRO directory. It will not overwrite any Ami Pro program files. To make editing of your existing Ami Pro files easier, copy all the style sheets in your \AMIPRO\STYLES directory to the LOTUS\SMASTERS\WORDPRO directory once you complete the installation. B. To Install over Word Pro --------------------------- If you have a copy of Word Pro for Windows 3.1 on your system, Install asks whether you want to remove the previous release. If you choose to remove it, Install asks if you want it to create a backup copy of your SmartMaster sets and if you want the files in the WORK directory of the previous release moved to the WORK directory for the new release. ---------------------------------------------- 8. INFORMATION FOR FREELANCE GRAPHICS 96 USERS ---------------------------------------------- A. Default Installation ----------------------- The following features are not installed during a default installation of Freelance Graphics 96: * Foreign language spell-check dictionaries * LotusScript Help files (LotusScript, Chart LotusScript, and Freelance Graphics LotusScript) * Import filters: DXF, PICT, Micrografx DRW, HGL, GAL, RND, GIF(filter and .INI), TGA (filter and .INI), and WPG (two filters and two .INI files). * Export filters: TGA (filter and .INI), MET (filter and .INI), AI & EPS (EMPS-32.FLT and .INI), and WPG (two filters and two .INI files). * Sound files * The Freelance Graphics Presentation and Review Library * 64 GoldDisk movie files * 28 clip art files (mostly maps) * 60 SmartMaster looks * 1 diagram You can install all these features by selecting Custom when you install Freelance Graphics 96. If Freelance Graphics 96 is already installed, you can run Install again, select Custom, and choose only those features you did not previously install. ------------------------------------ 9. INFORMATION FOR APPROACH 96 USERS ------------------------------------ A. Installing Approach from a Read-Only File Server Directory ------------------------------------------------------------- If you install Approach 96 to a file server, and then make the Approach directory on the file server read-only for Approach users, problems may occur when they run the Tour and Help demos. If you must make the server directory read-only for the users, make the following directories read-write to prevent problems: * <drive path>\LOTUS\APPROACH\TOUR * <drive-path>\LOTUS\SAMPLES\APPROACH B. Installing to Directories Other than the Default --------------------------------------------------- If you install Lotus Approach 96 to a directory with a name that contains a hyphen (-), you will not be able to use the Uninstall program to remove this installation of Approach 96. ------------- 10. UNINSTALL ------------- The Uninstall program allows you to remove all files associated with a selected Lotus application that were copied to your system when the application was installed. It also removes all program folders or groups, shortcut icons, icons, and Windows registry entries. NOTE: In SmartSuite 96, you can use the Uninstall feature to uninstall SmartCenter 96, Word Pro 96, Approach 96, and Freelance Graphics 96. You cannot use Uninstall to remove ScreenCam 2.1, DocOnline, Organizer 2.1, or 1-2-3 Release 5. In addition, you cannot use Uninstall to remove files added when you installed a second or subsequent language. Uninstall displays messages and prompts you before it removes any user- modified file, so you can decide whether to remove the file. You can rerun Uninstall until all files associated with the application are removed. Uninstall also creates an output log and displays error messages, so you can track and review the entire process. Uninstall overwrites the output log each time it is run, so you may want to rename this file if you want to save it. Ask your network administrator where Uninstall saves this file. Uninstall does not delete files in your WORK or personal directories, or other files that were changed since they were installed. It will not delete a directory until all directories and files are removed from that directory. In addition, Uninstall will not remove files copied to a file server during a Server Install. Uninstall displays a prompt before it removes many files, in case you do not want to remove a specific file. If you decide not to remove a file and the product is not removed completely, then Uninstall will also leave the files it needs to run again, including the product .INF and CINSTALL.INI files. If you want to run Uninstall again, do not remove these files manually. In addition, Uninstall will not remove files needed by another Lotus product. Be careful not to remove these shared files manually, or other Lotus applications will not run correctly. Uninstall will remove these files when it removes the last Lotus application. A. How to Invoke Uninstall -------------------------- Uninstall is available to users from the Start menu (Windows 95) or the Program Manager (Windows NT 3.51). Windows 95 users can run Uninstall by completing these steps: 1. Choose Start - Settings - Control Panel. 2. Double-click Add/Remove Programs. 3. Select the program to be removed. 4. Click Remove. Windows NT 3.51 users can invoke Uninstall by clicking the Uninstall icon for the product to be removed. ---------------------------- 11. Windows 95 Compatibility ---------------------------- A. Long File Names ------------------ ScreenCam 2.1, DocOnline, 1-2-3 Release 5, and Organizer 2.1 file names maintain the DOS 8-character naming convention. These applications do not support the Windows 95 long file name feature. * If you save a file with a long file name in another application, and then open it in 1-2-3 Release 5 or Organizer 2.1, the file name changes to its DOS equivalent, which displays in the Open File dialog box. For example, in Notepad, "this is a long file name" becomes "THISIS~1.TXT" when you open the file in 1-2-3 Release 5. Notice that Windows 95 resolves the differences between DOS names by adding a tilde (~) and numbers. * In Windows Explorer, if you double-click one of these application's files with a long file name, the application opens the file with its DOS-equivalent name, which displays in the application's title bar. The same is true if you rename an existing file in Windows Explorer. B. Universal Naming Convention (UNC) ------------------------------------ The Windows Universal Naming Convention (UNC) isn't supported by ScreenCam 2.1, DocOnline, 1-2-3 Release 5, or Organizer 2.1. These applications cannot be installed to a UNC path. If you try to install them to a UNC path (for example, \\SERVER\DRIVE:LOTUS\123), an error message is displayed. To correct the problem, map a network drive to the UNC path and set it to reconnect at login. --------------------------------- 12. CROSS-APPLICATION INFORMATION --------------------------------- A. Using OLE Services --------------------- Word Pro 96 OLE services may have been disabled during installation if 8MB of RAM or less were available. If so, you cannot use OLE drag & drop, copy the OLE formats of data to the Clipboard from Word Pro 96, or embed or link from another application to a Word Pro 96 object via the Clipboard. To enable Word Pro 96 OLE, select File - User Setup - Word Pro Preferences and deselect "OLE until needed" from the Disable box on the General tab. B. OLE Automation ----------------- Approach 96, Freelance Graphics 96, and Word Pro 96 support OLE Automation. Refer to the LotusScript IDE Help for more information about OLE Automation. ------------------------------ 13. LOTUSSCRIPT RELEASE NOTES ------------------------------ For detailed information on the LotusScript 3.0 language and programming environment, see the following documentation: * LotusScript Language Help (available from the Help menu in Word Pro 96, Approach 96, and Freelance Graphics 96) * LotusScript IDE Help (available from the Help menu in Word Pro 96, Approach 96, and Freelance Graphics 96) * LotusScript Programmer's Guide (return the coupon found in the SmartSuite 96 package to receive this document) A. Integrated Development Environment (IDE) ------------------------------------------- Whenever you make substantial changes to your script in the IDE, such as adding many lines of code or correcting errors, be sure to press F2 to recompile the script; this ensures that you are seeing the most recent set of error messages. When writing scripts in the IDE, you may encounter the following limitations: * The IDE browser may crash when you are expanding a method belonging to a class that is defined in an LSX containing a lengthy argument list. * The Inspector doesn't display properties for native classes. * While debugging a script, you cannot step into a class destructor, an %INCLUDEd file, or a USEd module. * The Undo command is disabled when you navigate to another section of your script. * When you import a procedure, comments appearing before that procedure are moved to the declarations section. To ensure that the comments remain with the procedure, relocate them within the procedure's definition before importing the procedure into the IDE. * If you change a class to a property, the associated methods become module-level procedures. * Directives are not evaluated until you compile your script. * The Inspector does not display complete information about Variants containing OLE objects. * If you use a ReDim statement within a loop, the Debugger may generate an error when you step to that statement, even though the code runs correctly outside of the Debugger. B. LotusScript Language ----------------------- You may encounter the following limitations while programming in the LotusScript language: * If a run-time error occurs within a class constructor's parameter expression, the class constructor halts execution. After the error occurs, the object is deleted, and LotusScript will attempt to execute the class destructor. This may cause another run-time error if the destructor relied on the action of the constructor. * Circular structures are not properly destroyed by LotusScript, and the memory for those structures is not released until you end the session. * Errors occurring within a class destructor must be handled within that procedure; error-handling routines outside of the destructor cannot trap errors occurring within the destructor. * Converting between decimal numbers and strings: For converting between decimal numbers and strings, the conversion functions CDbl and CStr should be used in favor of Val and Str. CDbl and CStr honor the Windows setting for the decimal symbol, while Val and Str do not. For example, if the decimal symbol is comma (,), the number one- and-five-tenths is represented as the string "1,5". The code shows how to convert this string to its numeric form: Dim x As Double x = CDbl( "1,5" ) X now contains the decimal value of one-and-five-tenths. The CStr function is used to convert it to a string containing the regional digit separator: Dim y As String Dim y As Double x = 1.5 y = CStr( X ) results in y containing the string "1,5" (again assuming the specified decimal symbol is the comma). NOTE: Although CDbl will always work, you may want to use CSng or CCur instead, depending on the desired data type of the result, or the magnitude of the number being converted. This is especially important for international users. * The UBound function sometimes returns incorrect data when used with a dynamic array that is passed as an argument to a procedure. C. Win16/Win32 Differences -------------------------- * On Win32, ChDir "C:" and ChDir " " do nothing; on Win16 they generate the error "Path not found." * On Win32, you can use Name to rename a file using the same name (Name myFile As myFile); on Win16 this generates the error "Permission denied." * On Win32, ChDrive "A:" with no disk in the drive generates the error "Device unavailable"; on Win 16, it does nothing. ---------------- 14. KNOWN ISSUES ---------------- A. Organizer 2.1 and SmartCenter 96 ----------------------------------- If you run a Node Install for Organizer 2.1 and then install SmartCenter 96, the Address and Calendar drawers may not be able to detect your Organizer files. Ask your Network Administrator to copy the following files from the local SmartCenter directory to the Organizer directory on the network file server. * ORG16.DLL * ORG32.DLL * ORGAPI.DLL B. Displaying ScreenCam Movies ------------------------------ The ScreenCam movies provided with SmartSuite 96 may not display properly if you are using large fonts. To view the movies correctly, choose Display Properties - Settings - Font size and select Small fonts. C. Specifying Directories on a File Server ------------------------------------------ If you want to perform a Distribution Install or manually copy the disks or CD-ROM to a file server, do not specify a directory name that includes a space (for example, \SMARTSUITE 96). D. Using the TCP Network Driver ------------------------------- If TCP is set as a port for Lotus Notes Release 3.x, the SmartSuite application may crash when you attach a file from Approach 96, Word Pro 96, or Freelance Graphics 96 to mail. To prevent the application from crashing, disable the TCP port in Notes. E. Using Internet Files ----------------------- The .URL files shipped with SmartSuite 96 should work with any Web browser. If you encounter any problems, contact your Internet vendor. F. Opening Windows 3.x Files ---------------------------- If you open a Windows 3.1 application immediately after you install SmartSuite 96, an error message may appear when you choose either File - Open or File - Save, saying that the selected drive cannot be accessed. To make this drive accessible, follow these steps: 1. Click Cancel until all dialog boxes are closed. 2. Minimize the application. 3. Choose Start - Accessories - Notepad. 4. Switch back to the application. 5. Choose File - Open or File - Save.