MultiView 2000 History READ THIS FILE for information concerning MultiView 2000 releases prior to MultiView 2000 v 3. HISTORY.TXT: September 1997 Please read this file for information relating to MultiView 2000 versions prior to version 3. For easier reading enlarge the window by clicking the maximize button alternatively, print the contents and keep the pages with your MultiView 2000 documentation. Topics in this file include the following: ------------------------------------------ SECTION 1 - NEW AT 2.2.6 SECTION 2 - PROBLEMS FIXED AT 2.2.6 SECTION 3 - NEW AT 2.1.4 SECTION 4 - PROBLEM FIXED AT 2.1.4 SECTION 1 - NEW AT 2.2.6 1.1 Configurable Popup Menu's 1.2 X awareness and application configuration 1.3 Registry setting to disable LPD autoformat detection 1.4 Additional code-page support for ANSI Emulation 1.5 AUX Printing support for ANSI Emulation 1.6 80/132 column switching for ANSI Emulation 1.1 Configurable Popup Menu's A new feature of the TE is configurable popup menu's. Please search for "popup" in the help system for further information. 1.2 X awareness and application configuration If MultiView/X has been installed on your system, MultiView 2000 can now be configured to launch X applications. Please search for "x client" in the help system for further information. 1.3 Registry setting to disable LPD autoformat detection Because of issues in the way in which LPD detects that a UNIX LPR job has been formatted, LPD printers can now be configured to disable this feature, to force transparent printing. For example, some UNIX applications output directly to the "printer" and by so doing, by pass the LPR sub-system. This means the normal LPR formatting information is not passed to the LPD spooler. For each LPD printer you may edit the following section in your registry, where {Printer_Name} is your LPD configured printer name: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER] Software JSB MultiView 2000 UnixToPCPrinting {Printer_Name} enter the following DWORD value: PreFormattedJobs = 1 PLEASE NOTE: THE SPECIFIED REGISTRY SECTION WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE AFTER LPD HAS BEEN EXECUTED. 1.4 Additional code-page support for ANSI Emulation Full code-page support has been implemented for the ANSI Emulation. 2000 will determine the current language support installed for the keyboard and display an appropriate list of available code-pages. 1.5 AUX Printing support for ANSI Emulation AUX printing is now supported in the ANSI emulation. The DEC VT220 sequences for AUX printing have been implemented. AUX ON - \033[4i AUX OFF - \033[5i 1.6 80/132 column switching for ANSI Emulation 80/132 column switching has been implemented in the ANSI emulation. The DEC VT220 sequences have been implemented. 132 - \033[?3h 80 - \033[?3l SECTION 2 - PROBLEMS FIXED AT 2.2.6 2.1 DDE Report changes when idle 2.2 TE Immediate update and Windows NT4W 2.3 Printing from a TE to a Dot Matrix printer 2.4 Problems connecting to HPUX 10 with the Telnet protocol 2.5 Cursor keys in vi on VT220 and VT320 connecting to HPUX 10 2.6 VT320 status line and /r 2.7 LPD on Cisco TCP/IP 2.1 DDE Report changes when idle At previous releases of MultiView 2000, the configuration option "Report changes when idle" was not supported. 2.2 TE Immediate update and Windows NT4W If Immediate update is selected, the MultiView 2000 TE appeared to increase its use of memory while active. 2.3 Printing from a TE to a Dot Matrix printer Formatting problems were experienced when printing to a Dot Matrix printer from within a MultiView 2000 TE. 2.4 Problems connecting to HPUX 10 with the Telnet protocol Connecting to HP UX10 with the Telnet protocol failed during the protocol communication. 2.5 Cursor keys in vi on VT220 and VT320 connecting to HPUX 10 The cursor keys failed to function in vi with the VT220 and VT320 emulation’s on HPUX 10. 2.6 VT320 status line and /r The VT320 status line wasn't responding to /r when stty -onlcr mode was set. 2.7 LPD on Cisco TCP/IP MultiView 2000 LPD now runs over the Cisco TCP/IP stack. SECTION 3 - NEW AT 2.1.4 3.1 Wyse60 Terminal Emulation 3.2 Terminal Session Wizard 3.3 Serial and Modem Support 3.4 AUX and Direct Printing from within VT220, VT320 and wyse60 TE's 3.5 LPD supports AUTO/SELECT Transparent Printing 3.6 LPD Logging 3.7 Improved Font Scaling 3.8 FTP picks up Windows association for remote files 3.9 Telnet Port Configuration 3.10 Spaces and URL support 3.11 Dim and Bold attribute support 3.1 Wyse60 Terminal Emulation Wyse60 terminal emulation, including page memory support, has been added to MultiView 2000. The following functionality has not been included in this release. - Split screen - Scroll selection - only jump scroll is supported - Draw rectangle - Scan Code Mode The time displayed on the status line is obtained from the PC and not the remote system. 3.2 Terminal Session Wizard The terminal session wizard is a concise fast track route to producing a terminal emulation session. Each of the steps involved in creating a session are presented in a logical order resulting in a basic session which can then be further customized using the Terminal Emulator application features. For further information on each step or how to carry out the equivalent procedure using the Terminal Emulator, click the Help button on each wizard dialog box. 3.3 Serial and Modem Support Serial and Modem support has been included to allow the user to not only log into servers using TCP/IP IPX/SPX connectivity, but also from remote locations via Modem's and also from standard RS232 ports. 3.4 AUX and Direct Printing from within VT220, VT320 and wyse60 TE's The VT220, VT320 and the new Wyse60 TE, now include support for Direct and auxiliary printing. Please see "Auxiliary Printing" in the MultiView 2000 help system for more information. 3.5 LPD supports AUTO/SELECT Transparent Printing MultiView 2000 LPD now automatically determines whether the received job requires formatting. If the job is unformatted, the selected print driver will be used, otherwise the job will be passed directly to the printer port. 3.6 LPD Logging LPD can now be configured to keep a log of all jobs received by the LPD server. Three levels of logging are available, Low, Medium and High. 3.7 Improved Font Scaling The TE's font scaling support has been dramatically improved at this release. 3.8 FTP picks up windows association for remote files File Transfer now picks up Windows association for remote files. This means any remote file that has a Windows associated extension, can be executed from the remote site e.g., .TXT 3.9 Telnet Port Configuration It is now possible to configure the Telnet port you wish to connect to. 3.10 Spaces and URL support Spaces are now supported for URL's within the MultiView 2000 Terminal Emulation. 3.11 Dim and Bold attribute support The MultiView 2000 TE now supports the Dim and Bold attribute where applicable. SECTION 4 - PROBLEM FIXED AT 2.1.4 4.1 FTP and removable drives 4.2 FTP and Windows NT4W 4.3 FTP and AIX 3.25 and 4.1x 4.4 FTP was able to create files with spaces on remote systems but could not parse a listing once created 4.5 Numlock key programming 4.6 National character set displayed British when using non-British keyboard 4.7 Ctrl L on SCO TE doesn't send Form feed 4.8 Line drawing lost if the configuration dialog was selected with VT220 and VT320 4.9 Print Preview and Print produced corrupt output 4.10 Pasting into a TE was extremely slow 4.11 TE performance issue's 4.12 TE's connecting to a slow network 4.13 Overscan color sequence CSI=cA on Windows NT4W 4.14 Rlogin didn't send TERM type as part of protocol 4.15 Sharing ZZC files between TE and FTP 4.1 FTP and removable drives File Transfer would expect a drive that could possibly be removed such as a Floppy or CD to contain files. If they didn't, FTP would take a while to report that no files could be found. 4.2 FTP and Windows NT4W File Transfer would consistently cause Dr. Watson errors while running on Windows NT4 Workstation. 4.3 FTP and AIX 3.25 and 4.1x File Transfer had problems parsing listing types while connected to AIX. This would result in peculiar directory structures being displayed within the application interface. 4.4 FTP was able to create files with spaces on remote systems but could not parse a listing once created It is still possible to create files and directories with spaces on remote systems, but FTP will now handle selecting these files once created. 4.5 Numlock key programming Depending on what state the numlock key was in when programmed, the numpad could get in a state where some keys were in numeric mode and some in application mode. 4.6 National character set displayed British when using non-British keyboard If for example a Swedish keyboard was in use, the National character set dialog would display British rather than the correct Character set. 4.7 Ctrl L on SCO TE doesn't send Form feed The Ctrl L sequence now performs correctly with the SCO emulation. 4.8 Line drawing lost if the configuration dialog was selected with VT220 and VT320 If you were using an application using line drawing and the TE configuration was selected, next time the application was used, the line drawing was lost. 4.9 Print Preview and Print produced corrupt output Selecting to print the TE display would not always print correctly. The effects were also seen within print preview. (See Section 6.9). 4.10 Pasting into a TE was extremely slow Pasting from Windows applications into the MultiView 2000 TE was very slow. 4.11 TE performance issue's The MultiView 2000 TE performance has been improved both on Windows 95 and NT4W. 4.12 TE's connecting to a slow network If connecting to a system via a slow network, the TE would not load until a response was received from the remote system. 4.13 Overscan color sequence CSI=cA on Windows NT4W The SCO ANSI Overscan color sequence CSI=cA on Windows NT4W didn't update the screen until the TE Window was resized. 4.14 Rlogin didn't send TERM type as part of protocol Rlogin now sends TERM type as part of the Rlogin protocol. 4.15 Sharing ZZC files between TE and FTP The ZZC files created by File Transfer and the Terminal Emulator are not compatible, therefore should be shared between the two applications.