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- NOVELL TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT
-
- TITLE: WINTOO.EXE Improved WIN2NCS /Win Connectivity
- README FOR: WINTOO.EXE
-
- NOVELL PRODUCTS and VERSIONS:
- NetWare Connect 1.0
-
- ABSTRACT:
-
- Includes an improved version of the NetWare Connect redirector
- which allows you to use any Windows communications application
- which uses the standard Windows API calls, whether NASI
- compatible or not.
-
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- DISCLAIMER
- THE ORIGIN OF THIS INFORMATION MAY BE INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL TO
- NOVELL. NOVELL
- MAKES EVERY EFFORT WITHIN ITS MEANS TO VERIFY THIS INFORMATION.
- HOWEVER, THE
- INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS DOCUMENT IS FOR YOUR INFORMATION
- ONLY. NOVELL
- MAKES NO EXPLICIT OR IMPLIED CLAIMS TO THE VALIDITY OF THIS
- INFORMATION.
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-
- SYMPTOM:
-
- 1. System hang when exiting Windows For WorkGroups.
-
- 2. Checksum errors and inability to recover from errors when
- using ZMODEM on Procom or PCAnywhere.
-
- 3. CRC errors during file transfers.
-
- 4. Problems with some large block transfer packages such as
- SLIP/PPP packages and/or FAX programs.
-
- 5. Hesitation in WINDOWS when doing large data transfers.
-
- 6. Lack of reliability with applications that transfer large
- amounts of data when "Double Buffering On Writes" is disabled.
-
- 7. If "Save Window Coordinates" was checked in the mapping
- utility, it did remain checked upon return to the utility.
-
- 8. A spurious installation error when installing on a
- workstation with DR DOS 7.0.
-
- 9. Heavy server utilization when using Windows Terminal (and
- perhaps other applications), when using hardware flow control
-
- 10. Unnecessary memory usage because, resources (ICONs, etc.)
- that had been allocated for the NASI Mapping utility, were not
- released.
-
-
- OVERVIEW
- --------
- WIN2NCS should allow you to use any Windows communications
- application which uses the standard Windows API calls, whether
- NASI compatible or not.
-
- - The "NASI Redirector" stays active at all times when Windows
- is active (unless you turn it off). It traps all calls to the
- COM port, and redirects them to a NetWare Connect port.
-
- You can define up to 8 NASI Redirected ports within one Widows
- session.
-
- - With the NASI redirector, you do not have load NASI before
- running Windows.
-
- - The Redirector loads and calls NASI.DLL from within Windows
- and unloads it again when no longer needed.
-
- This version of WIN2NCS has been extensively tested with
- Microsoft Windows 3.1 (both Enhanced and Standard Mode).
-
- In addition, this version of WIN2NCS appears work with the
- following systems (see On-Line Help for information concerning
- known restrictions).
- - Windows 95
- - OS/2 Warp
- - Windows For WorkGroups 3.11
-
- The version of WIN2NCS in WINTOO contains the following
- improvements over the prior version of WIN2NCS:
-
- A. Writes are now double buffered. This eliminates the need for
- blocking mode and can increase performance on some applications
- 15% to 35%
-
- B. Win2NCS can now be installed on a network drive. This allows
- all users to use the same Win2NCS, but have individual
- configuration files.
-
- C. If a user is logged on to the LAN, the user name and session
- names will be filled in with the logged in name, the first time
- security is invoked.
-
- D. There is now a box in the "Map Communications Ports" option
- called "Enable Mapping/UnMapping Of All Ports". If this box is
- checked, the user can Map or UnMap any of the 8 Com Ports, and
- the UnMap button will not be grayed for local com ports that do
- not exist.
-
- E. There are now both VGA, and SVGA color palettes. The default
- palette is VGA, but the user can select the SVGA palette. NOTE:
- Only use the SVGA palette if the workstation's display driver
- supports at least 32K colors.
-
- F. The following three options are available during SETUP:
- ---1. The configuration file to be created in the installed
- directory.
- Normally used for a local drive install.
-
- ---2. Configuration files to be based on the logged in name.
- This option will assign a different configuration file for each
- login name. This option allows both Win2NCS and the
- configuration files to be centralized.
-
- ---3. The configuration file to always be on drive C:.
- This option will create and use a configuration file in the root
- directory of the users C: drive. This option allows Win2NCS to
- be centralized, but with local configuration files.
-
- See the On-Line Help for more information concerning
- configuration files.
-
- G. 3D Effect
- The Win2NCS NASI Mapping Utility will now default to the 3D
- look. Dialogue Boxes in the NASI Redirector that are invoked by
- a communications application, will have the look of the calling
- application and not the NASI Mapping Utility. Therefore, if a
- invoking communications program has the 3D look, the Dialogue
- Boxes of the NASI Redirector will have that 3D look.
-
- H. A new bit map will appear on the screen replacing the status
- information the first time you invoke Win2NCS. The bit map will
- disappear and permanently be replaced by status information after
- the Map Communications Ports option is selected or the Win2NCS
- mapping utility is exited.
-
- I. New Global Mapping Options
- ---1. The option to enable or disable double buffering on reads.
-
- ---2. The option to enable or disable double buffering on
- writes.
-
- ---3. (DTR Control and RTS Control) New options to allow
- changing how DTR and RTS will act.
-
- ---4. Maximum ECBs Requested
- This option is available for support of OS/2 and Windows 3.1
- Standard Mode. Under unusual conditions the user may be required
- to change the default value.
- See The On-Line Help For More Information.
-
- ---5. The option to either enable or disable the 3D look of the
- NASI Mapping utility.
-
- ---6. "Selected Gray Screens" allows the user to enable, or
- disable Gray Screens for the; Map Communications Ports Dialogue
- Box, Global Mapping Options Dialogue Box, and the Select Colors
- Dialogue Box.
-
- NOTE: To create the effect of the previous release, disable the
- 3D effect and the Selected Gray Screens.
-
- ---7. A "Defaults" pushbutton has been added to allow the user
- to reset the Global Options to the preferred settings.
-
- J. The maximum number of services that can be displayed in the
- Map Communications Ports option of the NASI Mapping Utility has
- been increased from 100 to 512.
-
- K. The "Set Maximum Ports" option in the NASI Mapping Utility
- will now allow single keystroke entry when setting the maximum
- number of ports (instead of having to clear the entry).
-
- L. Win2NCS will now work with OS/2.
-
- M. The install files are now flagged read/write to make it
- easier for the administrator to erase them.
-
- N. The README.WRI file can now be read prior to installation.
-
- O. The following ability will be enabled with the version of
- NetWare Connect which will follow NetWare Connect 1.0.
-
- NOT FOR NETWARE CONNECT 1.0
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- The option to enable the Security Dialogue Box to prompt for 4.X
- context by checking the Prompt User For 4X Context in the Global
- Mapping Options.
- If the Netware Connect is a 1.X server or is running on a 3.X
- server, this entry is ignored.
-
-
-
-
- SOLUTION:
-
- 1. The Win2NCS NASI Redirector now unhooks from the COMM.DRV
- prior to exit.
-
- 5. Double buffering is now implemented on reads to accurately
- reflect read status and potentially increase performance.
-
- 6. Double buffering is now implemented on writes to accurately
- reflect write status.
-
- 7. "Mode Of Operation" changed in "Global Mapping Options" to
- default to blocking mode.
-
- 11. All RTS and DTR state notification changes will now be
- trapped and a network packet will only be issued if the new state
- is different than the previous state.
-
-
- History:
-
- WINTOO.EXE supersedes WINNCS.EXE.
-
- Self-Extracting File Name: wintoo.exe
-
- Files Included Size Date Time
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- ..\
- WINTOO.TXT (This file)
- ATTNASI.EX_ 3326 5-16-95 1:34:26 pm
- CTL3DV2.DL_ 11194 8-31-93 12:00:00 am
- DIRNASI.DL_ 29032 5-16-95 1:34:24 pm
- INTNASI.DL_ 2746 5-16-95 1:34:24 pm
- MAPNASI.EX_ 49625 5-16-95 1:34:26 pm
- MAPNASI.HL_ 32710 5-16-95 1:34:28 pm
- MSCOMSTF.DL_ 37722 3-23-92 12:00:00 am
- MSDETECT.IN_ 3742 3-23-92 12:00:00 am
- MSDETSTF.DL_ 13519 3-23-92 12:00:00 am
- MSINSSTF.DL_ 36858 3-23-92 12:00:00 am
- MSREGDB.IN_ 1169 3-23-92 12:00:00 am
- MSSHARED.IN_ 1032 3-23-92 12:00:00 am
- MSSHLSTF.DL_ 7888 5-16-95 12:00:00 am
- MSUILSTF.DL_ 3611 3-23-92 12:00:00 am
- NASI.DL_ 26620 5-16-95 1:34:24 pm
- NOTNASI.EX_ 5920 5-16-95 1:34:26 pm
- NSETUP.DL_ 13282 5-16-95 1:34:28 pm
- NSETUP.IN_ 756 5-16-95 12:00:00 am
- NSETUP.MS_ 2103 5-12-95 12:00:00 am
- NSETUPH.IN_ 299 4-22-95 12:00:00 am
- NWCALLS.DL_ 67608 11-2-93 12:00:00 am
- NWIPXSPX.DL_ 15803 11-2-93 12:00:00 am
- README.WRI 9088 5-16-95 1:34:28 pm
- SETUP.EXE 24624 3-23-92 12:00:00 am
- SETUP.LST 603 9-12-94 12:00:00 am
- SETUPAPI.IN_ 11015 3-23-92 12:00:00 am
- _MSSETUP.EX_ 6622 3-23-92 12:00:00 am
- _MSTEST.EX_ 49647 3-23-92 12:00:00 am
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- Installation Instructions:
-
- 1. Create a directory (C:\TEMP).
- 2. Copy WINNCS.EXE into C:\TEMP.
- 3. Unzip WINNCS.EXE.
- 4. Start Windows.
- 5. Use File Manager to go to C:\TEMP.
- 6. Run SETUP.EXE from C:\TEMP.
- For further details, regarding the Redirector, bring up on-line
- Help after installing it.
-
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