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- WINOS2 CLIPBOARD, DDE, OLE TROUBLE SHOOTING GUIDE
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- See also: OS/2 2.0 Online Help
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- OS/2 2.0 Manuals - Using the Operating System
- Migrating to the OS/2 Workplace Shell
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- OS/2 Readme File (README file in root directory)
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- Clipboard Questions and Answers
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- Problem: Copying, cutting or pasting using the clipboard is
- slow with Windows Applications. This is particulary
- noticable in MS Excel and other Windows applications.
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- Answer: Most applications that copy information to the clipboard copy
- data in multiple formats. In the case of Excel, 16 different
- formats. When the Windows clipboard is public, the computer
- must do additional conversion of data to the OS2 clipboard. The
- solution to this is that if the customer can make the Windows
- clipboard private, the speed of cutting and pasting will be
- similar to that of DOS/Windows. The only problem with
- this is that anything copied from the Windows session cannot be
- pasted to OS2 unless clipboard data is exported and when trying
- to paste data copied from an OS2 session, another WINOS2 session
- or a DOS Session, data must be imported. The only way to make
- a WINOS2 seamless session private is to make a permanent change
- removing 3 ";clipbrd" statements from the WINOS2 SYSTEM.INI file.
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- The performance issue is being addressed. This will be
- made available at a undetermined future date.
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- Problem: Graphics copied to clipboard from OS2 cannot be copied to a
- Windows application or graphics copied to the WINOS2 clipboard
- from a Windows application cannot be copied to an OS2 application.
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- Answer: This is normally a lack in about 50% of Windows applications.
- Older Windows applications only support DDBs (Device Dependent
- Bitmaps), while OS2 always creates or uses DIBs (Device
- Independent Bitmaps). Since the format of DDBs and DIBs are
- different, Windows applications that only support DDBs can have
- problems in copying data to and from the public clipboard.
- Because some Windows applications may handle other formats
- than DDBs, all Windows applications that do not handle DIBs
- may not exhibit this problem.
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- Problem: DDE or OLE does not work correctly for Windows applications under
- WINOS2.
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- Answer: Some Windows applications use special Windows 3.1 DLL (Dynamic
- link library) for DDE and OLE. These DLLs are backward
- compatible to Windows 3.0 and WINOS2. Make sure that
- DDEML.DLL, OLECLI.DLL, and OLESRV.DLL are in the
- \OS2\MDOS\WINOS2 directory or in the path. If you installed
- OS/2-2.0 on top of DOS/Windows, these files may be in the old
- directory. Otherwise, they normally can be copied from
- the installation disks of the Windows application that experienced
- the problem.
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- For applications where DDE worked for DOS/WINDOWS, they should
- also work correctly under WINOS2. Some Windows applications did
- not support DDE very well, therefore if you are experiencing DDE
- problems with a specific application, call the application
- company regarding DDE Support.
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- Problem: OLE does not work between OS2 applications and WINOS2.
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- Answer: OLE is not supported under Presentation Manager. Therefore,
- OLE will not work outside WINOS2.
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- Problem: OS2 Clipboard does not recognize data that may be in private
- formats.
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- Answer: Even though the clipboard does not display or show data being
- available in the OS2 clipboard, it may be available to
- applications that support that private format.
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- Thank you for calling the OS/2 2.0 Support Line. Regarding the problem
- reported to the Support Line, we feel that this information may assist
- you in resoloving your problem. If you still require assistance, please
- call 1-800-237-5511, and reference your customer number and problem (PMR)
- number. Your Problem Record Number (PMR) should appear on the cover
- page of this faxed document.