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MultiView DeskTop 5.05
READ THIS FILE for extra information concerning JSB MultiView DeskTop 5.05
which is not documented elsewhere.
README.TXT: May 1997
Welcome to MultiView DeskTop.
Please read this file as it contains information not included in the Help
system or the printed documentation. For easier reading enlarge the window
by clicking the maximize button. Alternatively, print the contents and keep
the pages with your DeskTop documentation.
Topics in this file include the following:
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>>PART 1 - Installation issues at this release
>>PART 2 - Bugs fixed at this release
>>PART 3 - Known problems at this release
>>PART 4 - New at this release
>>PART 5 - Compatibility issues at this release
>>PART 6 - What was new at DeskTop 5
>>PART 7 - Bugs fixed at DeskTop 5
>>PART 8 - What was new at DeskTop 5.01
>>PART 9 - Bugs fixed at DeskTop 5.01
>>PART 10 - What was new at DeskTop 5.03
>>PART 11 - Bugs fixed at DeskTop 5.03
>>PART 12 - What was new at DeskTop 5.04
>>PART 13 - Bugs fixed at DeskTop 5.04
FOR ISSUE'S CONCERNING DESKTOP RELEASES PRIOR TO VERSION 5 PLEASE REFER
TO HISTORY.TXT LOCATED IN YOUR DESKTOP INSTALLATION DIRECTORY.
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* *
* >>PART 1 - INSTALLATION ISSUES AT THIS RELEASE *
* *
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1.1 Upgrading DeskTop While DeskTop is running
1.2 Installing DeskTop over a previous version
1.3 Removing DeskTop
1.4 Upgrading Windows 3 to Windows 95 or NT4W When DeskTop is installed
1.5 Choosing your Network Support
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1.1 Upgrading DeskTop While DeskTop is running.
Installing DeskTop whilst DeskTop is running may cause the installation
process to fail. To overcome this close DeskTop before upgrading.
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1.2 Installing DeskTop over a previous version.
1.2.1 It is possible to install this version of DeskTop over the previous
versions 3.7.0, 4.0, 4.01, 4.2x and 5.x The configuration files including
WMGR.RC will be left intact and the MVIEW.INI will be upgraded.
1.2.2 It is also possible to install this version of DeskTop over the
DeskTop element of the previous version of MultiView/X, version 2.02, 4.x
and 5.x.
1.2.3 It is not possible to install this version of DeskTop over versions
prior to 3.7.0. Any old configurations will need re-configuring when the new
version is installed.
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1.3 Removing DeskTop.
There are two locations where DeskTop files are kept, the installation
directory (usually C:\MVW) and the Windows directory (usually C:\WINDOWS).
The relevant files in both locations will have to be deleted.
DeskTop directory:
The contents of this directory and any sub-directories below it must be
deleted.
Windows directory:
The files below may exist in the windows directory and need to be
deleted:
MVIEW.INI
BUTTONS.INI
VSL.INI
JSBRPRNT.INI
MSOCKLIB.DLL
MWINSOCK.DLL
MVWLPD.INI
NB. Removal of these files should be carried out without Windows running.
Additionally, remove any DeskTop setting in your C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT.
If you are running DeskTop on Windows 95 or NT4W, additional LPR files
will need to be removed
LPR Uninstall for Windows 95 and NT4 - From DeskTop 5.04
There is now an option to un-install the 32bit DeskTop LPR system on
Windows 95 and NT4. Please select Add/Remove Programs from the Windows
Control Panel and select Remove "JSB LPR Port Monitor". Shared
files may be in use you may be asked to restart your system.
LPR Uninstall for Windows 95 and NT4 - Prior to DeskTop 5.04
The following additional DLL's will be located in your Windows System
directory, usually C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM.
Prior to DeskTop 5.02
MVPMON.DLL
MVLPR.DLL
From DeskTop 5.02
MVWPMON.DLL
MVWLPR.DLL
MVWRES.DLL
These are shared files used in conjuction with the Windows 95 and NT4W
printing system. In order to delete the DLL's you may need to action this in
Command Mode, i.e. DOS.
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1.4 Upgrading Windows 3 to Windows 95 or NT4W When DeskTop is installed
Because of changes made to the LPR/LPD component of DeskTop 5.00 running
under Windows 95 or NT4W, if an upgrade from Windows 3 to Windows 95 or
NT4W is made the LPR/LPD components will be incorrect. To install the 32bit
components edit MVIEW.INI and change the line
MDTVersion=5.05
to
MDTVersion=5.04
Insert your DeskTop 5.05 media and run setup. Once the installation is
complete the LPR/LPD will have been updated to run the 32bit support.
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1.5 Choosing your Network Support
During setup you will be asked for the type of Network you will be running.
For Windows users using the supplied "Cisco Suite 100 TCP/IP" select
"Winsock TCP/IP 1.1".
For Windows 95 and NT4W users who are running Windows TCP/IP support
"Winsock TCP/IP 1.1" should also be selected.
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* *
* >>PART 2 - BUGS FIXED AT THIS RELEASE *
* *
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2.1 Cursor left in previous location on Windows 95 or Windows NT
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2.1 Cursor left in previous location on Windows 95 or Windows NT
When using DeskTop on Windows 95 or Windows NT, on the odd occasion
the screens cursor was left in the cursors previous location.
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* *
* >>PART 3 - KNOWN PROBLEMS AT THIS RELEASE *
* *
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3.1 Wyse60 terminal emulator
3.2 FTP File Transfer and Windows 95.
3.3 LPD with Novell LWP TCP/IP
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3.1 Wyse60 terminal emulator.
3.1.1 If an application sends an escape sequence to reverse the screen
color, the status line is also reversed.
3.1.2 Using escape sequences to enter text on the status line, will not be
displayed until RETURN is pressed.
3.1.3 When adding text to the bottom of the host status line, pressing the
Shift+K causes it to disappear.
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3.2 FTP File Transfer and Windows 95
In certain specific circumstances, using File Transfer may result in an
Application Error in program MPREXE. This is known to happen when using
Microsoft network support for TCPIP, Novell Netware IPX/SPX, and when
connecting to a Netware 3.1x server.
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3.3 LPD with Novell LWP TCP/IP
When loading the LPD daemon over the Novell LWP TCP/IP, the following error
may be seen :- "Communications Initialisation Error". This is usually
because a file NOVASYNC.EXE is not installed. Expand this file from the
Novell LWP disks into the DeskTop directory (usually c:\mvw).
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* *
* >>PART 4 - NEW AT THIS RELEASE *
* *
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4.1 Interface option to disable LPD autoformat detection (32bit)
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4.1 Interface option to disable LPD autoformat detection (32bit)
It is now possible to configure an LPD printer to disable formatting of
received jobs, via a check box within the LPD configuration dialog.
For more information search for "formatting", and select "Disable local
formatting when printing jobs", from the Remote Print Server help system.
This only applies when DeskTop has been installed on Windows 95 or Windows
NT4.
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* *
* >>PART 5 - COMPATIBILITY ISSUES AT THIS RELEASE *
* *
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5.1 Using the JSB Virtual Socket Library
5.2 Programmable key name changes
5.3 Cisco TCP/IP hosts file
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5.1 Using the JSB Virtual Socket Library.
This version of DeskTop installs version 3.0.10 of the JSB Virtual Socket
Library (VSL).
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5.2 Programmable key name changes.
Some of the programmable key names used in MVIEW.INI have been changed from
previous versions of DeskTop as follows:
Divide -> Ndivide (Numpad Divide)
Star -> Nstar (Numpad Star)
Minus -> Nminus (Numpad Minus)
Plus -> Nplus (Nplus)
When upgrading, the old key names will automatically be updated.
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5.3 Cisco TCP/IP hosts file
During the installation of the supplied Cisco TCP/IP stack a hosts file is
generated containing local host information. This information is required
when programs such as FTP and X request the name of the local host. If the
message "Cannot find localhost entry in host file." is displayed then
the hosts entry for your local PC may be incomplete. Here's an example of
a typical hosts file:
# -------------------------------------------------------
# IP PC PC Name Local host
# Address Name including local entry
# Domain
# -------------------------------------------------------
192.194.108.10 mypc mypc.jsb.co.uk localhost
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* *
* >>PART 6 - WHAT WAS NEW AT DESKTOP 5 *
* *
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6.1 New 32-bit VxD TCP/IP Stack
6.2 Variable timeout for learnt login scripts
6.3 Wyse60 ESC 4 support
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6.1 New 32-bit VxD TCP/IP Stack
DeskTop 5 now incorporates a robust, high performance Windows based TCP/IP
stack, that is implemented as a 32-bit Virtual Device Driver (VxD). Unlike
traditional TCP/IP stacks, the new Cisco TCP/IP does not require any DOS based
TSR programs for operation and as a result improves performance by freeing
conventional DOS memory. In addition, the new VxD TCP/IP stack supports
BOOTP and DHCP offering dynamic configuration for IP addresses.
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6.2 Variable timeout for learnt login scripts
It is now possible to configure the default timeout setting used during the
learn process of .CMD files. Create a line within the [MultiView] section of
MVIEW.INI called,
DefaultLearnTimeout=30
where 30 is the number of seconds you would like the connection to wait for
a response from the remote system.
If no setting is specified a default of 20 will be used.
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6.3 Wyse60 ESC 4 support
The ESC 4 sequence used by Wyse60 is now supported. The sequence is used by
some applications in conjuction with Page Memory.
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* *
* >>PART 7 - BUGS FIXED AT DESKTOP 5 *
* *
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7.1 LPD with same drivers to 2 seperate printers
7.2 MAXPERNODE keyword in MVIEW.INI
7.3 Visual Basic DDE Link and Windows 95
7.4 Snapshot over serial connection
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7.1 LPD with same drivers to 2 seperate printers
A problem existed when 2 physical printers used the same device driver, i.e.
control panel may display two printers,
Transparent Print Driver XPRNT on LPT1
Transparent Print Driver XPRNT on LPT2
LPD would display the following,
Transparent Print Driver XPRNT on LPT1;,LPT2
This problem has now been resolved.
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7.2 MAXPERNODE keyword in MVIEW.INI
There was a problem using the MAXPERNODE setting in MVIEW.INI where any
entry was ignored.
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7.3 Visual Basic DDE Link and Windows 95
Using DDE link under Windows 95 intermittanly failed in DeskTop 4.2x this
has been fixed in DeskTop 5.
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7.4 Snapshot over serial connection
If a serial connection is open and DeskTop was restarted with a snapshot
that would also attempt to make a connection over the serial line, DeskTop
would cause the PC to hang. This has now been resolved.
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* *
* >>PART 8 - WHAT WAS NEW AT DESKTOP 5.01 *
* *
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8.1 Mterm command line options for specifing system name to be used during
connection
8.2 Enhanced mouse-to-cursor-motion configuration
8.3 ANSI Support for Greek, Cyrillic and Turkish fonts
8.4 New version of Cisco TCP/IP
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8.1 Mterm command line options for specifing system name to be used during
connection
A new feature has been added to allow a connection be made using a
specific Node configuration, while connecting to a different node name or IP
address.
For example.
mterm jsbtest:::bsj10
Would allow all terminal settings to be taken from jsbtest but actually
connect to bsj10.
You can also supply an IP Address as
mterm jsbtest:::183.126.119.174
Please search for "Command line arguments" and select "Connecting to a
node using the terminal settings for another node" in the Terminal Emulation
help system for further details.
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8.2 Enhanced mouse-to-cursor-motion configuration
It is now posible to configure the Right-Click-Mouse-Cursor-Motion. RIGHT
MOUSE CLICK & RIGHT, LEFT, UP, DOWN can now be configured to send specified
sequences.
Please refer to MouseSequenceLeft, Right, Up and Down within the mview.ini
keywords section of the DeskTop Technical Help for further details.
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8.3 ANSI support for Greek, Cyrillic and Turkish fonts
ANSI Support has now been included for Greek, Cyrilic and Turkish Fonts.
These can be selected during DeskTop Setup.
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8.4 New version of Cisco TCP/IP
Version 2 of Cisco's TCP/IP stack has now been included in DeskTop
5.01. Windows 3.1x and 95 are now supported.
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* *
* >>PART 9 - BUGS FIXED AT DESKTOP 5.01 *
* *
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9.1 Intermittent problem with F1 loading Windows Help in Terminal Emulation
session
9.2 LPR GPF with Canon LPB8 printer and MS Word 6.0a
9.3 MTERM caused system processor to display 100% usage
9.4 Loss of data during RS232 connection
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9.1 Intermittent problem with F1 loading Windows Help in Terminal Emulation
session
Pressing the F1 key within a TE sometimes caused the Windows Help to be
displayed rather than executing the TE setting for F1.
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9.2 LPR GPF with Canon LPB8 printer and MS Word 6.0a
Printing from MS Word 6.0a via LPR to a Canon LPB8 printer would cause
a GPF after the 2nd print.
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9.3 MTERM caused system processor to display 100% usage
Running a Processor Monitor program on Windows 95 reported 100% usage when
a TE session was loaded.
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9.4 Loss of data during RS232 connection
Under certain configurations during RS232 connections data loss was
experienced.
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* *
* >>PART 10 - NEW AT DESKTOP 5.03 *
* *
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10.1 Enhanced Printing for Windows 95 and Windows NT 4 Workstation
10.2 Running LPD minimised on startup
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10.1 Enhanced Printing for Windows 95 and Windows NT 4 Workstation
DeskTop 5.03 now includes an enhanced LPR/LPD printing system specifically
designed for Windows 95 and Windows NT4W.
LPD now supports automatic transparent printing without requiring a
Transparent Print driver.
DeskTop 5.02 didn't include HSS support for the Windows 95 and Windows NT4W
printing system, this has now been implemented.
16bit printing support for Windows 3.1x is unchanged at this release.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
10.2 Running LPD minimised on startup
LPD can now be configured to startup minimised on both 16 and 32bit
platforms.
****************************************************************************
* *
* >>PART 11 - BUGS FIXED AT DESKTOP 5.03 *
* *
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11.1 Spool 32 errors using LPR and HP LaserJet 3 print drivers on Windows 95
11.2 Line wrap occurring in wrong place for lpd prints when default font not
selected
11.3 The extended keypad keys could not be programmed using Xins,Xdel etc. on
a Wyse60 TE.
11.4 Wyse60 TE hangs using AUX printing with JSB Transparent print driver set
as Windows default
11.5 AUX printing displaying text on screen for vt and ansi emulationÆs
11.6 Wyse60 function key programming not working when appending with \n
11.7 GPF in Word with LPR and HP LaserJet 4 printer
11.8 Configured keymappings were not displayed in interface
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11.1 Spool 32 errors using LPR and HP LaserJet 3 print drivers on Windows 95
When using LPR with a HP LaserJet 3 print driver on Windows 95 a GPF would
occur after a undetermined number of prints.
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11.2 Line wrap occurring in wrong place for lpd prints when default font not
selected
If LPD was configured to use a font other than the default, line wrap would
not work correctly.
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11.3 The extended keypad keys could not be programmed using Xins,Xdel etc. on
a Wyse60 TE.
The extended keypad keys in the Wyse60 TE could not be programmed using
Xins,Xdel etc, and programming ins,del etc, effected the extended keypad
keys as well as the normal keypad keys.
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11.4 Wyse60 TE hangs using AUX printing with JSB Transparent print driver set
as Windows default
If the JSB Transparent print driver was set as the Windows default, the
Wyse60 TE would hang when using AUX printing.
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11.5 AUX printing displaying text on screen for VT and ANSI emulationÆs
During use of AUX printing on ANSI and VT emulationÆs text sent to the AUX
port would also appear within the TE.
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11.6 Wyse60 function key programming not working when appending with \n
If \n (Newline) was appended to a programmed key within the Wyse60 TE, the
mapping would not function as specified.
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11.7 GPF in Word with LPR and HP LaserJet 4 printer
Selecting Printer configuration from within Word 6.0a caused a GPF with LPR
and HP LaserJet 4 printer driver.
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11.8 Configured keymappings were not displayed in interface
When a key was configured the mappings were correctly written to MVIEW.INI
but when the interface was reloaded the mappings were not displayed.
****************************************************************************
* *
* >>PART 12 - NEW AT DESKTOP 5.04 *
* *
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12.1 Limitation of 990 files with File Transfer
12.2 16bit LPD supports UNIX lp -n flag
12.3 ANSI 80/132 column switching
12.4 Registry setting to disable LPD autoformat detection
12.5 LPR Uninstall for Windows 95 and NT4
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12.1 Limitation of 990 files with File Transfer
Previous versions of DeskTop had a limit of only displaying the first 990
files within a specified directory, this restriction has now been
removed.
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12.2 16bit LPD supports UNIX lp -n flag
DeskTop LPD now supports the unix multiple copy flag -n.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
12.3 ANSI 80/132 column switching
80/132 column switching has been implemented in the ANSI emulation. The DEC
VT220 sequences have been implemented.
132 - \033[?3h
80 - \033[?3l
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12.4 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 DeskTop
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.
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12.5 LPR Uninstall for Windows 95 and NT4
There is now an option to un-install the 32bit DeskTop LPR system on
Windows 95 and NT4. Please select add/remove Programs from the Windows
control panel and select Remove "JSB LPR Port Monitor". Because shared
files may be in use you may be asked to restart your system.
****************************************************************************
* *
* >>PART 13 - BUGS FIXED AT DESKTOP 5.04 *
* *
****************************************************************************
13.1 Resizing DeskTop on Windows 95 & Plus Pack and Windows NT4
13.2 Closing a TE session using a Modem connection
13.3 JSB Transparent Print Driver on Windows 95
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13.1 Resizing DeskTop on Windows 95 & Plus Pack and Windows NT4
If you were running DeskTop on a system with Windows 95 and Windows 95
Plus Pack installed, within the Control Panel/Display/Plus! tab there is
a setting "Show window contents while dragging", if this option is selected
the Main DeskTop couldn't be resized.
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13.2 Closing a TE session using a Modem connection
From DeskTop 5.01, if a TE was closed with an active Modem connection
open, DeskTop no longer disconnected the active line.
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13.3 JSB Transparent Print Driver on Windows 95
In DeskTop 5.03 the JSB Transparent Print Driver wasn't installed,
therefore AUX printing could not be configured.
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