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- The loader L4-LOAD.COM is meant to allow users of DESQview to run
- Lotus 1-2-3 version 3.1 in a DESQview window without having to
- set the field "Keyboard Conflict" in the Lotus 1-2-3 Change a
- Program menu to 8. Because of certain calls that 1-2-3 3.1 makes
- within its keyboard interrupt handler, it crashes frequently
- inside DESQview without "Keyboard Conflict" set to 8. However,
- setting "Keyboard Conflict" to 8 sometimes can create unpleasant
- side effects. The most common of these is shift-state confusion,
- with the shift key seemingly sticking in upper-case mode when the
- cursor keys are used in a 1-2-3 spreadsheet. With the L4-
- LOAD.COM loader, "Keyboard Conflict" can be set to 0 in the Lotus
- 1-2-3 3.1 Change a Program menu without inviting system crashes.
-
- To use the loader:
-
- 1) Copy the file L4-LOAD.COM to the DESQview directory.
-
- 2) Go to the Change a Program menu for Lotus 1-2-3 version 3.1. The beginning
- of the menu probably looks something like this:
-
-
- Change a Program
-
- Program Name............: Lotus 1-2-3 Rel 3.1
-
- Keys to Use on Open Menu: L3 Memory Size (in K): 330
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Program...: 123.EXE
-
- Parameters:
-
- Directory.: c:\123r31
-
-
- Edit the menu so that the loader, with a full path name, is on the "Program"
- line, and 123.EXE is on the "Parameters" line, as follows:
-
- Change a Program
-
- Program Name............: Lotus 1-2-3 Rel 3.1
-
- Keys to Use on Open Menu: L3 Memory Size (in K): 330
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Program...: C:\DV\L4-LOAD.COM
-
- Parameters: 123.EXE
-
- Directory.: c:\123r31
-
-
- If you are already passing a parameter to Lotus 1-2-3, as in the below example:
-
- Change a Program
-
- Program Name............: Lotus 1-2-3 Rel 3.1
-
- Keys to Use on Open Menu: L3 Memory Size (in K): 330
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Program...: 123.EXE
-
- Parameters: VGA
-
- Directory.: c:\123r31
-
-
- ... then put both 123.EXE and the parameter on the "Parameters" line, as
- follows:
-
- Change a Program
-
- Program Name............: Lotus 1-2-3 Rel 3.1
-
- Keys to Use on Open Menu: L3 Memory Size (in K): 330
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Program...: C:\DV\L4-LOAD.COM
-
- Parameters: 123.EXE VGA
-
- Directory.: c:\123r31
-
-
- If you are loading 123.EXE from a batch file, do not change the "Program" and
- "Parameters" line in the Change a Program menu. Instead, edit the batch file,
- inserting the loader (with full pathname) at the beginning of the line that
- loads 123.EXE. For instance, if your batch file now looks like this:
-
- cd\123
- del temp.wk3
- 123 vga
-
- ... change only the line that loads 123.EXE, so that the new batch file now
- reads:
-
- cd\123
- del temp.wk3
- c:\dv\l4-load.com 123 vga
-
-
- 4) Make sure that the "Keyboard Conflict" field on the second page of the Lotus
- 1-2-3 version 3.1 Change a Program menu is set to 0, not to 8.
-
-
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