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OT: EIOffice 2004 Vs MS Office 2003

29 May 2004 18:11:16 -0500

From: Chief

A review/comparison of the 2 suites for those of you who are interested
in this office suite from China, written in Java and works on OS/2-eCS.

http://www.flexbeta.net/main/articles.php?action=show&id=62



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SW: WarpFX adds PM123 skins to Ultima Visual Solution

29 May 2004 07:12:12 -0500

From: info@warpfx.com

Version 1.3.4, the lastest version of the Ultima Visual Solution for
OS/2 now includes themes for PM123, in addition to a CandyBarz theme,
Styler/2 themes, desktop backrounds, icons, Mozilla startup screens, tee
shirt graphics, and more.

Url: Http://www.warpfx.com



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SW: New FAT32 driver (Version 0.99) at Netlabs

28 May 2004 16:39:36 -0500


From: "David Graser"

The FAT32 dev group is happy to announce that we have a new version of the
FAT32 driver at Netlabs.

http://fat32.netlabs.org/?show=download

Version 0.99:

-CACHEF32.EXE caused a continuously beep if a copy of CACHEF32.EXE was
already loaded and the current CP was different from a copy of FAT32 IFS.
Fixed.

-Case conversion of national characters worked only for ASCII below 128.
Introduced in version 0.98b. Fixed.

-Sometimes copies of the FATs did not match each other or 'lost cluster'
occurred after copy operation with cache enabled. Fixed (maybe workaround
?). Unfortunately, cache performance is decreased as a result.

-Replaced legacy DBCS APIs with ULS APIs.

-Added /H option to FAT32.IFS to allocate cache memory in high memory
(>16MB). This should take care of the 'linalloc' problem.

-Added /F option to CACHEF32.EXE to force CACHEF32.EXE to be loaded
without any FAT32 partition. Hopefully, this option can help people who
use removable media formatted FAT32.

-Added a feature to clear fForceLoad flag to '/N' option of CACHEF32.EXE.

-FAT32.IFS process parameters are no longer case sensitive.

A special Note:

The driver loads whether it finds a FAT32 partition on bootup or not. The
new /f forces the cache to be loaded also.

This driver works with USB Flash sticks formatted FAT32, however, it does
not work with all. Stay away from Pony Attache flash media. After much
testing amd reviewing logs, the flash media not recognized is believed to
be caused by another driver. Personally, I believe that this driver may
be USBMSD.SYS driver. Some of the flash sticks cannot be read properly.

I have has success with a USB 2.0 Sandisk 125 MB flash stick.

David



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SW: GOAT beta 0.07b released

28 May 2004 06:05:24 -0500


From: Jason Stefanovich

GOAT beta 0.07b is released.

"GOAT is an interface for GOCR, the Gnu Optical Character Recongition
program."

New in this version
* Fixed another bug in Image Open, was only able to open one file, then
button was unresponsive
* Added several checks to ensure user saved text file before overwriting
* Properly dispose of temporary text file generated during OCR
* Fixed bug in Configure OCR menu item
* Removed redundant code between buttons and menu items

Download URLs:

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=goat_007b.zip

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/apps/graphics/scan/GOAT_007b.zip

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OS2-OCR/files/GOAT/GOAT_007b.zip

-Jason Stefanovich



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SW: Update: Mozilla 1.4.2

27 May 2004 18:31:37 -0500


From: "Mark Dodel"

The URLs to download Mozilla 1.4.2 are incorrect on the web site, under
the announcement. Please use the following correct URLs:


Full Installer .exe:
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mozilla/releases/mozilla1.4.2/contrib/mozilla-os2-1.4.2-installer.exe

and

a Zipfile:
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mozilla/releases/mozilla1.4.2/contrib/mozilla-os2-1.4.2.zip



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SW: Maul Publisher V2.29 (EN & DE)

27 May 2004 16:18:00 -0500


From: "Peter Koller"

Maul Publisher V2.29 for OS/2 or eCS (and V2.28 for Windows) have recently
been released. Maul Publisher is aimed at anyone needing to quickly
create pleasing and sophisticated publications, without the high cost of
one of the industry leading packages. It is aimed at anyone wanting to
quickly create printed presentations, club magazines, business cards, cd
inlays, or posters.
Many cheaper desktop publishers offer little more than can be achieved
with a modern word processor, whereas Maul is quite simply one of the
most powerful DTP applications available today.

This includes:-

(English 7Mb) http://www.manglais.com/download/MAULE229EN.ZIP (Deutsch
7Mb) http://www.manglais.com/download/MAULE229DE.ZIP (Win 5Mb)
http://www.manglais.com/download/MAULW228EN.ZIP

This version fixes the following items.

* Fixes file corruption caused by bitmap handler.
(Empty bitmaps caused a file corruption giving rise to linkage
failures.)
* Fixes pdfmark.dll installation.
* Fixed scaling for unequal printer dpi properties.

A new multilingual installer creates desktop icons in the correct
language. You may need to uninstall before reinstalling to get the
correct names in the German version.

A larger number of resellers can now sell you a license for Maul. Please
see the product web page http://www.manglais.com/products.html for
further details.

As usual:- Enjoy!

Peter





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SW: DFSee version 6.07 released, including CDROM ISO and diskette images

27 May 2004 14:44:56 -0500


From: "Jan van Wijk"

This is a minor upgrade to the 6.06 version with:

- Update CDROM-ISO and diskette image files to the 6.07 level,
with an expanded bootmenu that includes automatic DFSDISK,
DFSCHECK or BOOTINI analysis, or running a recovery script!
- Fixes for the BOOTINI command (and BOOTINI info in 'part -s')


DFSee is the SWISS-ARMY-KNIFE for disk and filesystem problems. With
FDISK-like displays, analysis and recovery, FIX commands, UNDELETE for
HPFS/NTFS, imaging and cloning. More details at:

http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee.htm

Direct download links:

http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee6xx.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/dfsee607.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=dfsee

Most important functional changes since 6.06:

- FAT-DIR Correct display of damaged/deleted LFN entries
- BOOTINI on FAT16 corrected searching the root directory
- SIM/WRIM and RUN, allow DOTs in a file-path (but not filename)
- LVM and LVMSHOW will not change the selected disk
- PLIST will not change the selected disk anymore
- LVM/CR -J option allows recovery of JFS volume information
- HPFSinit improved SUPER and SPARE-block bad-sector handling
- PART Improved bad-sector handling in reading bootsectors
- BOOTINI Fix index for unsorted primary partition tables
- BOOTINI RC equal to calculated-index when index is incorrect
- FIND '-n', start search in NEXT sector, not current one
- Schemes Set default output-text-window colors on scheme-change
- FILEDLG Fixed missing file-extension on select-from-list

Check DFS*.TXT files for details, all changes listed in DFSHIST.TXT

Registering DFSee will give you the right to use all 6.xx versions and get
support plus a reasonable amount of assistance by email.

But even more important, it enables further development of DFSee!

Regards, Jan van Wijk

=========================================================================
DFSee Home: http://www.dfsee.com; Jan van Wijk; Author of DFSee -
infoDESPAM@dfsee.com



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SW: jSyncManager v3.2 alpha 01 released.

27 May 2004 09:19:57 -0500


From: Brad BARCLAY

Hey Everyone:

The jSyncManager Development Team is pleased to announce the release of
the jSyncManager v3.2 alpha 01.

This release incorporates all fixes and new features implemented since
the v3.0 release last fall. Important new features include the
FotoReader jConduit for camera-enabled handhelds, the new TCP transport
for network-based synchronization, and many new API features for
developers.

You can download the latest release through both our homepage and
SourceForge project sites, via:

http://www.jsyncmanager.org
http://sf.jsyncmanager.org

Those upgrading from v3.0 neeed to be warned that v3.2 alpha 01 is the
first release to see a packaging change separating the API and core
jConduits from the Core Application Set package. This has been done to
make the jSyncManager install options more flexable, and to put a better
separation between items with different licenses (as the API is licensed
differently from the Core Application Set and Core jConduits). It does
mean, however, that there is no longer a single-file download for the
jSyncManager, but instead a three-file download (the CAS, API, and
jConduits).

As always, questions or comments about this release can be posted to the
jSyncManager online forums (through http://sf.jsyncmanager.org ),
e-mailed to myself ( bbarclayDESPAM@jsyncmanager.org ).

Brad BARCLAY
Lead Developer & Project Administrator,
The jSyncManager Project.


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SW: WIN32PRN 1.0.0b

26 May 2004 21:17:53 -0500


From: "Mark Dodel"

http://www.gtech-ua.com/vit/en/win32prn.jsp

"This project is designed to use printer drivers from OS Microsoft Windows
2000 in OS IBM OS/2."

1.0.0b Fri 21/05/2004

+ Added new export/import utilities to create packages with driver
files included.



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SW: Mozilla 1.4.2

26 May 2004 21:02:36 -0500


From: "Mark Dodel"

A new release of the stable, pre-GCC (using VACPP) version of the Mozilla
web browser is available at http://www.mozilla.org/ports/os2/

May 24, 2004 Mozilla 1.4.2 ( http://www.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla1.4.2/
) has been released.

It is available as a

Full Installer .exe:
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/releases/mozilla1.4.2/contrib/mozilla-os2-1.4.2-installer.exe

and

a Zipfile:
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/releases/mozilla1.4.2/contrib/mozilla-os2-1.4.2.zip



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SW: UpdCD 2.34 fix has been released

26 May 2004 19:29:36 -0500


From: kadzsolDESPAM@xenia.sote.hu

UpdCD 2.34 has been released. It contains the following changes:

new: added addon support for USB mass storage and cdrom drivers
new: added tunecfg, tuneini and tunefls support for eCS 1.1
new: added support for up2tb.flt (all OS/2 versions except eCS 1.0)
new: added localization to npconfig.exe replacement (please translate!)

fix: uninstalling mozilla without installed mozilla deletes a lot of file
fix: record.cmd crash if the name of the UpdCD directory is too long
fix: scrollmouse addon did not install with latest release
fix: WatchCat reinstallation added double entries to config.sys
fix: ibm1s506 was not replaced by danis506 in os2image (eCS 1.1)
fix: fixed incomplete do end loop (eCS 1.1)
fix: IBMNULL driver was not added to printer driver list (except eCS 1.1)
fix: German eCS 1.1 does not have loaddskf

Please install it on top of an existing UpdCD 2.3x installation.

UpdCD can be used to build an updated OS/2 and/or eCS installation CD-ROM.

Url: http://xenia.sote.hu/~kadzsol/rexx/sajat/updcd.htm

From: Z. Kadar (kadzsolDESPAM@xenia.sote.hu)


Submitted with the form on http://www.os2world.com/submit_news.php

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Event: WARPSTOCK EUROPE 2004

24 May 2004 16:04:58 -0500


From: gerritNOSPAM@mensys.nl

On behalf of the Warpstock Europe Board I'm proud to officially announce
the Warpstock Europe 2004 event. The event will be held in Arnhem, The
Netherlands from November 26-28th, 2004. Just as Warpstock 2002, this
years event will be organized by the Dutch HCC OS/2 user group in close
cooperation with German OS/2 user groups. This time Warpstock Europe will
be more special then ever before, since the Dutch OS/2 user group will
celebrate its 10th anniversary during the event. So, be prepared, it's for
sure some silly things are about to happen!



You can read all about Warpstock Europe on the special website
http://www.warpstock.net. This website is still under construction and
will be updated with more information as soon as it is available. From now
on online registration is open and can be done at the registration page on
the website.



Get out your agenda and mark it so you can make plans to attend this
wonderful and famous OS/2 event in The Netherlands.

Url: http://www.warpstock.net

From: Gerrit Schoenmaker (gerritNOSPAM@mensys.nl)


Submitted with the form on http://www.os2world.com/submit_news.php


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SW: VFATMon 1.1 released

24 May 2004 15:33:11 -0500


From: Jason Stefanovich

VFATMon monitors drives and converts VFAT long file names to EAs.

New in this version
* WARNING: Changed the switch functions /M now minimizes the program, /S
starts the monitor
* Minimize switch (good for putting VFATMon in your startup folder)
* Fixed INI writeback bux in exit routines
* Monitor stops when any Drives or Interval is changed
* Included v1.5 of VFAT2EA

The ususal suspects:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=vfatmon
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/disk/vfatmon11.zip

Cheers,
Jason



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SW: Maul Publisher V2.29 (EN & DE)

24 May 2004 15:04:54 -0500


From: "Peter Koller"

Maul Publisher V2.29 for OS/2 or eCS (and V2.28 for Windows) have been
released. This includes:-

(English 7Mb) http://www.manglais.com/download/MAULE229EN.ZIP
(Deutsch 7Mb) http://www.manglais.com/download/MAULE229DE.ZIP
(Win 5Mb) http://www.manglais.com/download/MAULW228EN.ZIP

This version fixes the following items.

* Fixes file corruption caused by bitmap handler.
(Empty bitmaps caused a file corruption giving rise to linkage
failures.)
* Fixes pdfmark.dll installation.
* Fixed scaling for unequal printer dpi properties.

New multilingual installer creates desktop icons in the correct language.
You may need to uninstall before reinstalling to get the correct names in
the German version.

A larger number of resellers can now sell you a license for Maul. Please
see the product web page http://www.manglais.com/products.html for further
details.

As usual:- Enjoy!

Peter



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SW: Mozilla 1.8a1 Has Been Released

24 May 2004 14:53:46 -0500


From: "Sander Nyman"

Mozilla 1.8a1 has been released.

You can download it here:

http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mozilla/releases/mozilla1.8a1/contrib/mozilla-os2-1.8a1.zip

Or here if you prefer Mozilla with the installer:

http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mozilla/releases/mozilla1.8a1/contrib/mozilla-os2-1.8a1-installer.exe

NOTE: This release requires updated C runtime DLLs from Innotek. The
latest version is 0.5.1, which includes an installer. Available here:

http://download.innotek.de/gccos2/runtime/libc-0.5.1.exe

For a list of new features, follow this link:

http://mozilla.org/releases/mozilla1.8a1/README.html#new

The Warpzilla (Mozilla for OS/2) homepage can be found here:

http://www.mozilla.org/ports/os2/

And finally, Steve Wendt's great "Tips For Warpzilla" page can be found
here:

http://www.os2bbs.com/os2news/Warpzilla.html

Regards,
Sander

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"Sander Nyman"
-----------------------------------------------------------
A ship in a harbor is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.


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SW: AIM OS/2 client update

24 May 2004 10:50:49 -0500


From: Marty on Mon, 24 May 2004 09:05:17 UTC Posted to: comp.os.os2.apps


This week's improvements on my AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) client
include:

* Fixed a bug in IM sending that will cause some messages to
be garbled or truncated.
* Added a filter feature to the buddy list to filter out
users who are away or offline to keep them from cluttering
up your buddy list. (When users go online they become
visible again.)
* Modified IM window to instantly send a message when you
press ENTER.
* Modified IM window so that the icon of the window
represents the status of the user you're IM'ing.
* Prevented attempts to send messages to users who go offline
while an IM window is opened.

http://mamodeo.dyndns.org/MrMessage_srcbin_05242004.zip

Currently, this program is functional enough to use for AIM text
messaging, and can successfully communicate with Java, Win32, and Linux
clients. It's not even close to finished yet, though, so keep looking for
more features in the coming weeks. Still no documentation yet, but if you
have any questions or comments, feel free to write me an e-mail.
[Moderator note: Since this was not posted to this list by the author, I
removed Marty's email address. If you want to get in touch with him,
please post to comp.os.os2.apps ]


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http://www.os2voice.org
Warpstock 2004, Denver, Colorado; October 21-24th -
http://www.warpstock.org


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SW: German resources for lSwitcher 2.7 released

24 May 2004 08:37:00 -0500


From: "avl111"

German resources for version 2.70 of lSwitcher have been uploaded to
Hobbes. The package can be downloaded from
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/lsw270de.zip. Eventually the file will
be in http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/wps/lsw270de.zip.

lSwitcher is a task switcher for OS/2 and eCS. The program adds new
features to Presentation Manager Alt-Tab switcher, extends the Alt-Tab
switching capability to OS/2 and DOS full-screen sessions, and adds a
convenient and feature-rich "Taskbar" to PM Desktop. The package also
includes an XWorkplace XCenter widget with the similar functionality.





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SW: New Version of JFTP

23 May 2004 20:20:11 -0500


From: Vaughn Bender


There is a New Release of JFTP 3.1 now with a install script for OS/2
- eCS

+++++

I'm very pleased to announce the new release of JFTP version 3.1 and is
now ready for download at http://www.myjavaworld.com
< http://www.myjavaworld.com/ >. Please check out the new version at your
convenience and send your comments and/or suggestions to
support@myjavaworld.com .

What's new in JFTP 3.1.


Chinese (Simplified) Edition

JFTP 3.1 bundles a Chinese (Simplified) language pack. Thanks a ton to
*Jerry Tian*, *jerrytianbupt[at]163[dot]com* for his time and efforts in
translating JFTP into Chinese.

German Edition

JFTP 3.1 also bundles a German language pack. Thanks a ton to *Juergen
Ulbts*, *magog001[at]web[dot]de*, at Java Movie Database
< http://www.jmdb.de/ > for translating JFTP into German.

OS/2 Install Script

Thanks again to *Juergen Ulbts*, *magog001[at]web[dot]de* for creating
the eComStation < http://www.ecomstation.com/ > and OS/2
< http://www.ibm.com/software/os/warp/ > install script and icon.

Bug Fixes In Version 3.1

Fixed a bug related to displaying timestamp of remote files. Please note
that depending on the time zone the server is in, the dates/times shown
may still be incorrect at times. This will be fixed in the next version
by adding a connection parameter to set the time zone of each FTP server.

Contribute

If you would like to contribute to the development of JFTP, such as,
translating JFTP to your native language or provide some code, please
contact the author at support@myjavaworld.com
.

Sai Pullabhotla

psaiDESPAM@myjavaworld.com

http://www.myjavaworld.com
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++


Sincerely

Vaughn Bender
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Checked by Norman Virus Control ( http://www.norman.com).
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SW: WarpGogo 1.10 Relased as Open Source

23 May 2004 19:58:17 -0500


From: martinDESPAM@os2world.com

WarpGogo 1.10 is now available as Open Source under the GNU GPL Licese.

The binaries and source code can be found at hobbes:

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?sh=1&button=Search&key=warpgogo

Special thanks to ElectricDreams/2 for turning it open source.


"WarpGoGo - is a Graphical User Interface for the MP3 encoder
Gogo-no-coda. With support for оот, 3DNow!, and SSE multimedia
instructions available to modern CPU's. Gogo-no-coda offers improved
encoding speed. Unfortunately, Gogo-no-coda for OS/2 is available only as
a text mode aplication. WarpGoGo simplifies the use of this encoder, and
adds some service functions.Now released as Open Source under the GNU GPL
License. Source Code included."

http://www.ecomstation.ru/warpgogo

or

http://www.os2.cz/ed2/


From: Martin Iturbide (martinDESPAM@os2world.com)


Submitted with the form on http://www.os2world.com/submit_news.php


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SW: InnoTek Runtime for OS/2 1.11 (Build 18)

23 May 2004 13:48:54 -0500


From: "Mark Dodel"

http://www.innotek.de/products/innowin/

"InnoTek Runtime for OS/2

The InnoTek Runtime for OS/2 is a software runtime environment used by
several InnoTek Products which are based on Win32 applications. The use of
a common runtime as opposed to shipping custom runtimes with each products
reduces the memory footprint and improves application interoperability.

InnoTek products based on the InnoTek Runtime for OS/2 will indicate this
requirements. In general, the latest version available of the InnoTek
Runtime for OS/2 should be used.

2004-05-19

InnoTek Runtime for OS/2 1.11 (Build 18) available.
To download, click on the following link:
InnoTek Runtime for OS/2 1.11 Build 18 (2MB) "

http://download.innotek.de/innowin/111b18/InnoTekRuntime_111b18.exe

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