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Started by J.Lance Wilkinson, (814) 865-181...
Mon, 20 Jan 1992 14:23
RE:WP + VMS v5.5 can kill symbionts in other...
Author: J.Lance Wilkinson, (814) 865-181...
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1992 14:23
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1992 14:23
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This appeared on INFO-VAX (the discussion list for DEC VAX users) on 16
January, and seems to address the problem I forwarded from INFO-VAX last week
concerning incompatibilities between the new VMS v5.5 queuing mechanisms and
WordPerfect 5.1 for the VAX; thanks to Jim Walker, VAX System & Network
manager, Alfred University Computer Center, for this posting.
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> -< RE: Word Perfect mixed with VMS V5.5 can kill symbionts in other >-
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>To disable queue integration in WordPerfect 5.1, go into $ WP51/GLOBAL
>and in the printer set-up section select the queued printer and Edit the
>description and select Output Type and set Integration to No. Then use
>@SYS$STARTUP:WPCORP$STARTUP LIST and set the command file to integrate printers
>to *INHIBIT*. Under WP5.0 I just edited WPCORP_STARTUP and commented out the
>line that runs wpcorp$integrate_queues.com.
>(I'm not exactly sure of the syntax, so I just edited wpcorp$startup_common.dat
>and changed the line to
>SYS$COMMON:[SYS$STARTUP]WPCORP$INTEGRATE_QUEUES.COM *INHIBIT*
>I'm a bad boy, but since I know EDT so well, why am I expected learn a new
>editing for every different products setup file?)
>
>Then when you reboot (or stop and restart wordperfect and the queue manager)
>it will come up with only Digital's code in the printer symbiont.
>
>Speaking of queues, has anybody else out there had problems with the symbiont
>process aborting when you try to SET QUE/BACKWARD in the middle of a huge
>fortran carriage control file? We get it about once a month under VMS 5.3 and
>5.4. And I know this isn't a WordPerfect bug because it continued to do it
>after I de-integrated my queues.
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