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In article <larrym.1.002B15A0@cpcug.org> larrym@cpcug.org (Larry McGoldrick) writes:
>From: larrym@cpcug.org (Larry McGoldrick)
>Subject: Re: WinMosaic:  problem with paths for viewers
>Date: Thu, 8 Sep 1994 18:32:00 UNDEFINED
>Summary: WinMosaic seems to transmit wrong path of viewed files to viewers

>In article <ardie.416.2E65BFC4@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> ardie@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Ardie Mack) writes:
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>>From: ardie@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Ardie Mack)
>>Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps.misc,uiuc.sw.mosaic,bit.listserv.win3-l
>>Subject: Re: WinMosaic:  problem with paths for viewers
>>Date: Thu, 1 Sep 1994 11:49:24 GMT
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>>Summary: WinMosaic seems to transmit wrong path of viewed files to viewers
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>>In article <arnsteinCvF05v.A03@netcom.com> arnstein@netcom.com (David Arnstein)
>>writes:
>>>From: arnstein@netcom.com (David Arnstein)
>>>Subject: WinMosaic:  problem with paths for viewers
>>>Summary: WinMosaic seems to transmit wrong path of viewed files to viewers
>>>Date: Wed, 31 Aug 1994 19:44:19 GMT

>>>When starting ANY viewer from mosaic for Microsoft Windows (alpha 6) I
>>>have a problem:

>>>Mosaic places the temporary file in e:\sharewar\mosaic but launches
>>>the viewer with path d:

>>>If it matters, I installed mosaic in e:\sharewar\mosaic and my windows
>>>directory is d:\windows.

>>>For example, when I try to view a file map.gif, mosaic creates a file
>>>e:\sharewar\mosaic\#map.gif.  It then starts my gif viewer with file
>>>spec d:#map.gif.  Naturally, the viewer doesn't display anything.

>>>A typical path in my mosaic.ini file would be
>>>     gif="g:\pstyler2\pstyler %lf"
>>>or something.  Actually, I just used the format provided in the mosaic
>>>distribution.  I didn't try anything fancy.

>>>Any suggestions?
>>>-- 
>>>David Arnstein       
>>>arnstein@netcom.com  

>>1.  Ignore NCSA's lines about setting an environment variable.  It still works 
>>best if you put mosaic.ini in the \windows subdir.

>>2.  Search all drives/volumes for other versions of mosaic.ini, and destroy 
>>them.  (Make sure the one in \windows has the paths correctly defined as you 
>>have above.)

>Better  yet, leave mosaic.ini in the c:\...\mosaic subdirectory and add the 
>following line to autoexec.bat:

>  set mosaic.ini=c:\...\mosaic\mosaic.ini

>You need the full drive\path\filename for the environment variable. I do this 
>and all viewers work just fine.

>******************************************************
>*  larrym@cpcug.org                 Larry McGoldrick *
>*  Capital PC User Group        First Vice President *
>******************************************************

You can also try to run Win-eXpose-I/O that will tell you EXACTLY what files 
are being used (look at most BBS and ftp sites for wxi100.zip)