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| | Can anyone tell me why I get the message "cannot open workstation" when I
| | try to dump an LDW graph using Save-Metafile? No, I am not running LDW from
| | any shells, but I do have accessories installed.
| | ----------
| 
| I believe this is because you have not booted up with GDOS in the auto
| folder.
| 

As luck would have it, *I* hit this last night installing my new 24-pin GDOS
fonts.

The README file on the LDW Power master disk sez:

"Font files and device drivers must be located in the directory indicated by
the path statement (in the ASSIGN.SYS file). When you attempt to save or
print the graph and, the system cannot find this directory, you will get a
message: 'Cannot open workstation'."

For anyone trying to install new fonts for LDW Power, it appears that 
LDW Power expects the printer to be device 21, no matter what. Saving graphs
to a printer always uses device 21, to a file, device 31. There seems to be
no way to tell it the printer is actually device XX, as in most GDOS
applications. I think a laser printer would have to be installed as device
21! This is a problem if you want to configure for more than one
printer on a system!


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