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Event: Warpstock Europe 2004

12 Nov 2004 20:19:16


From: infoDESPAM@warpstock.net

The final count down for WSE2004 has started. Here are some important
notes for those who are intending to visit the European OS/2 event in the
Netherlands on november 26-28th at the city of Arnhem:

1. Because of the 10th anniversary of the HCC OS/2 User Group every
visitor of Warpstock will get 25% discount on SVISTA virtual machine
software during the event.

2. The online registration will be closed on November 22th at 24.00 hr.
So, you still have some time to register online at
www.warpstock.net/register.html

3. Registration will always be possible at the Warpstock event itself. A
slightly higher price will then be charged to you.

4. The session schedule has been had some changes last days. Some sessions
were added, others were cancelled. However the total number of sessions
remains the same. The new schedule can be found on
www.warpstock.net/program.html

5. The exhibitors at Warpstock will offer you the following issues: - OS/2
related hard- and software by Mensys
- USB devices such as scanner, memory keys, printer and external HDD's by
Dutch OS/2 group - TV capture software "Emperoar TV" by S&T System
Technik - Wireless LAN Monitor by Team OS/2 Ruhr
- OS/2 ThinCli nt Projekt by Team OS/2 K÷ln/Bonn
- Lots of books with OS/2 related issues by C&L Verlag
- Maul Desktop Publisher by Peter Koller

Besides all mentioned above the most important reason to visit Warpstock
is to take advantage of a lot of OS/2 knowhow gathered on little square
meters.

See you all at Warpstock.



Url: http://www.warpstock.net

From: Gerrit Schoenmaker (infoDESPAM@warpstock.net)


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

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Net: ecomstation.org wants your device drivers

12 Nov 2004 19:45:00


From: webmasterDESPAM@ecomstation.org

I have been working on building a big OS/2 device driver archive to add
onto ecomstation.org. I figured it would be helpful to the OS/2 community
to have a central, thorough driver archive. Then I realized that this is a
huge freakin' task.

Due to the size of the job of hunting down all the device drivers for OS/2
and eComStation I am requesting that if anyone has drivers laying around
that they use on their current system running OS/2 or eComStation that
they upload them to the site.

Any drivers are welcome, I just figured that it would be the simplest to
ask for drivers that users are currently using so no one would have to go
hunting very far.

The device driver page is at http://www.ecomstation.org/drivers/ There is
a "Send us a driver" link on that page for sending in drivers.

No commercial drivers please.

Thank you,
Chris (a.k.a. piggy)


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sw: jSyncManager v3.2 alpha 03 Released.

12 Nov 2004 14:49:24


Forwarded message from Brad BARCLAY on Fri, 12 Nov 2004 18:27:46 UTC
Posted on: comp.os.os2.misc

Good-day Everyone:

The jSyncManager v3.2 alpha 03 is now available for download. This new
release sees a wide variety of bug fixes and feature enhancements,
including:

- Fixed the serial protocol stack, which was broken in alpha 02
- Added support for long PAD Packets in the serial protocol
stack
- Added support for the javax.usb API (JSR-080),
- Added a new security interface for the MultiPort Server
- RMI enabled the MultiPort Server
- Added a parameter to the Conduit Installation Tool to permit
installation of jConduits to the MultiPort
Server's jConduits file
- Added the MemoWriter jConduit
- Re-wrote the Alerter jConduit to use an XML source file, and
to permit users much more control as to
what sort of releases they want to be alerted of.
- Added a new class to handle version information
- Added preliminary support for some Plucker record formats
- Added input and output support for vCard files, including
conversion to and from AddressRecords.
- Added I/O support for iCalendar files

Please see the release notes and changelog available at
http://sf.jsyncmanager.org for complete details on what's new in this
release.

The jSyncManager Team intends this to be the last alpha release for the
v3.2 cycle, and hopes to have a beta available online sometime during
December 2004. We invite everyone to test this release and report any
problems you may find, as well as to pass this announcement on to
interested parties.


If you have any questions or comments on this release, please let us
know via e-mail to infoDESPAM@jsyncmanager.org.

Brad BARCLAY
Lead Developer & Project Administrator,
The jSyncManager Project -- http://www.jsyncmanager.org

---END FORWARDED MESSAGE---

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Net: EDM/2 web site reloaded!

12 Nov 2004 12:46:25


From: Adrian Gschwend


It's about five years ago that EDM/2 (Electronic Developer Magazine/2) had
its last issue, so it was about time to change that!

edm2.com is hosted at netlabs.org for quite some time now so we finaly sat
down and implemented something new for you! EDM/2 is now done in a so
called Wiki, which makes it possible for everyone to add or edit
articles.

The first article in the new magazine is "An introduction to SOM" by Yuri
Prokushev!

You are very welcome to contribute to the new EDM/2 magazine, we also have
jobs for non-programmers, just check the "General Stuff" section on the
main page. Every contribution is very welcome!

URL: http://www.edm2.com/

Enjoy!

Adrian Gschwend
netlabs.org



--
Adrian Gschwend
@ netlabs.org

ktk [a t] netlabs.org
-------
Free Software for OS/2 and eCS
http://www.netlabs.org


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SW: unixODBC for OS/2 version 0.9 released.

12 Nov 2004 08:08:39


unixODBC for OS/2 version 0.9 released.

The file unixodbc009.zip is on Hobbes <http://hobbes.nmsu.edu>

The database drivers included in this release are:

- Flat text files (comma delimited ASCII)
- Flat DBF file
- postgreSQL database
- mySQL database
- FreeTDS (Sybase and MS SQL Server)
- SQLite ODBC driver and support library

Package Contents:

- driver manager (ODBC.DLL)
- installation API (ODBCCP.DLL)
- cursor library (ODBCCR.DLL)
- mySQL client library (libmysqC.dll)
- mySQL database driver and client (myODBC3.DLL libmysqC.dll) - postgreSQL
database driver (psqlODBC.dll)
- text file driver (ODBCtxt.dll ODBCtxtS.dll)
- DBF file driver (ODBCdbf.dll ODBCdbfS.dll)
- TDS database driver (ODBCtds.dll)
- SQLite file database driver (SQLLODBC.dll)
- PM ODBC Data Manager
- PM SQL Query
- RexxSQL modules for ODBC (RexxSQL and RexxODBC)
- Sample databases for text and DBF drivers
- Sample Rexx programs
- GCC 3.2.2 runtime (LIBC05.DLL)

Suggestions:

When using databases on your local network and you do not
have a local DNS (Domain Name Server) you should have
SET USE_HOSTS_FIRSTS=Y
in the config.sys file and have your HOSTS file in \mptn\etc
updated with the IP number to host names.

The myODBC3 driver and the FreeTDS driver have a very long
timeout for DNS lookups and your system will appear to lock up until the
DNS lookup times out and the local HOSTS file is checked unless you have
USE_HOSTS_FIRST specified


Fixes:

Update 009

- The DBF ODBC driver configuration now allows 255 byte directory paths -
The text file ODBC driver configuration now allows 255 byte directory
paths - removed the "In connect" message displayed by SQLConnect
- SQLDriverConnect for the SQLite ODBC driver would not work
- SQLite ODBC driver did not report supporting SQLSetCursorName correctly
- mySQL ODBC driver was not returning correct maximum buffer size values
for
column descriptions of catalog functions
- mySQL ODBC driver was not testing for TRACE enabled correctly - when
mySQL ODBC was set to pad columns the PM ODBC DataMmanager program would
crash and the request of tables for a specific database would fail -
RexxSQL was linked with an older version (pre Update 007) of ODBC.DLL

Update 008

- The ODBC DBF file driver has been fixed so that it now works to some
extent with IBM VA Smalltalk v6.0 and Star Office 5.1. The driver will
only work in "read only" mode with Star Office. The driver will now allow
you to bind columns after SQLPrepare as well as SQLExecute.

Update 007

- the "Test connection" button was missing on the mySQL driver connection
page.
- Some functions were not exported in ODBC.DLL that caused the driver
manager to fail when used with Visualage Smalltalk versions 5.5 and 6.0 -
experimental work on allowing update cursors in mySQL ODBC (incomplete
for testing only)

Update 006

- PMODBCDM program would fail if drivermanager DLL was loaded by Star
Office - mySQL driver did not load driver defaults when no DSN was present
in connection string


Update 005

- The postgreSQL driver set SQL_DATETIME as an "unknown" data type - The
mySQL driver set SQL_DATETIME as an "unknown" data type

Update 004

- The postgreSQL driver now works with StarOffice 5.1
- The postgreSQL driver SQLTables function now works correctly
this was causing the ODBC Data Manager to fetch multiple copies
of the tables and schemas
- The mySQL driver now works with StarOffice 5.1
the field column layouts for catalog, stats, primary keys, etc did
not match the layout expected by the libmysqC routines.

Update 003

- change install layout to place drivers in \uodbc\dll
corrects problem where dialog boxes for configuration would
not display for some drivers

- correct failure when testing connection for a new mySQL DSN

Improvements:

Update 009

- The SQLite ODBC driver has been updated to the v0.65 code.
The driver also supports "memo" as a datatype for compatibility with code
written for DBF ODBC drivers.

Update 008

- the SQLite ODBC driver is now included in the package. The supporting
SQLITE28.DLL is also installed.

Update 007

- The PM Datamanager program will now allow you to connect to a database
with SQLDriverConnect when "Connect" is selected for a database Driver. If
the connection is successful the driver entry has a database tree showing
the tables present in the database.

- the mySQL driver now supports prompting for SQLDriverConnection

Update 004

- PostgreSQL ODBC driver now has a new configuration GUI and there is also
a GUI for configuring the driver defaults "Add" and "Configure" on the
drivers page of the ODBC Administration notebook. The driver has been
rebuilt to support ODBC version 3.00 (was 2.5) All trace options are built
into the driver.

- mySQL ODBC driver now has a new configuration GUI and there is also a
GUI for configuring the driver defaults "Add" and "Configure" on the
drivers page of the ODBC Administration notebook. The driver and the
libmysqc library have been built with trace support and the trace file
used can be specified on the "Trace" page. When you specify a driver
letter the colon ":" must be doubled as in "C::/odbclog/mytrace.log"

Update 003:

- RexxSQL has been added to the package. RexxSQL.dll and RexxODBC.dll are
installed to the package DLL directory and the RexxSQL.exe and
RexxODBC.exe are installed to the BIN directory. These versions of the
programs are specific to a 3.0 level of ODBC driver manager. A Sample Rexx
program has been added to the SAMPLES directory. The web site for RexxSQL
is http://rexxsql.sourceforge.net

- A fix has been made to the myODBC3 driver. The driver catalog functions
did not return the correct size for some columns in the table and column
catalogs.

- FreeTDS database driver for Sybase and MS SQL server has been added to
the package. This driver is based on the 0.62.4 FreeTDS code and will be
updated to the latest code in the near future. The current driver version
uses .conf files for some configuration information. The files are
installed to \uodbc\configure.
The web site for FreeTDS is http://www.freetds.org
This is an beta driver - it works but not for everything.

Update 002:

The PM SQL Query window now provides for:
- load and save of query text to files
- saving query results to a command delimited text file
- prompting for user name and password when not present in the DSN

The PM ODBC Data Manager now provides for:
- prompting for user name and password when not present in the DSN

The package includes a port of the version 4 mySQL client library. This
library is named libmysqC.dll and should not interfere if you have a local
mySQL database installation. This library is compiled with GCC 3.2.2.
Thanks to all those people who did the port of the mySQL database to OS/2.

Known Problems:

- RexxSQL does not work properly with the ODBCtxt and ODBCdbf drivers
The problem is in the drivers, they have to be enhanced to support
the functionality required by RexxSQL

Changes in the pipeline:

- make SQLDriverConnect work properly

- improvements to the PM ODBC Data Manager to allow you create
tables in the database with "point and click" interface.

- data transfer utility that lets you move tables and data from one
DSN to another.

Feel free to e-mail me with comments or problems.

All programs are licensed under the LGPL with the exception of SQLite ODBC
which is a BSD licence and SQLite itself which is public domain

lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca



--
Lorne Sunley

Url: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu

From: Lorne Sunley (lsunleyDESPAM@mb.sympatico.ca)


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


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SW: Version 1.02 of LDBkup (Large Disk Backup)

11 Nov 2004 15:49:55


From: walter.os2DESPAM@rogers.com

Version 1.02 of LDBkup (Large Disk Backup) has been released. This new
version contains the following changes:

1. Reduced the compression factor to M1. This noticeably sped up backup
time
without unduly increasing archive size.

2. Cleaned parameter-handling to make handling multiple drives more
predictable.

3. Cleaned up handling of target drive letter to allow more flexibility in
specification of the target drive.

4. Added some "Starting programs" to make using LDBkup easier to configure
and
easier to use with triggering programs like Relish and cron.

5. Updated the documentation file. (This information, however, is not yet
in it.)

You can download LDBkup from hobbes at
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/archiver/ldbkup1-02.zip and from the
Warpdoctor web site at:
http://www.warpdoctor.org/walter.metcalf/kw2/Utilities/LDBKUP1-02.ZIP

See the next section for an introduction to LDBkup and a partial list of
its features.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Large Disk Backup (LDBkup)

LDBkup is a program designed specially to backup very large disk drives,
especially those larger than 2 GB. LDBkup can back up your disk(s) to the
following media:

Local hard drive
Remote hard drive
CDR(W) media
DVDRAM media

To accomplish backing up to optical media, they must be "attached" to the
system (i.e. assigned a drive letter) by a software package such as RSJ CD
Writer. So far, only RSJ has been tested, though CDRecord, etc., should
work just as well.

LDBkup uses the shareware program RAR(c) by Eugene Roshal as the engine
for the actual back up. So you need to have RAR installed in the same
directory as LDBkup.

Features:
---------

- no limit to the size of drive you want to back up.
- flexible configuration setup
- multiple drives can be backed up in one session.
- runs unattended
- long drives are split up "on the fly", producing normal archive files. -
full LAN support.
- CDR(W), DVDR, and DVDRAM support
- files produced on optical drives are in standard format, unlike
Backup/2000 - support is available!!

To subscribe to the support mailing list, send the following message

subscribe LDBkup
end

to the address majormajor@os2voice.org. (The subject line is not used.)



-------------------------------------------
Walter F. Metcalf

V.O.I.C.E. Vice-President
http://www.os2voice.org

WarpDoctor Coordinator
http://www.warpdoctor.org
walter.os2DESPAM@rogers.com
-------------------------------------------


Url: http://wmetcalf.com

From: Walter F. Metcalf (walter.os2DESPAM@rogers.com)


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

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Net: New website http://wmetcalf.com

11 Nov 2004 15:34:45


From: "Walter Metcalf"

Hi everyone,

After months of development and putting the pieces together, I finally
have a server up, running and stable on one of my computers.

The URL is http://wmetcalf.com , and it allows you to download both the
latest version of LDBkup, my new disk backup program, and RAR from one
location.

In addition there are a few other useful programs, and other bits of
historical information that you may find interesting.

From time to time I will add other information and files that may not
readily available elsewhere; and of course this will always be the best
place to get LDBkup and any other software I may develop.

Thanks,

Walter F. Metcalf
http://wmetcalf.com



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JOB: C++ VA Programmer to 70K Mt Arlington NJ

11 Nov 2004 11:23:14


From: "Stanley Sidlov"

Rudolph Technologies, Inc., an exceptional company to work for; has an
exciting, and challenging opportunity for a Software Engineer located in
Mt. Arlington, NJ. This is a FULL TIME ON-SITE Opportunity. Some travel
for installations may be required.

This company writes the software for chip fabrication machinery........
======================================================================

Rudolph Technologies, Inc. (Rudolph) is a worldwide leader in the design,
development, manufacture and support of high-performance process control
metrology systems used by semiconductor device manufacturers. Rudolph
provides unique full-fab solutions through its family of proprietary
systems for both transparent and opaque thin film measurements.

Rudolph became a public company in November of 1999 and is listed on the
NASDAQ National Market as RTEC. It is headquartered in Flanders, NJ. The
company maintains an extensive global network of sales, service and
applications offices in California, Texas, Germany, Holland, France,
Ireland, Israel, Singapore, Korea, and Taiwan.

Job Description

The Software Engineer is a key team member in delivering quality software
products to the customer. You will provide quality software engineering
services towards improving software product extensibility, reliability
and ease of maintenance.

Key Responsibilities/Accountabilities:

(40%) Design and develop Software Programs utilizing the C++ programming
language in an OS2 Warp 3/OS2 Warp 4 environment using the IBM Visual Age
C++ compiler and supporting tools

(20%) Analyze and comprehend Software Requirements, Specifications and
Design

(20%) Conduct Software Testing at all levels ū unit, module and system
level testing, participates and conducts code reviews and analysis

(10%) Design Software Modules utilizing Object-Oriented Design and Design
Patterns using the UML software design language

(10%) Write Technical Documents to describe Software Design and/or Write
concise User Manuals for end-users.

Requirements

In order to qualify for the Software Engineer role, you must meet the
following criteria:

BachelorĘs Degree from a 4 year college or university
A minimum of 3-5 years of related work experience or equivalent
combination of education and experience A minimum 2 years of experience in
a Windows based development environment such as Windows NT/2000/XP
Object-Oriented Programming and design methodologies
Multi-Threaded programming and experience with Multi-Process Systems
Memory debugging and general software debugging techniques

==========================================
Stacy Saunders, Recruiter
The WorkPlace Group, Inc.
Talent Center for Rudolph Technologies, Inc.
(973)-377-4665 x229 (973)-377-3064 - fax
www.workplacegroup.com




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SW: Firefox 1.0 for OS/2

09 Nov 2004 17:49:13


Forwarded message from Michael Kaply on Tue, 9 Nov 2004 20:33:47 UTC
Posted on: news://secnews.netscape.com/netscape.public.mozilla.os2

Firefox 1.0 for OS/2 is available!

http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/1.0/contrib/firefox-os2-1.0.zip

Enjoy!

Mike Kaply

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

November 9, 2004 Firefox 1.0 has been released.

Zipfile:
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/1.0/contrib/firefox-os2-1.0.zip

Release Notes: http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/releases )

Requires a libc0.5 based version of the GCC runtime library.
http://www.innotek.de/products/gccos2/download/gccos2download_e.html


---END FORWARDED MESSAGE---

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Net: www.kebabsi.de/os2/ - wallpapers for eCS, OS/2, titlebar bmps, bit of rexx, a review...

09 Nov 2004 10:17:32


From: Joerg Tiemann

Hiho everyone!

I have dedicated a part of my homepage to OS/2. At the moment you can find
there:

- ~20 self GIMPed eCS/OS/2 wallpapers (either 1024x768 or 1280x1024)

- some titlebar bmps for CandyBarZ and eStyler Lite

- a review of Crazy Clock, one of the best OS/2 programs ever
(and a javascript version of it in case you do no longer have
an OS/2 system running)

- a little REXX script to jump to and between often used directories
by assigning nick names, aliases, to them

The URL is:

http://www.kebabsi.de/os2/

Feel welcome there!

greets, Joerg



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SW: New release of LDBkup

08 Nov 2004 14:54:59


From: "Walter F. Metcalf"

Version 1.02 of LDBkup (Large Disk Backup) has been released. This new
version contains the following changes:

1. Reduced the compression factor to M1. This noticeably sped up backup
time
without unduly increasing archive size.

2. Cleaned parameter-handling to make handling multiple drives more
predictable.

3. Cleaned up handling of target drive letter to allow more flexibility in
specification of the target drive.

4. Added some "Starting programs" to make using LDBkup easier to configure
and
easier to use with triggering programs like Relish and cron.

5. Updated the documentation file. (This information, however, is not yet
in it.)

You can download LDBkup from hobbes at
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/archiver/ldbkup1-02.zip and from the
Warpdoctor web site at:
http://www.warpdoctor.org/walter.metcalf/kw2/Utilities/LDBKUP1-02.ZIP

See the next section for an introduction to LDBkup and a partial list of
its features.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Large Disk Backup (LDBkup)

LDBkup is a program designed specially to backup very large disk drives,
especially those larger than 2 GB. LDBkup can back up your disk(s) to the
following media:

Local hard drive
Remote hard drive
CDR(W) media
DVDRAM media

To accomplish backing up to optical media, they must be "attached" to the
system (i.e. assigned a drive letter) by a software package such as RSJ CD
Writer. So far, only RSJ has been tested, though CDRecord, etc., should
work just as well.

LDBkup uses the shareware program RAR(c) by Eugene Roshal as the engine
for the actual back up. So you need to have RAR installed in the same
directory as LDBkup.

Features:
---------

- no limit to the size of drive you want to back up.
- flexible configuration setup
- multiple drives can be backed up in one session.
- runs unattended
- long drives are split up "on the fly", producing normal archive files. -
full LAN support.
- CDR(W), DVDR, and DVDRAM support
- files produced on optical drives are in standard format, unlike
Backup/2000 - support is available!!

To subscribe to the support mailing list, send the following message

subscribe LDBkup
end

to the address majormajor@os2voice.org. (The subject line is not used.)



-------------------------------------------
Walter F. Metcalf

V.O.I.C.E. Vice-President
http://www.os2voice.org

WarpDoctor Coordinator
http://www.warpdoctor.org
walter.os2DESPAM@rogers.com
-------------------------------------------







*****************************************
Walter F. Metcalf
VOICE Vice-President
Warpdoctor Co-ordinator
walter dot os2 at rogers dot com
*****************************************



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SW: Java Plug-In support- ipluginw.dll Version 1.10

07 Nov 2004 19:23:10


From: http://www.os2world.com

ipluginw.dll Version 1.10 is available for download

http://download.innotek.de/javaos2/mozilla/ipluginw20041104.xpi

http://download.innotek.de/javaos2/mozilla/ipluginw20041104.zip

Web
http://www.innotek.de/products/javaos2/mozilla/

"Java Plug-In support for Mozilla and IBM Web Browser for OS/2

Recent versions of Mozilla for OS/2 and IBM Web Browser for OS/2 are built
using the GCC for OS/2 compiler suite and come with a modified Plug-In
interface. In order to deploy the Java Plug-In which is provided as part
of IBM Java 1.3.1 for OS/2 and InnoTek OS/2 Kit for Java, an additional
module has to be downloaded and installed.

This module (ipluginw.dll) is provided free of charge by InnoTek and
should be copied to the \components subdirectory of the Mozilla or IBM Web
Browser for OS/2 installation directory."

Source: OS2.jp
Posted by: martini


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SW: Larsen Commander 1.6 Beta #6

07 Nov 2004 19:15:27


From: leifelDESPAM@online.no

Today (November 7 2004) Leif Erik Larsen has released version 1.6 beta #6
of his popular GUI file manager and command shell, Larsen Commander.

Larsen Commander is a powerful GUI file manager and command shell with a
traditional look and feel inspired by the classic Norton Commander. It
combines the best of two very different worlds; - the command line and the
file management panels. Both available at the same time, even in parallel
while one or more commands are running in the background!

Larsen Commander is extremely useful espessially for advanced users such
as programmers and system administrators that knows the power and the
value of having the command line possibilities and the file operation
panels available at the same time and in the same shell window. In fact,
you can use Larsen Commander almost exactly the same way as you are using
the standard system shell, but with a large number of additional and
powerful features, such as the console monitor being scrollable and not
limited to those "stupid" 25 lines or so.

But Larsen Commander is not only for the advanced users. Even the novice
will find this piece of software very nice at hand. It makes the standard
file operations a play, such as copying, moving and renaming files and
directories. And of course the command line can be 100% disabled and
hidden, for those who never uses it anyway.

Larsen Commander is available at

http://home.online.no/~leifel/lcmd/index.html

Please also be aware of the open online Larsen Commander discussion forum
at

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lcmd

This new release of Larsen Commander has a lot of fixes and improvements.
For a complete list, take a look at

http://home.online.no/~leifel/lcmd/history_next.html


Url: http://home.online.no/~leifel/lcmd/index.html

From: Leif Erik Larsen (leifelDESPAM@online.no)


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

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SW: RBLcheck 2.0 released

07 Nov 2004 15:52:14


From: os2softwareDESPAM@besse.nl

RBLcheck 2.0 is released.

This new version adds parallel DNS lookup (which boosts performance, esp
when using more RBL's), adjustable DNS lookup timeout, better logging,
loose and tight ways to theck headers and errorlevel reporting.

RBLcheck identifies and tags spam mail. It can be used with POP clients
and mail servers.

Url: http://rblcheck.besse.nl/

From: Jeroen Besse (os2softwareDESPAM@besse.nl)


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


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SW: unixODBC for OS/2 v0.8 correction

07 Nov 2004 14:52:02


From: lsunleyDESPAM@mb.sympatico.ca

The name of the file on http://hobbes.nmsu.edu is actually unixodbc008.zip

Url: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu

From: Lorne Sunley (lsunleyDESPAM@mb.sympatico.ca)


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

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SW: unixODBC for OS/2 v 0.8

07 Nov 2004 13:47:22


From: lsunleyDESPAM@mb.sympatico.ca

I have released unixODBC for OS/2 version 0.8

The file unixodbc007.zip is on Hobbes <http://hobbes.nmsu.edu>

The database drivers included in this release are:

- Flat text files (comma delimited ASCII)
- Flat DBF file
- postgreSQL database
- mySQL database
- FreeTDS (Sybase and MS SQL Server)
- SQLite ODBC driver and support library

Package Contents:

- driver manager (ODBC.DLL)
- installation API (ODBCCP.DLL)
- cursor library (ODBCCR.DLL)
- mySQL client library (libmysqC.dll)
- mySQL database driver and client (myODBC3.DLL libmysqC.dll)
- postgreSQL database driver (psqlODBC.dll)
- text file driver (ODBCtxt.dll ODBCtxtS.dll)
- DBF file driver (ODBCdbf.dll ODBCdbfS.dll)
- TDS database driver (ODBCtds.dll)
- SQLite file database driver (SQLLODBC.dll)
- PM ODBC Data Manager
- PM SQL Query
- RexxSQL modules for ODBC (RexxSQL and RexxODBC)
- Sample databases for text and DBF drivers
- Sample Rexx programs
- GCC 3.2.2 runtime (LIBC05.DLL)

Suggestions:

When using databases on your local network and you do not
have a local DNS (Domain Name Server) you should have
SET USE_HOSTS_FIRSTS=Y
in the config.sys file and have your HOSTS file in \mptn\etc
updated with the IP number to host names.

The myODBC3 driver and the FreeTDS driver have a very long
timeout for DNS lookups and your system will appear to lock up until the
DNS lookup times out and the local HOSTS file is checked unless you have
USE_HOSTS_FIRST specified


Fixes:

Update 008

- The ODBC DBF file driver has been fixed so that it now works to some
extent with IBM VA Smalltalk v6.0 and Star Office 5.1. The driver will
only work in "read only" mode with Star Office. The driver will now allow
you to bind columns after SQLPrepare as well as SQLExecute.

Update 007

- the "Test connection" button was missing on the mySQL driver connection
page.
- Some functions were not exported in ODBC.DLL that caused the driver
manager to fail when used with Visualage Smalltalk versions 5.5 and 6.0 -
experimental work on allowing update cursors in mySQL ODBC (incomplete
for testing only)

Update 006

- PMODBCDM program would fail if drivermanager DLL was loaded by Star
Office - mySQL driver did not load driver defaults when no DSN was present
in connection string


Update 005

- The postgreSQL driver set SQL_DATETIME as an "unknown" data type - The
mySQL driver set SQL_DATETIME as an "unknown" data type

Update 004

- The postgreSQL driver now works with StarOffice 5.1
- The postgreSQL driver SQLTables function now works correctly
this was causing the ODBC Data Manager to fetch multiple copies
of the tables and schemas
- The mySQL driver now works with StarOffice 5.1
the field column layouts for catalog, stats, primary keys, etc did
not match the layout expected by the libmysqC routines.

Update 003

- change install layout to place drivers in \uodbc\dll
corrects problem where dialog boxes for configuration would
not display for some drivers

- correct failure when testing connection for a new mySQL DSN

Improvements:

Update 008

- the SQLite ODBC driver is now included in the package. The supporting
SQLITE28.DLL is also installed.

Update 007

- The PM Datamanager program will now allow you to connect to a database
with SQLDriverConnect when "Connect" is selected for a database Driver. If
the connection is successful the driver entry has a database tree showing
the tables present in the database.

- the mySQL driver now supports prompting for SQLDriverConnection

Update 004

- PostgreSQL ODBC driver now has a new configuration GUI and there is also
a GUI for configuring the driver defaults "Add" and "Configure" on the
drivers page of the ODBC Administration notebook. The driver has been
rebuilt to support ODBC version 3.00 (was 2.5) All trace options are built
into the driver.

- mySQL ODBC driver now has a new configuration GUI and there is also a
GUI for configuring the driver defaults "Add" and "Configure" on the
drivers page of the ODBC Administration notebook. The driver and the
libmysqc library have been built with trace support and the trace file
used can be specified on the "Trace" page. When you specify a driver
letter the colon ":" must be doubled as in "C::/odbclog/mytrace.log"

Update 003:

- RexxSQL has been added to the package. RexxSQL.dll and RexxODBC.dll are
installed to the package DLL directory and the RexxSQL.exe and
RexxODBC.exe are installed to the BIN directory. These versions of the
programs are specific to a 3.0 level of ODBC driver manager. A Sample Rexx
program has been added to the SAMPLES directory. The web site for RexxSQL
is http://rexxsql.sourceforge.net

- A fix has been made to the myODBC3 driver. The driver catalog functions
did not return the correct size for some columns in the table and column
catalogs.

- FreeTDS database driver for Sybase and MS SQL server has been added to
the package. This driver is based on the 0.62.4 FreeTDS code and will be
updated to the latest code in the near future. The current driver version
uses .conf files for some configuration information. The files are
installed to \uodbc\configure.
The web site for FreeTDS is http://www.freetds.org
This is an beta driver - it works but not for everything.

Update 002:

The PM SQL Query window now provides for:
- load and save of query text to files
- saving query results to a command delimited text file
- prompting for user name and password when not present in the DSN

The PM ODBC Data Manager now provides for:
- prompting for user name and password when not present in the DSN

The package includes a port of the version 4 mySQL client library. This
library is named libmysqC.dll and should not interfere if you have a local
mySQL database installation. This library is compiled with GCC 3.2.2.
Thanks to all those people who did the port of the mySQL database to OS/2.

Known Problems:

- RexxSQL does not work properly with the ODBCtxt and ODBCdbf drivers
The problem is in the drivers, they have to be enhanced to support
the functionality required by RexxSQL

Changes in the pipeline:

- make SQLDriverConnect work properly

- improvements to the PM ODBC Data Manager to allow you create
tables in the database with "point and click" interface.

- data transfer utility that lets you move tables and data from one
DSN to another.

Feel free to e-mail me with comments or problems.

All programs are licensed under the LGPL with the exception of SQLite ODBC
that is BSD and SQLite support library which is public domain.

lsunleyDESPAM@mb.sympatico.ca


Url: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu


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SW: UpdCD 2.47 fix has been released

07 Nov 2004 13:34:25


From: kadzsolDESPAM@xenia.sote.hu

UpdCD 2.47 fix has been released. Some of the new features introduced in
this release:

- Improved MPTS and TCP/IP installation
- Support for protocol driver integration
- Support for FireFox (via Mozilla) addon
- Support for unofficial Warp 3 Odin fix (via odin addon)
- Updated memboot to 2004.10.15 release
- Added integration of updated play.cmd from Marty
- Iproved OpenSSH (un)installation addon

This is a fix release which has to be installed on top of an existing
UpdCD 2.4x installation.

UpdCD can be used to build an updated OS/2 Warp/WSe/CP/eCS installation
CD-ROM.

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

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


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Misc: Wanted: Official Guide to Using OS/2 Warp, PowerPC

07 Nov 2004 10:29:00


From: Adrian Gschwend

Sorry for posting here, it might not be the perfect place but I couldn't
find it in the Internet so far so I ask here:

I'm looking for the book

Official Guide to Using OS/2 Warp, PowerPC
by Karla Stagray, Linda Rogers
Publisher: Hungry Minds Inc (June 1, 1996)
ISBN: 1568845960
Contains CDs as well.

If anyone has it please let me know. I'm interested in borrowing or buying
it. I know there is a non PowerPC one as well, but it's just the PPC one
that interests me.

Thanks

Adrian Gschwend
netlabs.org

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Adrian Gschwend
@ netlabs.org

ktk [a t] netlabs.org
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Free Software for OS/2 and eCS
http://www.netlabs.org


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