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February 10

New on Software Choice - Primary Logon Client version for NT ~windows 2000

IBM has a new Primary Logon Client version 4.4 (plc) for Windows NT4 and Windows 2000 on their Software Choice pages.

"IBM Networks Primary Logon Client 4.4 for Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 Professional, an OS/2 Warp Server for e-business feature, allows Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 clients and Windows 2000 Professional clients to use OS/2 Warp Server for e-business and DCE Cells for logon and resource access."

You can download it with a Software Choice Subscription only.

http://www-4.ibm.com/software/os/warp/swchoice/

Timo Maier tam@gmx.de

dbf2mysql Updated

I've uploaded dbf2mysql063.zip to hobbes.

Converts .DBF (dBase/Clipper) files to mysql script. It supports memo fields, great for batch processes. dbf2mysql063 is100% free.

It is currently in /pub/incoming, later in /pub/os2/apps/database

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=dbf2mysql063

Timo Maier tam@gmx.de

New unzip

It is on Hobbes under the name 'uzs542x2.exe'. This is the 32-bit OS/2 executable package.
Currently:

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/uzs542x2.exe
Once processed:

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/archiver/uzs542x2.exe

Also, the REXX scripts "zip2exe.cmd" and "zipgrep.cmd" have been converted to CR-LF format so they now work properly.

Many archives, especially those originating from IBM, still contain files which are compressed with "Shrink". (The Feature Installer, FIRUNPKG.ZIP, is a good example of this.) The standard InfoZip UNZIP binaries, later than version 5.31, cannot handle them. This build can.

We have updated the PillarSoft website with downloads of the new version of WarpZip v3.2 and Enhanced E v1.4.

After adding RAR, ARJ, LZH, TGZ, and GZ support in a previous version, we are working on adding support for viewing WPI (WarpIn Installer) archives. At this time WarpZip will list the achive contents and you may extract them but there is no support for viewing individual files at this time.

The Enhanced E has an additional setting in this version offering auto-indent to it's list of tools. If you have downloaded the Enhanced E before this announcement, you may wish to download it again. There have been tweeks to the auto-indent code from the previous drop.

We won't go into the feature lists here but invite you to take a look at our website for more information. As has been the case from their first release... there is no charge for either update.

The PillarSoft Suite has also been updated with the new versions and can be downloaded from our website.

WarpZip is $29, the Enhanced E is $25. The PillarSoft Suite has these two programs and 11 more for only $99 during our continuing special.

Downloads and more information:

PillarSoft:
http://www.pillarsoft.net

WarpZip:
http://www.pillarsoft.net/warpzip.html

Enhanced E:
http://www.pillarsoft.net/enhanced.html

PillarSoft Suite:
http://www.pillarsoft.net/suite.html

Wayne Swanson
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Email: swanee@pillarsoft.net
PillarSoft: http://www.pillarsoft.net
Developers of: WarpZip and the PillarSoft Suite
Vice President: VOICE (Virtual OS/2 Int'l Consumer Education)
VOICE: http://www.os2voice.org
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IBM's OS/2 Device Driver site DDPakOnline has been changed to a Lotus Domino server and the old URL ( http://service.software.ibm.com/os2ddpak/html/index.htm ) nolonger works. They of course don't bother to redirect you to the new URL which is:

http://service.software.ibm.com/os2ddpak

If you have old http links to specific driver pages (for instance the IDEDASD >8G drivers) they no longer work either. There also is nolonger an alphabetic or date sorted list of all device drivers at the site. Now it is just by Category and by Company. Some of the links marked as New or Updated don't work. and now a lot of the links (like the USB drivers) point to Software Choice where a subscription is required. Also when you click to expand the links after paging down, the new page starts back at the top again, so you have to page down again.

http://www.hwa-security.net/downloads/HWA-warpcrash.c

J&J Computer Consulting (JJCC) has released Shepherd v1.1.0 Beta for OS/2, Windows NT, and Linux. Shepherd is a TCP/IP server framework with support for SMTP, POP3, FTP, j-Chat, and remote administration.

"Have you Ever looked at an NT or OS/2 Internet Server's thread and memory usage and wondered why running just a few services takes so much computing power?

Are you getting tired of updating user, group, access control, and file permissions on multiple pieces of software across multiple operating systems?

Do you want simple, effective remote management of all of your servers from a single workstation and a single piece of software?

Are you tired of managing logs from every corner of your IT infrastructure?

Getting tired of reboots?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, you need Shepherd."

Further information can be found at the JJCC web site:

http://www.jjcc.com

Alek Winner has released an Answering machine for the USR Courier Modems. Unfortunatly most of the discription is in cyrillic letters and in Russian. But you may give it a try

http://avcos2.narod.ru/

Many of us remember the winner of the OS/2 Joystick Drivers contest, Vesa Jaaskelainen (J skel inen).

He had set up a group for discuss his driver and help him to keep improving his joystick Device Drivers.

visit the Group and put your suggestions: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ejoyos2

The Enchanced Joystick Driver for OS/2 web site is: http://www.tietomyrsky.fi/~jaaskela/

Martin Iturbide martin@os2world.com

Hadn't seen this announced anywhere else, but the announcement of Fix 14 for IBM peer in German at os2.org gave me a clue, but sometime in January (Files dated the 9th), IBM Released IBM Peer fix 14.

Fix can be downloaded from

ftp://service.boulder.ibm.com/ps/products/lan/fixes/ibm.peer/english-us/ip08414/

Fixes in FP14 over the previous peer fixkits are: Note: This section describes OS/2 Version 4.0 Peer APARs that are corrected for IPx8414. IPx8414 also contains all APAR fixes included in IPx8413, IPx8412, IPx8411, IPx8410, IPx8409, IPx8407, IPx8406, IPx8402, and IPx8401.

o APAR = IC24769 PRINT AND FILE CLIENT DOES NOT AUTOSTART CONNECTIONS AT LOGON IT WORKS IN IP08406 BUT 8410 ONWARDS ITS NOT WORKING.

Print and File Client does not autostart connections at logon. able to do it by setting the "connect to resource at logon" box connections tab of "Shared Resources and Network Connections." However, it doesn't work (anymore). Fixpack IP08406 do not have this problem.

o APAR = IC25696 ON IP08412 MACHINE, UNDER CONNECTIONS->NETWORK->NETWORK SERVICES, "SHARED RESOURCES N/W CONNECTIONS" OBJECT IS MISSING.

On Merlin Machine , on IP08412 level , under Connections->Network ->Network Services, "Shared Resources Network Connections" object is missing. The problem is related Peer GUI dlls are not getting loaded.

o APAR = IC26431 TRAP BY COPY FILES ON WINNT TO WARPSERVER SMP OR DIR COMMAND

when issue COPY x* c this problem also happens with dir /ad command (around 10%), or simply dir command (a few %) also.

o APAR = IC27079 RUNNING BACKACC.EXE PRODUCES SYS2070

Running Backacc, produces SYS2070: "The system could not demand load the application's segment. BACKACC->NETAPI.42 is in error."

Seeya, Paul Smedley.
Email: psmedley@chariot.net.au
Home (08) 8289 9536 Work (08) 8255 3144

Check the new editoral of OS2.org where you find a review of the eComStation Prev1 from Joerg Skottke.

http://en.os2.org/forum/editorial/

Joerg Sievers jogi@warpsite.de

As you may notice, some days ago Daniel Lundh update his article of "Alternative Operating Systems" on OS2world.com

You can check it on the top of www.os2world.com main site.

Check it out and put your comments !!!

http://www.os2world.com

Martin Iturbide martin@os2world.com

The new version (0.6.0) of PMDC is out. This is a major release. This means that many of the programming bugs are fixed. The main new feature in this version is (finally!) a handbook in INF format.

This version is compiled with VAC++ 4.0, now with FixPak 1 applied. There are several changes and fixes, including a fix for the annoying "More downloads than selected by user" problem that appeared on 0.5.9 version.

The weird behaviour of the main windows (not alowing ALT-F7 for move, per example) is now fixed. The window behaviour now should be the same as any other window.

A Download log was created on this version, so you'll have a list of your sucessfully downloaded files.

I hope you all like it.

Regards,
Daniel Caetano

http://www.quasarbbs.com/daniel

Daniel Caetano djcaetano@yahoo.com.br

WvWare-0.6.4 is out

wv (formerly known as MSWordView) is a library that understands the Microsoft Word 2000, 97, 95 and 6 file formats and is able to convert Word documents into HTML, which can then be read with a browser.

http://teamos2.ru/files/wv-0.6.4-emx.zip

PTime/2 version 0.79 is available.

PTime/2 is a OS/2 program for reording and evaluating of project times. With PTime/2 you are able to record the time needed for projects or orders fast and easy. It gives you the opportunity to keep track even when dealing with several projects simultaneously.

Features of PTime/2:
- Time capturing via entering data into a chart
- Time capturing with reference to job description (activity)
- Print outs and preview of all evaluations and statistics
- Activity report
- Proof of working hours
- Monthly or annual overview of working hours
- Evaluation of project times for activities within a single project
- As many databases as you like

New in this version:
- Project specific activities (in addition to common activities)
- Function to move activities between projects
- Improvements in the online help
- Fixed minor bugs in calendar control
- Several minor bugs fixed

Web Site: http://www.elosoft.de/en/product/ptime

I just visited OS/2 Device Driver Pack http://service.software.ibm.com/os2ddpak/html/printers/ and discovered that the Omidrivers (omni.exe) have been updated 17/1 . I have just installed it for my old dot matrix printer.