Looks like Odin is making progress with InstallShield programs. I still can't run setup.exe off of the CD-ROM, but when run off the hard drive, the correct...
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Allan Holm
alh@...
Jan 7, 2000 1:02 am
... No, because they still create that pe_0.log file, even though logging is default off. As you can't write to a CD, it fails. Allan. Allan Holm...
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Steve Wendt
stevew@...
Jan 7, 2000 9:04 am
... Right... it's supposed to redirect those to the odin directory, but obviously that isn't working right yet... ... Windows 95: Multicrashing, OS/2:...
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Sander van Leeuwen
sandervl@...
Jan 7, 2000 12:42 pm
... Works for me for the MS Office 2000 or StarCraft install (from CD!). I've said before that this is not the reason for your problems, but you keep insisting...
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Nenad Milenkovic
nenad_milenkovic@...
Jan 7, 2000 2:42 pm
... Btw, from time to time I test StarCraft and it allways compains about some fonts\blahblah stuff missing. I'm testing from Windows installed copy (as it...
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Igor Kovac
Cynic@...
Jan 7, 2000 4:33 pm
... What games work except Quake II under Odin ?...
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Ulf Malmgård
Ulf.Malmgard@...
Jan 7, 2000 5:05 pm
AFAIK OS/2 does not support trutype fonts, but under WinOS/2 ... -- God fortsättning Best whishes Ulf MAILTO:Ulf.Malmgard@... St George's House...
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Dave and Natalie
dave_yeo@...
Jan 7, 2000 6:22 pm
... Actually OS/2 does support trutype fonts. Ver 4 supports them right out of the box and Ver 3 can with the addition of a dll which is available at Hobbes. ...
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David T. Johnson
djohnson@...
Jan 7, 2000 6:37 pm
... Not true. OS/2 v4 supports truetype fonts natively. You have to install the fonts you want with the Font Palette Object in the OS/2 setup folder. This...
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Steve Wendt
stevew@...
Jan 7, 2000 9:36 pm
... Quake 2 does NOT work. Check the application compatibility list: http://www.netlabs.org/odin/MiscApplications.phtml and, in particular: ...
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Steve Wendt
stevew@...
Jan 7, 2000 9:59 pm
... I'm not the only one, so it obviously doesn't work for everything. :) ... OK, tell me if I am doing this wrong... I did this: SET WIN32LOG_ENABLED=1 then...
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Ulf Malmgård
Ulf.Malmgard@...
Jan 8, 2000 11:47 am
Sorry for being wrong - humble apologies I just have none installed and have to do a search to find them. ... -- God fortsättning Best whishes Ulf ...
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Siniça Pavlovi
sinip@...
Jan 9, 2000 6:36 pm
... Does it mean that I can have same fonts installed under both OS/2 and Win-OS/2 and have them phisicaly at just one place (so, no need to have a font that...
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Kris Steenhaut
kris.steenhaut@...
Jan 9, 2000 7:08 pm
... No. You can have the same font as PS* as well as Tru*, but it take the space needed for his PS*-look AND for his truetype look: a *.tof file are *.afm...
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David T. Johnson
djohnson@...
Jan 9, 2000 8:21 pm
... Okay, I have a truetype font called "Banana Split" installed in Win-OS2. Win-OS2 has two files in the x:os2\mdos\winos2\system folder "BANANASP.TTF" which...
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Evzen Polenka
evzen@...
Jan 9, 2000 10:23 pm
... And if you select as a source for the TT font in the font palette some other location (i.e. you temporarily copy the Banana SPlit font to some temporary ...
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Steve Wendt
stevew@...
Jan 9, 2000 11:09 pm
Well, I've found the source of most of my problems with Odin: win32k.sys. When this is loaded, things fail regardless of whether you use direct launch or ...
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Kris Steenhaut
kris.steenhaut@...
Jan 10, 2000 1:16 am
... Agreed. There is only a minor difference in most cases. But personally I only want the very best. That's why I am on OS/2. :-)) ... -- Groeten uit Gent, ...
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Nenad Milenkovic
nenad_milenkovic@...
Jan 10, 2000 3:27 am
... I have few things to say about this: 1. TrueType fonts, in general, are not as good as Type 1 fonts as they do not allow all fine things to be done in the...
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Ulf Malmgård
Ulf.Malmgard@...
Jan 10, 2000 10:32 pm
Thanks very much for this info. ... -- God fortsättning Best whishes Ulf MAILTO:Ulf.Malmgard@... St George's House Winchester SO23 8BG 24 hours Fax +44...
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Steve Wendt
stevew@...
Jan 12, 2000 11:50 pm
The 1/12 release of Odin seems to be a major regression to the functionality of the 1/6 release. None of the keys in Quake 2 work, and the InstallShield...
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Wayne Armstrong
wdarmst@...
Jan 13, 2000 12:10 am
Hi, Yeah, For the first Time ever, Crystal reports v6 comes up and mostly works, Lots better reporting of missing dll's etc I Think its a major advance ...
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Nenad Milenkovic
nenad_milenkovic@...
Jan 13, 2000 6:14 am
... Lot of stuff is changed, added. For example, try adding [CUSTOMIZATION] OS2Look=0 in ODIN.INI with the latest version. :) Nenad...
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Steve Wendt
stevew@...
Jan 13, 2000 7:03 am
... Yeah, I saw that in the Changelog, but I'd rather have the OS/2 titlebars. :) ... Windows 95: Multicrashing, OS/2: Multitasking, Win NT: MultiSleeping ...
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John Poltorak
jpolt@...
Jan 13, 2000 10:12 am
Has anything been done yet to enable Windows SETUP programs to run? On a number of occasions I get:- Setup Initialization Error Setup requires a different...
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Steve Wendt
stevew@...
Jan 13, 2000 10:14 am
... Have you tried a recent version of Odin? Some work, some don't. ... Windows 95: Multicrashing, OS/2: Multitasking, Win NT: MultiSleeping "Nobody will ever...
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John Poltorak
jpolt@...
Jan 13, 2000 10:23 am
Where do I get MFC40? I get the error when trying to run IBM World Book - WB98.EXE. The Setup program seemed to work OK for this program. -- John...
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Steve Wendt
stevew@...
Jan 13, 2000 10:27 am
... I'm sure it comes with countless Windoze programs. Try doing a search on one of the shareware sites, like tucows. ... Windows 95: Multicrashing, OS/2:...
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John Poltorak
jpolt@...
Jan 13, 2000 10:41 am
... Your right, it must come with countless program. In fact it was right there in my c:\os2\mdos\winos2\system directory. Wonder why it isn't found......
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John Poltorak
jpolt@...
Jan 13, 2000 10:48 am
... I have the Jan 6 release. As far as the Windows SETUP program goes, is the single version which is used by all installation programs? I guess I could try...
