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Conference abbott::teamlinks_windows

Title:TeamLinks for Windows
Notice:Kit and ECO locations: See replies to note 8.o note 8.
Moderator:ORION::chayna.zko.dec.com::tamara::eppesAN
Created:Mon Aug 28 1995
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2238
Total number of notes:9650

2109.0. "Field Test 3.0 Occasional prob w creat/reply" by AIMTEC::GIANNETTI_D () Fri Apr 04 1997 20:58

Customer has problem with TeamLinks 3.0 that is not reproducible
but does happen some of the time on more than one user.

The customer has TeamLinks 3.0 installed client/server setup.
He has Windows 95 (no plus pak installed).  He connects to
IOS as his primary mail file cabinet.

He says he has received the following error when he clicks on
Create Message or it has also occurred when he has been reading
a message and he clicked on Reply.

A pop-up message appears with TX in the title bar.

The message is received....

"The designated text area is too small for the new format settings"
                                                                             

OK

He says he will click on OK repeatedly and somewhere about the
20th time he then receives the create message window or the
Read Message window and can go ahead as planned.
                      
Has anyone encountered this problem?

Debbie Giannetti
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2109.12050?XANADU::CUMMINGSJerry Cummings, TeamLinksMon Apr 07 1997 13:127
Yeah, I think it's note 2050 that discusses this. A
reinstall might fix it. Deleting FM.DLL and reinstall
should definitely fix it. One some machines here, the
second reboot after install of Office97 fixes it. We
are still looking into this one.

Jerry
2109.2Log file from customer on this problemALFSS2::GIANNETTI_DTue Apr 15 1997 15:1743
To get to the bottom of the problem outlined turned on debug logging 
and determined that he is seeing these errors and believes that the 
information is releated:                                  
                                                                                
Infoman:font vt320 ios2 dbl size                                                
could not be set in text editor font reverted to ios2 dbl_wide.                 
He is also seeing the word cyrallic.                                            
                                                                                
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Log file                                                                        
                                                                                
                                                                                
Infoman: Font VT320 ISO2 Small Dbl-Size Uppe could not be set in Text           
Editor.  Font reverted to VT320 ISO2 Small Dbl-Wide.                            
Infoman: Font VT320 ISO2 Small Dbl-Size Lowe could not be set in Text           
Editor.  Font reverted to VT320 ISO2 Small Dbl-Wide.                            
Infoman: Font VT320 ISO7 Small Dbl-Size Uppe could not be set in Text           
Editor.  Font reverted to VT320 ISO7 Small Dbl-Wide.                            
Infoman: Font VT320 ISO7 Small Dbl-Size Lowe could not be set in Text           
Editor.  Font reverted to VT320 ISO7 Small Dbl-Wide.                            
Infoman: Font VT320 Cyrillic Small Dbl-Size  could not be set in Text           
Editor.  Font reverted to VT320 Cyrillic Small Dbl-Wide.                        
Infoman: Font VT320 Cyrillic Small Dbl-Size  could not be set in Text           
Editor.  Font reverted to VT320 Cyrillic Small Dbl-Wide.                        
Infoman: Font Modern could not be set in RTF Editor.  Font reverted to          
MS Serif.                                                                       
Infoman: Font VT320 ISO2 Small Dbl-Size Uppe could not be set in RTF            
Editor.  Font reverted to VT320 ISO2 Small Dbl-Wide.                            
Infoman: Font VT320 ISO2 Small Dbl-Size Lowe could not be set in RTF            
Editor.  Font reverted to VT320 ISO2 Small Dbl-Wide.                            
Infoman: Font VT320 ISO7 Small Dbl-Size Uppe could not be set in RTF            
Editor.  Font reverted to VT320 ISO7 Small Dbl-Wide.                            
Editor.  Font reverted to VT320 ISO7 Small Dbl-Wide.                            
Infoman: Font VT320 ISO7 Small Dbl-Size Lowe could not be set in RTF            
Editor.  Font reverted to VT320 ISO7 Small Dbl-Wide.                            
Infoman: Font VT320 Cyrillic Small Dbl-Size  could not be set in RTF            
Editor.  Font reverted to VT320 Cyrillic Small Dbl-Wide.                        
Infoman: Font VT320 Cyrillic Small Dbl-Size  could not be set in RTF            
Editor.  Font reverted to VT320 Cyrillic Small Dbl-Wide.                        
                                                                                
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2109.3FM.DLL wasn't itAIMTEC::GIANNETTI_DWed Apr 16 1997 13:007
    The customer has deleted the fm.dll and reinstalled - still has the
    problem.
    
    Next?...
    
    Debbie Giannetti
    
2109.4TAMARA::CUMMINGSJerry Cummings, TeamLinksWed Apr 16 1997 13:033
I forwarded your note to Karen.

Jerry
2109.5request for more informationkarenc.zko.dec.com::manana::chiassonMon May 12 1997 19:0147
The message is coming directly from our third party editor dll.  If the
font is NOT a settable font in the VisualWriter editor, it returns this
non-trappable error.  I have been able to reproduce this error only when
I install Office97 over TeamLinks.  

It appears to have something to do with the files that TeamLinks 'was' 
(and is no longer) installing in the windows system directory.  
Re-installing TeamLinks will fix the problem if you have our latest 
sources that installs to the TeamLinks directory rather than the win system
directory.  A clean install will NOT overwrite existing files -- so if
you did not delete ALL the VisualWriter files, there still may be a 
problem.  We will only write the files if they do not exist. 

There seems to be contention for a Visual Writer file in the system 
directory.  My guess was the FM.dll -- but I have had difficulty proving 
that it is this file in particular.  From your note I gather that you did
delete this file and re-install and it did not fix the problem for you.
There are also .FLT (filter) files that the editor uses.  It is possible
that the dll cannot read this file, and is returning an error when it
attempts to verify the font as a settable font.  

There are multiple files associated with the editor.  All of which, we
are now installing into the TeamLinks directory rather then winsys.

Again, not all customers are seeing this --
It would be helpful if someone out there who is experiencing this can
remember what they installed after TeamLinks (when they started seeing
this message).

See note 2050.15 for a complete list of the VisualWriter files.
I suggest you move them from the win95 (or NT) system directory to the
TeamLinks directory (after a *clean install -- to make sure nothing
has munged with the files.)  



This problem is still under investigation --
Thanks,
Karen Chiasson







2109.6more information karenc.zko.dec.com::manana::chiassonMon May 12 1997 19:1015
This error does correlate directly to the entry in the logging file.
All the non-settable fonts are logged.  Usually this is a silent log.
In other words, you do not get a TX error : "The designated text area is 
too small for the new format settings".  There are printer fonts that the
editor will not allow -- Infoman will NOT list these fonts in the 
dropdown selection.  Infoman is testing the settable fonts when the 
Create Message window is first loaded.  

Karen Chiasson


                                                                           
  

2109.7PowerTerm 525 Terminal Emulation/PathWorks34075::GIANNETTI_DWed May 28 1997 18:4017
    Karen,
    
    I talked with the customer today and he said he had been working on
    the issue lately and it appears that a terminal emulation package 
    that PathWorks now provides called the PowerTerm 525 loads 12 fonts
    and adds those fonts to the list in the Windows INI files.  He notices
    the error occurs after first using PowerTerm 525 and ironically he
    receives the error "The designated text area...", then clicks 12 OK's
    before he can go on.  He feels that the fonts PowerTerm 525 installs
    and the 12 clicks prove that the PowerTerm fonts are responsible for
    the error in TeamLinks.
    
    I told him I would provide this information to you.
    
    Hope it helps!
    
    Debbie Giannetti