Appendix E: Tips for running and troubleshooting applications

Table of contents

Index of tips by application

Installing and removing SCO Merge components and applications

• Removing SCO Merge components
• Using Windows 3.1 after SCO Merge upgrade
• Installing Excel 5.0
• Installing Paradox
• DOS and Windows application disk searches

Merge environment issues

• Restarting Windows 95
• Printing under Windows 95
• Changing the CD-ROM timeout
• Windows 3.1 Swap file
• Starting Windows with insufficient memory
• Configuring SMARTDRV caching
• Windows display driver mismatch
• Limits on simultaneously open files
• Searching deeply nested directories
• Limited support for CD-XA CD-ROMs
• DOS programs and CPU idle time
• DOS file attributes
• Extended memory managers
• Increasing record-locking table sizes
• File locking with NFS
• File locking with LAN managers
• Limitations on simultaneous sessions
• TEMP and TMP directories
• Root user home directory
• XGA display adapters
• Windows hangs because of unsupported VxD

Tips for running on the Desktop

• Session hangs during a video mode switch
• Mouse tracking speed under Windows
• Windows application tutorials
• Incorrect Windows size
• Windows Clipboard image corruption
• Windows and 16-color VGA graphics
• Resizing under Windows
• Switching between Windows tasks
• Running out of X server memory
• Icons may be upside down on some X servers
• Exiting Works for DOS or Word for DOS
• WinG-based Windows games
• Colormap problems
• Windows screen savers
• Netscape and 256-color displays
• WinFax Pro toolbar
• Cut & paste in FrameMaker
• PowerPoint Quick Preview

Other DOS and Windows application tips

• Using Acrobat Reader 3 from the Desktop
• Dr. Solomon does not work under SCO Merge
• Problems with WordPad under Windows 95
• Unreliability of Internet Explorer support
• Running Paintbrush under Windows 3.1 on 32K-color X servers
• Running Winstone under Windows 95
• Problems running Netscape Navigator 4
• Running Corel Presentation slide show
• Assertion failures using Word Internet Toolbar
• <Alt><Print Screen> limitation
• Virtual memory and 32-bit (Win32s) applications
• Win32s support
• Saving Windows Recorder files
• Microsoft Antivirus Program - msav and mwav
• Reliability of WinFax and other communications programs
• IMODEM limitations with Procomm Plus
• Microsoft Diagnostics - MSD
• GP faults with Windows applications
• Using CorelDraw's CorelShow
• Using Save As in FoxPro
• Using Find File in Word for Windows
• Browsing large drives in Paradox
• WordPerfect's Directory Tree
• Using Find File with Microsoft Office
• Extended memory managers
• File locking with NFS

Index of tips by application

Acrobat Reader

• Using Acrobat Reader 3 from the Desktop

Claris Works

• Virtual memory and 32-bit (Win32s) applications

CorelDraw

• Using CorelDraw's CorelShow

Corel Presentation

• Running Corel Presentation slide show

DOS basic programs

• DOS programs and CPU idle time

Dr. Solomon

• Dr. Solomon does not work under SCO Merge

Excel

• Installing Excel 5.0
• Running out of X server memory

FoxPro and Visual FoxPro

• Limits on simultaneously open files
• Incorrect Windows size
• Using Save As in FoxPro

FrameMaker

• Virtual memory and 32-bit (Win32s) applications
• Cut & paste in FrameMaker

Freelance

• GP faults with Windows applications
• Windows application tutorials

Internet Explorer

• Unreliability of Internet Explorer support

Lotus 1-2-3

• GP faults with Windows applications

Mathcad

• Virtual memory and 32-bit (Win32s) applications

Netscape

• Netscape and 256-color displays
• Problems running Netscape Navigator 4

Office

• Limits on simultaneously open files
• Incorrect Windows size
• Using Find File with Microsoft Office
• NetWare and Microsoft Office

Paintbrush

• Running Paintbrush under Windows 3.1 on 32K-color X servers

Paradox

• Installing Paradox
• Limits on simultaneously open files
• Browsing large drives in Paradox

PowerPoint

• PowerPoint Quick Preview
• Running out of X server memory

Procomm

• IMODEM limitations with Procomm Plus

WinFax and WinFax Pro

• WinFax Pro toolbar
• Reliability of WinFax and other communications programs

Winstone

• Running Winstone under Windows 95

Word

• Assertion failures using Word Internet Toolbar
• Limits on simultaneously open files
• Windows application tutorials
• Exiting Works for DOS or Word for DOS
• Using Find File in Word for Windows

WordPad

• Problems with WordPad under Windows 95

WordPerfect

• Limits on simultaneously open files
• WordPerfect's Directory Tree

Works

• Exiting Works for DOS or Word for DOS

Running with Novell NetWare

• NetWare support under SCO Merge
• NetWare configuration
• NetWare SPX limitation
• NetWare and Microsoft Office
• Novell NetWare and PATH corruption
• Limitations on wsupdate command