Running Spell Utility Under DOS Session Of OS

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Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 1:42:24 PM

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WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Symptoms: A customer receives an error when executing the SPELL.EXE utility under a DOS session of OS/2 2.0. The customer is using the 09/25/91 interim release of WP 5.1 for DOS under OS/2 2.0 on a Novell 3.11 network. The user double-clicks on the DOS full screen icon and is taken to a DOS prompt. The user changes directories to W:\WP51 and types spell, and the WordPerfect Speller 5.1 copyright screen appears along with the error "Dictionary WP{WP}US.LEX Not Found. Create A New Dictionary Named WP{WP}US.LEX (Y/N)?". If the user enters Y (Yes), the error "File Creation Error" occurs, or if the user types N (No), the same error about .LEX not found appears again and again. The network server is a DOS server. Solutions: When using OS/2 2.0 with Novell 3.11, the user logs into the network upon startup of OS/2. The network connection that is established does not fully support DOS sessions. (It does offer IPX/SPX support, which means you can look at directories and maybe execute DOS applications, but this is not guaranteed). To receive full support for DOS sessions, it is necessary to emulate a DOS environment as closely as possible. It is recommended that the user change DOS_SETTINGS for the desired session to include the following parameters: 1. DOS_FILES=255 2. DOS_LASTDRIVE=(Last physical drive e.g., if you want the login drive to be F:, then the last DOS drive will be E:) 3. NETWARE_RESOURCES=PRIVATE After editing the DOS_SETTINGS it is then necessary to start the session, from the DOS prompt change to the NetWare directory (e.g., C:\NETWARE), and run the NETX.COM (Network shell) program which establishes the DOS connection to the network. After running NETX.COM, change to the login directory, and log into the Network. Summary: You have emulated the DOS environment very closely and have created a separate DOS connection to the network, making it possible to retain normal search drive mappings (OS/2 does not allow search drives). Now you have full DOS NetWare support. NOTE: If you need to run NETBIOS, you need to edit the OS/2 CONFIG.SYS to remove the line that loads the NETBIOS.SYS NetBIOS emulator (OS/2 allows only one NetBIOS copy per station), and run NETBIOS from the command line.

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