Date Text Feature Giving Wrong Date In WP, Co

DocumentID: 608055
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 1:32:36 PM

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WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Symptoms: The Date Text feature (Shift-F5, 1) is giving the wrong date in WordPerfect 5.1, but the date is correct at DOS. Solutions: The customer is using a driver called RTCCLK.SYS to track the time and date. WordPerfect reads the date at a BIOS level, therefore WP was bypassing the driver and still picking up the date from the motherboard. Normally, WP reads whatever date DOS delivers, but in this case, the third party driver is storing the date in a .COM file. The interrupt that WP checks at DOS is different than the interrupt the driver is using to pass the date to DOS. Therefore, WP never sees the date passed by RTCCLK and only sees the date at the BIOS level.

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