
              NOVELL TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT

TITLE:              LWP Applications Update 4.1 to 4.2
DOCUMENT ID:        TID200047
DOCUMENT REVISION:  B
DATE:               14JUN94
ALERT STATUS:       Yellow
INFORMATION TYPE:   Symptom Solution
README FOR:         LWP188.EXE

NOVELL PRODUCT and VERSION:
LAN WorkPlace for DOS 4.2

ABSTRACT:

This revision includes an updated FTP.EXE file for LAN WorkPlace for DOS and
LAN WorkGroup users.  Users must be using LAN WorkPlace and LAN WorkGroup 4.1
to upgrade to 4.2 with this patch.

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SYMPTOM

The user wants to update to the latest version of the Applications listed:

FTP
Host Presenter
Rapid Filer
TNVT220
TELAPI
RSH
REXEC
XPC

For specific information on each fix for these applications, see Solution
Specific below.

SOLUTION

Apply the LWP188.EXE to LAN WorkPlace for DOS 4.1 or LAN WorkGroup 4.1
software.  This will update the Application files to the latest version of LAN
WorkPlace for DOS 4.2 or LAN WorkGroup 4.2.  This patch does not include the
NFS Client for LAN WorkPlace software.

Self-Extracting File Name:  LWP188.EXE     Revision: B

Files Included     Size     Date       Time     Version

     FTP.EXE     96,714   02-01-94    4:12a     412-2a
     FTP.MSG      6,581   02-01-94    4:12a     NA
     FTP.PIF        545   02-01-94    4:12a     NA
      FS.DLL      16832   04-04-94    4:12a     412-2a
PRESENTR.EXE     185264   04-04-94    4:12a     412-2a
RAPFILER.EXE     113488   04-04-94    4:12a     412-2a
   REXEC.EXE      47550   04-04-94    4:12a     412-2a
     RSH.EXE      46910   04-04-94    4:12a     412-2a
  TELAPI.EXE      40528   04-04-94    4:12a     412-2a
 TNVT220.EXE     108528   04-04-94    4:12a     412-2a
  WDOSFS.DLL      19808   04-04-94    4:12a     412-2a
  WFTPFS.DLL      57232   04-04-94    4:12a     412-2a
     XPC.EXE      12284   04-04-94    4:12a     412-2a
     XPC.OV0      19481   04-04-94    4:12a     412-2a
     XPC.OV1      38804   04-04-94    4:12a     412-2a
     XPC.OV2      13130   04-04-94    4:12a     412-2a
 LWPUTIL.DLL      35936   02-01-94    4:12a     412-2
     RSH.MSG       1359   02-01-94    4:12a     NA
  TELAPI.MSG       1919   02-01-94    4:12a     NA
 TNVT220.MSG       6088   02-01-94    4:12a     NA
     XPC.MSG       2175   02-01-94    4:12a     NA
     XPC.PIF        545   02-01-94    4:12a     NA

Installation Instructions:

Copy all the files to the LAN WorkPlace / LAN WorkGroup BIN directory. The
default LAN WorkPlace directory is C:\NET\BIN, and the default LAN WorkGroup
directory is {fileserver/volume}:NET\BIN.

Solution Specifics

1.      Installation Instructions
     1.1     Files Updated by the patch
2.      Description of Changes to the LAN WorkPlace for DOS Applications
     2.1     Patched Applications
     2.2     Problems Fixed
          2.2.1   Host Presenter
          2.2.2   Rapid Filer
          2.2.3   TNVT220
          2.2.4   TelAPI
          2.2.5   RSH/REXEC
          2.2.6   XPC
          2.2.7   FTP

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1.   Installation Instructions

Copy the files to the LAN WorkPlace / LAN WorkGroup BIN directory.  The
default LAN WorkPlace directory is C:\NET\BIN, and the default LAN WorkGroup
directory is {fileserver/volume}:NET\BIN.

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1.1  Files Updated by the Patch

Following is the list of files that will be updated by the patch:

     FTP.EXE
     FTP.MSG
     FTP.PIF
     LWPUTIL.DLL
     PRESENTR.EXE
     RAPFILER.EXE
     FS.DLL
     WFTPFS.DLL
     WDOSFS.DLL
     RSH.EXE
     REXEC.EXE
     RSH.MSG
     TNVT220.EXE
     TNVT220.MSG
     XPC.EXE
     XPC.MSG
     XPC.OV0
     XPC.OV1
     XPC.OV2
     XPC.PIF
     TELAPI.EXE
     TELAPI.MSG

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2.   Description of Changes to the LAN WorkPlace for DOS Applications

This section describes the LAN WorkPlace for DOS applications affected by the
patch and for each application the problems fixed by the patched version of
the application. It also describes some changes that have been made to improve
performance in the XPC application.

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2.1  Patched Applications
     Host Presenter
     Rapid Filer
     TNVT220
     TELAPI
     RSH, REXEC
     XPC
     FTP


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2.2  Problems Fixed:

The following section describes the problems encountered with the unpatched
version of the applications.  These problems have been fixed in the patched
version of the applications.

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2.2.1     Host Presenter

After you start Host Presenter, printer changes through Control Panel or Print
Manager are not picked up by Host Presenter.

When printing to a PostScript printer, Landscape mode text in Bypass Printing
mode is printed in very small fonts.

Opening 5 active sessions to Host Presenter hangs the workstation.

Doing continuous print in landscape mode on HP Laserjet printers prints error
message "Unable to obtain requested font"

When using Host Presenter with the UNIX editor VI, screen flashes cause a loss
of system resources.

Printing to "Generic/Text Only on FILE" inserts 14 \n chars after a line.

Host Presenter not interpreting sequence  Esc?25hESC22;0*x  correctly. 
Therefore, the first line of the display ends up on the twenty-third line
instead.

If the text line is longer that 132 characters when using Host Presenter
Continuous print option, the Host Presenter will cause a GP fault.

Selecting Landscape Option under File/Printer Setup does not work.

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2.2.2     Rapid Filer

Rapid Filer is unable to parse directories on certain UNIX hosts.

If the user does not have a write permission when overwriting a file on host,
the file is not copied and the file on host is deleted.

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2.2.3     TNVT220

Selecting the VT220 8-Bit emulation mode caused TNVT220 to go in binary mode.
The user was unable to enter his user name and password. Now selecting the
VT220 8-bit mode will leave the emulation in ASCII mode.

Open a TNVT220 session, then use <Alt+t) to get to the TNVT220 command mode,
entering ASCII command freezes the TNVT220 session.

TNVT220 not interpreting sequence  Esc?25hESC22;0*x  correctly. Therefore, the
first line of the display ends up on the twenty-third line instead.

Margin Bell was causing the Chips and Technology 4021 chipset to be locked
because, TNVT220 was writing an int to the sound  port.  It should write a
byte.

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2.2.4     TELAPI

When using TNVT220 in ANSI mode column 0 did not get updated.  Even though the
symptoms were displayed by TNVT220, the actual problem was being caused by an
error in TELAPI.

44541 Telapi - Relay Gold Int14 problem Telapi did not work with the Relay
Gold terminal emulation package.

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2.2.5     RSH/REXEC

Error message "Read error on stdio socket: Connection reset by peer" is
printed at completion of RSH commands.

Error message "Read error on stdio socket: Bad file number" is printed at
completion of RSH commands.

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2.2.6     XPC

Patched version of XPC is using the software timer interrupt (Interrupt 1C)
instead of the hardware timer interrupt (Interrupt 8). A software interrupt is
recommended over the hardware interrupt for compatibility reasons.

In the patched version the rate at which the client screen is updated by XPC
has increased.  Now the user will have a faster screen update.

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2.2.7     FTP

Patched version of FTP resolves the issue of getting 0 byte length files
placed in the directory when the FTP GET or PUT fails for any reason.

NOTE:  The following message files will be displayed in English only if
applied to the French, Spanish, German, and Portuguese versions of LAN
WorkPlace for DOS and LAN WorkGroup.  Please check and see if these are
required before installing.

     LWPCON.MSG
     RSH.MSG
     TELAPI.MSG
     XPC.MSG
     FTP.MSG

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