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to: DAVE EMORY
from: KRIS STEENHAUT
date: 1997-04-02 11:07:00
subject: Weird Wordperfect

Hello Dave!
 > On Wednesday March 26 1997, Kris Steenhaut wrote to All:
 >  KS> Under Warp 3, WordPerfect 6 .0B Dos worked excellently.
 >  KS> So it is in Warp 4 too, minus one thing. On switching WordPerfect to
 >  KS> the background, "background execution" is halted. That gives an
 >  KS> extremely nasty situation, especially when you are printing several
 >  KS> pages. On switching  WP again to the foreground, printing
 >  KS> continues. And yes, DOS_BACKGROUND_EXECUTION is set to on, as it was
 >  KS> in Warp 3. My other Dosprogs, such as Lotus 123, Dbase, Ms-Works and
 >  KS> DesignCad don't show that problem. So, it looks it has something to 
o
 >  KS> with WordPerfect, definitely. Are there ideas about?
 > Switch to text mode before you minimize the window.  TTYL -=- Dave
Well, it's nice to have a good answer from almost the other end of the World 
(it's Oregon, is it?)
I have to confess I was rather sceptic about your hint, but it fixes the 
probleem, indeed. I wonder why Warp 4 is acting otherwise than Warp 3 in this 
matter.
Anyway, 1000 x thanks.
Greetz from my other side of the World :-)
Kris
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