Scheduler - programs won't start?
Hello all, I've been playing with V2 for a couple of days on my test machine (running Win98 4.10.1998), but can't for the life of me figure out how to use the scheduler to start a program. I've followed instructions in the help file to the letter, but programs just won't start; nothing happens. Other tasks (i.e send/check mail) are performed without any problems. Maybe it is a Win98 issue? Haven't tried V2 on WinXP (yet) Any suggestions? -- Best regards, Jan-Arild Current version is 2.00 | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Please release BatNews!
[Nick Andriash] I think RITLabs would do well to design a nice Newsreader that can take advantage of TB's inherent qualities such as filtering and her very robust Editor. TB's editor is the current state of the art. There is simply nothing better out there, and I think I've tried everything under the sun. Whatever RITLabs do, I really hope they don't mess up the editor. And, are you saying that TB! is a 'she'? If so, that explains why I'm head over ears in love with this baby. -- Best regards, Jan-Arild Current Ver: 1.60q FAQ: http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Bug Reports: https://www.ritlabs.com/bt/
Re: The return of the upgrade problem
Hello Thomas, Monday, March 19, 2001, 3:38:00 AM, you wrote: I cannot help you, but please give us some system information. We can take it from there. Before I wrote the message I said to myself: Jan-Arild, the list members are not second-sighted, so do not forget to give them information about your system. Did I remember to give you that information? No, of course not. Sorry. OS, CPU speed, RAM, free disk space would do for a start. OS: Win98 4.10.1998 Norwegian CPU: PII 300 RAM: 128MB Free space: 2,2GB As I said, I have experienced this problem before (somewhere between 1.41 and 1.45, I think). Then it went away, and I have upgraded several times without any problems at all, until now. No changes has been made on my system for months. -- Best regards, Jan-Arild -- __ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: The return of the upgrade problem
Hello Serge, Monday, March 19, 2001, 12:23:53 PM, you wrote: do you have some other Delphi/C++Builder applications on your system? Oops! That was a hard nut to crack for me Serge :) At the risk of revealing my ignorance, I'm sorry to say that I have absolutely no idea. I use Forte Agent for news, and I think Agent is written with Borland C++, but I am not sure about this. I might miss something but I wonder if you've tried to remove the previous version of TB! *completely* (it includes removing TB! home directory and 'RitLabs' registry branch) before attempting installation of the new version? No, I have never removed any previous versions of TB! before upgrading, but if the next upgrade fails, that might be worth a try. If my memory serves me right, this particular problem has been discussed on the list before, but I have not yet succeeded in finding anything in the archive. [...] Hope this is of any help. I want you to know that I appreciate any help I can get. -- Best regards, Jan-Arild -- __ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: The return of the upgrade problem
Hello Ming-Li, Monday, March 19, 2001, 4:36:20 PM, you wrote: I see you're posting with v.1.51, so the upgraded version does work after you reboot the system, or...? Yes it does work. It installs correctly, as nearly as can be seen. Did you check the system before this second try. At least a scandisk would be a good idea. No, I didn't check the system. Just restored it from the backup, which takes just about 6-7 minutes, and made another attempt to upgrade. The system froze upon installation again (at the splash screen). Better yet, go get a free utility called InCtrl, which could trace every changes made to your system between two events, including files added/deleted/changes, and registry changes. I use it to have a complete record of everything new software does to my system. So if something screws up, I'll have a better clue. It also helps you uninstall software. Most (I'm tempted to say all) of them don't uninstall themselves cleanly. Sounds to be a good idea. I will try to get this utility. It never happens here, so I've no idea. As you're using Win98, I don't feel terribly surprised. Do not crowd me :) -- Best regards, Jan-Arild -- __ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
The return of the upgrade problem
Hello All, When I upgraded from 1.48f to 1.51 less than a week ago, I lived through the "horrors" of the upgrade problem again. Once the TB! splash screen appears, the system froze and had to be powered down. Ctrl-Alt-Delete didn't help. I always create a backup with Drive Image prior to all changes I make on the computer so I restored the system, and tried to upgrade one more time, but the same thing happened on the second attempt. I do not remember which version(s), but I have experienced this exact problem before. Why does this problem return? -- Best regards, Jan-Arild -- __ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dispatching
Hello Marck, Wednesday, March 14, 2001, 8:39:10 PM, you wrote: The "Dispatcher" is a sub-system which reads all message headers from the server and provides an interface for you to decide the fate of each message it finds there: Download, delete, delete without downloading, leave for another time, etc. While on the subject - is it possible to change the font used in the Dispatcher to bold as it used to be? I use the Dispatcher a lot, but find the font a little hard to read. -- Best regards, Jan-Arild -- __ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Printing
Hello Jason, Saturday, October 21, 2000, 4:10:08 AM, you wrote: Why doesn't the Printer ICON work in the bat? Good question. It has actually never worked for me I am having the same problem. The print button has never worked for me either when I try to print to one of my printers (Panasonic KX-P6300). I have to press Ctrl+P, or choose Print on the Message menu, but... ...the funny thing is that everything works just fine when I print to my HP 970Cxi. What is even more funny is that I _am_ able to print the Address Book to both of them by clicking the print button -even to the Panasonic. Jan-Arild -- Q. What's a man's idea of foreplay? A. A half hour of begging. -- -- View the TBUDL archive at http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com To send a message to the list moderation team double click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe from TBUDL, double click here and send the message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- You are subscribed as : archive@jab.org
Re: Strange things when replying
Hello tracer, Thursday, August 17, 2000, 1:55:55 AM, you wrote: seems to me that it does make sense. It sure does tracer. I guess I have to put the blame on my bad command of English. What I _think_ I say, is not necessarily always what I _mean_ to say. Sorry about that. I think you guys better enter for a course in Norwegian :) You position the cursor, then below that the quote. if you put quotes first, it likely will produce the quote and then py putting the cursor, move everything before the cursor position up, Exactly, and that's what happens. I can place the cursor wherever I want in the message, but (for some of us), placing the %Cursor macro _after_ the %Quotes macro has an annoying side effect (the by now well known "disappearing text- and scrollbar problem"), so if the only alternatives I have are: 1. Before the quotes. 2. Not including it. then the %Cursor macro is of little (if any) practical use for me. I fail to see how to benefit from using it in my reply templates at all, because, by not including it, TB! defaults to the upper left corner. No big difference from placing the cursor before the quotes IMO. Anyway, leaving out the %Cursor macro cured this problem for me, however, this doesn't explain why I have a similar problem in NTP. My first thought was that there could be some sort of connection here. Jan-Arild -- "Is forbitten to steal hotel towels please. If you are not person to do such thing is please not to read notis." -In a Tokyo Hotel -- -- View the TBUDL archive at http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com To send a message to the list moderation team double click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe from TBUDL, double click here and send the message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- You are subscribed as : archive@jab.org
Re: Strange things when replying
Hello Thomas, Wednesday, August 16, 2000, 5:57:10 AM, you wrote: Always, but not with all messages. The prob may be reproducible if the messages does not fill a screen, but some longer messages are effected too. Well, all I can say is that it does here. I tested this with 120 messages last night, and the same thing happened with each and all of them. Like I said earlier, my brain is old and worn out, but I started to play a little with my reply templates, and found something that might be of interest. My original reply template looked like this: Hello %OFromFName,%SINGLERE %ODateEn, %OTimeLongEn, you wrote: %Quotes %Cursor -- Best regards, %FromFName I changed it to look like this: Hello %OFromFName,%SINGLERE %ODateEn, %OTimeLongEn, you wrote: %Quotes -- Best regards, %FromFName As you will see, the only difference between the two is that I have removed the %Cursor-macro in the latter -and you know what? The problem is gone. Completely. The only drawback, by removing the %Cursor-macro is that the cursor is placed in the upper left corner of the screen when replying, but I do always edit the original message before I start typing anyway so... Jan-Arild -- Ladies are requested not to have children in the bar. -In a Norwegian cocktail lounge -- -- View the TBUDL archive at http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com To send a message to the list moderation team double click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe from TBUDL, double click here and send the message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- You are subscribed as : archive@jab.org
Re: Strange things when replying
Hello Curtis, Wednesday, August 16, 2000, 1:11:02 PM, you wrote: Makes me wonder if where the %cursor macro is placed is what creates the problem, rather than whether or not you use the %cursor macro at all. You are pretty good at wondering Curtis :) I did put the %Cursor macro back into my reply template again like this: %Cursor %Quotes Bingo!...why? As soon as I place the %Quotes macro first, the "disappearing text-and scrollbar" syndrome return. My old brain is somewhat confused by now to say the least. This doesn't make sense to me. Jan-Arild -- "It is not allow in the hotel room for guest participating in Illicit Arts, banging of firecrackers, gambling and wrestling". -Hotel Jincheng (Shenyang, China) -- -- View the TBUDL archive at http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com To send a message to the list moderation team double click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe from TBUDL, double click here and send the message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- You are subscribed as : archive@jab.org
Re: Strange things when replying
Hello Januk, Tuesday, August 15, 2000, 8:08:12 AM, you wrote: In essence, what I found is that the scroll bars are calculated on the amount of text in the message. Have you noticed if you go to the beginning of these replies, then the text all fits into one screen? It doesn't seem to make any difference whether the original message contains 10 or 500 lines of text. The same thing happens every time - i.e all the text (except from the last 4-5 lines), and the scrollbar disappear. Always. I can reproduce the lack of scroll bar problem at will. Create a new message (or a reply, it doesn't matter). Type a couple of lines, enough so it all fits in one screen with no scrolling. Now use your keyboard keys (or scroll wheel mouse) to move down a few lines until your text is off screen. Notice how the scroll bars do not appear. This also happens with the horizontal scroll bar. You are dead right. I haven't noticed this before. In your Note Tab Pro program, do you have a free caret interface active? I think this may be the source of the trouble. With regard to the free caret interface, I wish I could say yes because this is one of the things I love the most about TB! -but no, NTP doesn't support it. What I can say for certain is, that in NTP, this _only_ occur when pasting text from the clipboard, and also, _only_ when pasting more text than fits into one screen. BTW. In which version of TB! did this start to occur? I have used it since 1.39 but I can't remember seeing this prior to my last upgrade to 1.45.but yes, I am an old and absent-minded kind of person, so I might very well be wrong :) Jan-Arild -- "Drop your trousers here for best results." -In a Bangkok dry cleaner's -- -- View the TBUDL archive at http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com To send a message to the list moderation team double click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe from TBUDL, double click here and send the message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- You are subscribed as : archive@jab.org
Re: Strange things when replying
Hello Graham, Tuesday, August 15, 2000, 8:16:29 AM, you wrote: Exactly the same here Jan-Arild. I wonder why?? A poor consolation I know, but you are not alone feeling this way Graham. I am totally lost. What is even more frustrating is that I am not in possession of the special knowledge needed to be able to figure out what may cause this to occur. The only thing _I_ can do is to report what I see, and hope that you guys find a solution. Jan-Arild -- "May be harmful if swallowed." -On a shipment of hammers. -- -- View the TBUDL archive at http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com To send a message to the list moderation team double click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe from TBUDL, double click here and send the message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- You are subscribed as : archive@jab.org
Strange things when replying
Hello All, Pressing the "Reply"-button opens up the "Message Editor Window" with the quote prefix preceding each lineas if you didn't know :) The strange thing is that only the last 4-5 lines of the message to which I am replying is visible in the editor. The rest of the original message, and also the scrollbar!, has disappeared, and the only way to get both back into view again is to press the "Page Up"-key on the keyboard. This happens _every time_ I reply to a message. Anyone who have experienced anything similar? Jan-Arild -- "Adults: 1 tablet 3 times a day until passing away." -From instructions on a medicine bottle. -- -- View the TBUDL archive at http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com To send a message to the list moderation team double click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe from TBUDL, double click here and send the message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- You are subscribed as : archive@jab.org
Re: Strange things when replying
Hello Thomas, Monday, August 14, 2000, 12:08:31 PM, you wrote: Yep; not with every message but a selected few. I have not foudn a pattern. Neither have I, not in TB!, but I have found something that _might_ be related. I am no computer guru so the following may sound stupid, and is just a wild guess: Could this possibly be a display driver issue? I am asking because _exactly_ the same thing happens in Note Tab Pro (an excellent text editor) from time to time. On the other hand, I haven't noticed anything like this in Agent which I use for news. What is your operating system, RAM size, etc? OS: Win98 (4.10.1998) OEM CPU: Intel 300MHz PII RAM: 64MB Video adapter: Matrox Millenium II 4MB with the latest driver 4.33.045 Plenty of free space on my two harddrives. _Very_ stable system. Not one single crash (believe it or not) ever since I installed Win98 in august 1998. Jan-Arild -- If Outlook Express is the answer, it must have been a VERY silly question. -- -- View the TBUDL archive at http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com To send a message to the list moderation team double click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe from TBUDL, double click here and send the message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- You are subscribed as : archive@jab.org
Re: Strange things when replying
Hello Thomas, Monday, August 14, 2000, 5:01:51 PM, you wrote: In all the user manuals that came with my PC, one is entitled: A.G.P. S3 Trio 3D/2X Video Accelerator. Is that it? I also found a file called VGA.DRV in the c:\windows\system directory, but don't know how to find out more. I'm afraid I can't help you much with this Thomas. You know, I am just an ordinary TB!-user who love this wonderful piece of software, and by lurking on TBUDL TBBETA I "steal" new tips and tricks every day from all the nice, helpful and knowledgeable people living here. BTW, if Curtis is "stupid" enough to read this :), I should like to take the opportunity to congratulate him as a moderator. Jan-Arild -- Pluto Neptune Uranus Saturn Jupiter Mars Earth Venus Mercury Sun . o o o O . . . ./\ ^ \/ -- You are here -- -- View the TBUDL archive at http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com To send a message to the list moderation team double click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe from TBUDL, double click here and send the message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- You are subscribed as : archive@jab.org
Re: Strange things when replying
Hello Jamie, Monday, August 14, 2000, 4:54:14 PM, you wrote: It's Linux pretending to be Windowsg Hehe. I have Linux installed on one of my harddrives, so maybe Linux is the "source of infection". Seriously though that is a very weird problem that I have never encountered. It sure is weird. The Bat! and Note Tab Pro seems to be the only apps suffering from the disappearing text- and scrollbar syndrome. Even with a 4MB card in it still displays OK. Try lowering your screen res and colour depth. If it stops occurring it is a driver issue. Already tried that, but the problem is still there. Jan-Arild -- Pizza is a lot like sex. When it's good, it's really good. When it's bad, it's still pretty good. -- -- View the TBUDL archive at http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com To send a message to the list moderation team double click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe from TBUDL, double click here and send the message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- You are subscribed as : archive@jab.org
Re: Strange things when replying
Hello Nick, Monday, August 14, 2000, 4:35:56 PM, you wrote: Time to come back to this side of the looking glass, Alice. LOL. It sounds like a fairytale, I know, but I am in fact telling the truth. I have absolutely no idea why my system doesn't crash, but there has to be something seriously wrong somewhere that's for sure. Perhaps I should contact MS support and ask if they can help me find the culprit. :) Jan-Arild -- The text above "-- " is subject to change without prior notice. -- -- View the TBUDL archive at http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com To send a message to the list moderation team double click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe from TBUDL, double click here and send the message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- You are subscribed as : archive@jab.org
Columns out of view?
Hello all, If I expand threads (I thread by subject), all the columns drift to the right. This results in columns going partially out of view. Anything I can do to prevent this because I find it a bit annoying? I am an old and absent-minded kind of person :) so I might very well be wrong, but I seem to remember that this didn't happen in 1.39 and 1.41? TIA Jan-Arild -- Specialist in women and other diseases -In the office of a * doctor -- -- View the TBUDL archive at http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com To send a message to the list moderation team double click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe from TBUDL, double click here and send the message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- You are subscribed as : archive@jab.org
Printing of quoted text in bold?
Hello all, Several people, on some of the mailing lists I'm on, have the "nasty habit" of inserting a space in front of the quote character. The result of this is that the text doesn't print in bold as I have chosen in the font layout in TB! My printer is a BW Laser, so the color options doesn't help me much :) Example: This line is printed in bold, while... this line is not. Anything I can do about this in TB!? TIA Jan-Arild -- "Salad a firm's own make; limpid red beet soup" with cheesy dumplings in the form of a finger; roasted duck let loose; beef rashers beaten up in the country people's fashion." -On the Menu of a ** Hotel -- -- View the TBUDL archive at http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com To send a message to the list moderation team double click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe from TBUDL, double click here and send the message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- You are subscribed as : archive@jab.org
Re: Scripting in v2.0 - the possibilities?
Hello Dieter, Sunday, April 16, 2000, 11:38:18 PM, you wrote: Unfortunately it will neither boil eggs for breakfast and toast your bread nor will it fill in the forms for your income tax... LOL Sorry, can't resist. Silly questions deserves "silly" answers. :) Guess we all have to sit and wait what the future will show up. You are quite right. I am trying not to be so impatient, but I'm not particularly good at it. I'm pretty optimistic that we will have an application which will rock. We already have. Jan-Arild -- "Please to bathe inside the tub." -In a Hotel Room -- -- View the TBUDL archive at http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com To send a message to the list moderation team double click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe from TBUDL, double click here and send the message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- You are subscribed as : archive@jab.org
Re: .htx instead of .html?
Hello Thomas, Thursday, April 13, 2000, 4:23:29 AM, you wrote: My guess is that the sender sends your .htx files. That was my first thought also. In order to trying to make this out I installed TB!, Outlook Express and FrontPage98 on another machine I use solely for testing purposes, and sent HTML messages to myself. All of them got the .htx extension in TB! If I deleted the .htx association in Win98, then TB! used the .html extension. Before purchasing TB! I used Forté Agent for both mail and news, and in Agent, HTML messages are shown with the correct extension. Like I said, no big deal :) The easy solution is of course to delete the association in Windows, but I'm just curious to find out whether there could be another way to solve the "problem" -and, curious to find out why TB! uses .htx instead of .html if both associations are present. At least that is what happens on my system. Jan-Arild -- Every 4 seconds a woman has a baby.Our problem is to find this woman and stop her. -Sam Goldwyn -- -- View the TBUDL archive at http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com To send a message to the list moderation team double click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe from TBUDL, double click here and send the message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- You are subscribed as : archive@jab.org
.htx instead of .html?
Hello all, When I receive a HTML message, the HTML part has a .htx file extension instead of .html I do not have any problems viewing the mails, but I just wonder why the .htx extension is used instead of .html In Win98's file associations, .htx is described as "Internet Database Connector HTML Template", and is associated with Microsoft FrontPage. Not a big deal, but is there a way to solve this? -preferably without deleting the .htx association :) -- Jan-Arild How wonderful opera would be if there were no singers. -La Rochefoucauld -- -- View the TBUDL archive at http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com To send a message to the list moderation team double click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe from TBUDL, double click here and send the message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- You are subscribed as : archive@jab.org
Re[2]: How to open attached files with .EML file extensions?
Hello Tony, Tuesday, March 14, 2000, 2:22:47 PM, you wrote: I do have here an attachment that has been sent to me with a .ged extension that I can't open if anyone knows what program that's associated with? That must be a GEDCOM-file. All genealogy programs have their own ways of storing/organizing data. GEDCOM is an attempt to standardize transport of genealogy data between different programs, and is (as far as I know), the only common format for this purpose today. You will ned a program like "Family Tree Maker" or "Brothers Keeper" to open ged-files. -- Best regards, Jan-Arild -- -- View the TBUDL archive at http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com To send a message to the list moderation team double click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe from TBUDL, double click here and send the message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- You are subscribed as : archive@jab.org
Numbers and square brackets in subject?
Hello all, I have chosen to "View threads by subject", and a thread may look like this: Text Re: Text Re[2]: Text Re: Text Re[2]: Text Re[3]: Text What does the numbers in square brackets mean? Maybe I am stupid, but I just can't figure this out. Anyone who have some time to spare to explain this for a TB-novice? TIA -- Best regards, Jan-Arild Using The Bat! 1.39 under Windows 98 4.10 Build 1998 on a Pentium II 300 with 64MB. -- -- View the TBUDL archive at http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com To send a message to the list moderation team double click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe from TBUDL, double click here and send the message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- You are subscribed as : archive@jab.org
Problem with printing
Hello all, If I click the "Print"-button on the toolbar, nothing happens. Printing by choosing "Print" on the "Message"-menu works just fine. Anyone who have any ideas about what may cause this? Printer: Panasonic KX-P6300 TIA -- Best regards, Jan-Arild Using The Bat! 1.39 under Windows 98 4.10 Build 1998 on a Pentium II 300 with 64MB. -- -- View the TBUDL archive at http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com To send a message to the list moderation team double click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe from TBUDL, double click here and send the message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- You are subscribed as : archive@jab.org
