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Re: TCG digest 417

Posted by Brent Ducharme on 1999-03-09

I don't know how to answer any of these problems but the best of luck
to all of you.  I personaly need help because I don't know what
program to start out on to make a Mu*.  That would help me a great
deal and if someone would walk me through it a little.  Thanks,
--Anirion Carom





---tcg@xxxx.xx.xx wrote:
>
> Contents:
> Re: Talking to Dos (Weasel <palfrader@xxxxxxx.xxx>)
> Re: New to Linux ("Morgan Terry" <morgan@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>)
> Re: TCG digest 414 (comusync <comusync@xxxxxxxx.xxx>)
> Network (Kelly Ng <knok@lookingforme>)
> Re: Network (Agus Supriadhie <agus@xxxx.xxx.xx>)
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1999 18:26:44 +0100
> From: Weasel <palfrader@xxxxxxx.xxx>
> Subject: Re: Talking to Dos
> 
> Thus spake Josh Letterman:
>  I have reviewed A, and the graphical presentation doesn't seem to be
> that
> > difficult to implement in VB5, but I have no idea how to communicate
> with
> > a dos program. I *have* been able to get it to run using:
> How do you operate the DOS program if you run it standalone? Can you
run
> it with an input file or with command line parameters?
> 
> > However, I can't seem to use the SendKeys function with this dos
> program.
> > I need help!!!!!
> I think SendKeys or something similar will _not_ work.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Date: Mon, 08 Mar 1999 14:42:50 -0700
> From: "Morgan Terry" <morgan@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
> Subject: Re: New to Linux
> 
> Hey, 
>   Running Linux by Matt Welsh and ?(I forget the other guy) was very
> informative and helpful when I was just starting out w/ Linux.  Give
it
> a try.
> 
> -- 
> 
> Morgan                                 morgan@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
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> 
> >Hello,
> >  I have finally decided to switch over to Linux but am having
difficulty
> >installing it.Can anyone help me in pointing out some good sites
for >newbies
> >or books also would be fine.Is there any particular forum or
something >for
> >Linux also??
> 
> >Any help would be appreciated...Thanks!!
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1999 15:55:19 -0800
> From: comusync <comusync@xxxxxxxx.xxx>
> Subject: Re: TCG digest 414
> 
> tcg@xxxx.xx.xx wrote:
>  > Contents:
>  > Talking to Dos ("Josh Letterman" <jletterman@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>)
>  > 
>  >
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>  > 
>  > Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 00:04:43 -0500
>  > >From: "Josh Letterman" <jletterman@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
>  > Subject: Talking to Dos
>  > 
>  > Ok. I have been a lurker on this list for a long time now. I have
found
>  > posts to be extremely informative.
>  > 
>  > However, now I am in dire straits. An emergency has been plopped
onto my
>  > lap, and I have no idea how to solve the problem. It is basically
this:
>  > 
>  > A program has been created using (I believe Shockwave) to create a
>  > presentation. This program has a "calculator" that calculates
insurance
>  > premiums based on input information. Only here's the catch. The
"calculator"
>  > is not actually part of the original program. It is a standalone
Dos program
>  > with which this 32-bit program is trying to interact.
>  > 
>  > In a nutshell, the presentation program (program A) is supposed
to retrieve
>  > information from the user in a nice graphical way (Windoze) and
then run the
>  > Dos program (program B), feed B the information input by the
user, and
>  > return information back to A to be displayed in this nice
graphical way.
>  > 
>  > I have reviewed A, and the graphical presentation doesn't seem to
be that
>  > difficult to implement in VB5, but I have no idea how to
communicate with a
>  > dos program. I *have* been able to get it to run using:
>  > 
>  > dim retval
>  > retval = shell("myprogram",1)
>  > 
>  > However, I can't seem to use the SendKeys function with this dos
program. I
>  > need help!!!!!
>  > 
>  > Anyone?
>  > 
>  > 
>  > ------------------------------
>  > >  > ************************
>  > 
> First, It's hard to give a straight answer to this since I don't
know what the
> DOS application was. If you still need help, you can email me the
applications
> and I will mail you back a response in 4 days. I only have access to
> VB4 Standard and VB6 Proffesional, so the source will be in both. I
won't
> send an executable, sorry, but I shouldn't be hard for you to work
with.
> Thanks for asking.
> 
> **{ 3/8/99-I would rather you never say sorry for eternity than to
annoy for a 
> moment }** -- Yemi Bedu 1981-forever
> 
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> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 12:26:37 +0800
> From: Kelly Ng <knok@lookingforme>
> Subject: Network
> 
> Hi. I have two PCs at home and I wish to set up a LAN. I plan to buy a
> server NIC, a client NIC and cables, anything else I need to buy ?
What
> about hub  ? What is 100Base-T or 10Base-T for ?
> 
> Regards,
> Kelly
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 11:30:09 +0700
> From: Agus Supriadhie <agus@xxxx.xxx.xx>
> Subject: Re: Network
> 
> Kelly Ng wrote:
> > Hi. I have two PCs at home and I wish to set up a LAN. I plan to
buy a
> > server NIC, a client NIC and cables, anything else I need to buy ?
What
> > about hub  ? What is 100Base-T or 10Base-T for ?
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Kelly
> 
> no need to buy anything else ..
> 100Base-T and 10Base-T id type of NIC according to
> it's connection. 100Mbps and 10Mbps.
> 
> -= agus =-
> http://bsoen.cjb.net
> 
> ------------------------------
> End of Digest
> ************************
> 

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