Ref: 99970029 Title: User's Release Notes, 3+Version 1.2.1 Number 2196-03 Date: 06-30-89 Copyright 3Com Corporation, 1991. All rights reserved. These release notes contain information relating to the use of 3+ network software. Read this information carefully before using your 3+ software. Based on suggestions and comments from our users, these release notes are in a slightly different format from earlier notes. Changes include: Topics alphabetized within each section. This set of release notes is divided into five sections: General release notes 3+File/Print release notes 3+Menus release notes 3+Mail release notes 3+Route and 3+Remote release notes The abbreviated titles for the guides the release notes reference are: User 3+Share User Guide Menus 3+Menus Reference Guide How To 3+Menus RHow ToS Guide Mail 3+Mail User Guide Remote 3+Remote User Guide .H1;General Release Notes .H2;3Com XCOPY Utility User, p. C-1 The XCOPY utility has been renamed to 3COPY because DOS 3.2 also contains a program called XCOPY. .H2;LGL Not Loaded User, p. A-16 If the error message: LGL not loaded appears after formatting a diskette, list the disketteUs directory using the DOS DIR command. You should then be able to continue network operations. .H2;Can't Access 3Com Process Manager User, p. A-16 If the error message: 3Com Can't access 3Com Process Manager appears after formatting a diskette, list the disketteUs directory using the DOS DIR command. You should then be able to continue network operations. .H2;Compaq Portable or Deskpro Computers For proper operation a Compaq Portable or Deskpro requires ROM Revision J. To find out what Compaq ROMs you have: 1. Start your Compaq using the Compaq diagnostics diskette. 2. Type test and press Enter. 3. Choose option 5, ROMREV. The version of your ROMs is displayed. (See your administrator about getting the ROM upgrade.) .H2;Internal Error User, p. A-15 The message: Internal error means you have exceeded the maximum number of entries established for the Login Library Manager. Each time you give a 3F LINK, 3F DIR, 3P LINK, 3P DIR, or 3N ASSIGN command, an entry is made in the Login Library (the default is eight). Duplicate entries are not counted. If you regularly need more than eight entries, ask your network administrator to adjust the number of entries allowed. (To remove all current Login Library entries, reboot your workstation.) .H2;Too Many Redirections User, p. A-31 The message: Too many redirections indicates you have used more links than you are allowed for your workstation. See your network administrator about increasing the number of NetBIOS and MSREDIR sessions for your workstation. .H1;3+File and 3+Print .H2;3P QSTAT Command User, p. 9-17 The 3P QSTAT command lists the files in a printerUs queue. When QSTAT lists these files, the status line indicates the condition of each file, as follows: Intercept: You have not finished sending data to the queue. This condition occurs when you use the 3P SET/HOLD option, when you are printing from an application and you have not yet pressed [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [Prtsc], or when you are printing from an application that does not send a DOS CLOSE command and you have not exited the application. Exiting an application automatically sends a DOS CLOSE command. Deferred: Your job has been sent to the queue, but you specified that the printing of the job should be delayed with the 3P SET /DEFER command. Waiting: Your job has been sent to the queue, but another job has a higher priority. Your job will print when those with a higher priority finish. Printing: Your job is currently printing. Print error: An error has occurred at the printer. This message usually means the printer is out of paper or off- line. .H2;UNSHARE Command User, p. 7-19 The 3F UNSHARE command deletes only the specified sharename, not the directory assigned to the sharename, as the 3+Share User Guide states. (To delete an empty directory, use the DOS RMDIR command.) .H2;Using a New-Style IBM Keyboard User, p. 5-1 If you are using an IBM keyboard that does not have [Prtsc] and [*] on the same key, close print spool files with [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [*] (where [*] is the key directly above the [9] on the numeric keypad). .H1;3+Menus .H2;Color Screen Menus, p. B-1 The attributes j and k should be: j - Current field in forms k - Message line and the background for forms .H2;Failure Starting Your Editor Menus, p. C-5 The message: Failure starting your editor means 3+Menus cannot find the editor or the editor program file is corrupted. (Check that your editor is in the path searched by DOS or reload a fresh copy of the editor file.) .H2;Quitting 3+Menus How To, p. 2-14 .br;Menus, p. 2-2, 2-25 When the 3+Menus program is on a network drive and you log out using the Log Out item (on the Main Menu), 3+Menus exits to DOS. The drive you specified on the Log Out form is the default drive. For example, if you chose A as the default drive, the A> prompt appears. There are two cases, however, in which logging out using the Log Out item can produce the message: Not ready error reading drive E Abort, Retry, Ignore? Case 1: If you are using 3+Menus on a network drive, and start it from a batch file that is also on a network drive, when you log out you will break the link to the batch fileUs network drive. This means COMMAND.COM cannot return to the batch file. To keep the link to the batch fileUs drive, either the 3+Menus program or the batch file that starts the 3+Menus program must reside on a local drive, a RAM disk, or a 3+Start volume. Case 2: If you are using 3+Menus on a local drive, but you start it from a batch file on a network drive, you can log out and 3+Menus continues to run. (This lets you run local applications from the 3+Menus interface while not logged in to the network.) Before you quit 3+Menus, however, you must log in again and re-establish the links to the sharename containing the batch file that started 3+Menus. .H2;Specifying a Menu Task Item Menus, p. 5-17 When choosing Run File or Command on a Task Item form, you do not need to include an extension. If you include an extension, make sure the extension is correct and that it matches the Run File Type. For example, specifying the batch file BATCHFIL.BAT, but giving it a Run File Type of Program, causes an error because 3+Menus treats the batch file as if it were a program. .H1;3+Mail .H2;Attachments Mail, p. 2-8, 5-4 You can add up to 25 attachments to a message. .H2;Can't find Mail, p.C-6 The message: Can't find But domain is a Remote Domain ... indicates that you have attempted to send a message to a user who cannot be found in the local Name service. The domain specified however, does exist in the local Name service. To send the message anyway, respond Y and the 3+Mail server will attempt delivery of the message to the remote domain:organization. If the user cannot be found on the remote network, the mail server returns the message as undelivered mail. To avoid this prompt when sending mail to users in remote domains, use the /NP parameter when running the mail program (for example, MAIL E: /NP). .H2;Color Graphics Mail, p.3-4 3+Mail version 1.2.1 supports color on color graphics and enhanced color graphics systems. To display mail in color, type: MAIL /DISPLAYTYPE=x where x is B, D, or E. Each of these letters represents a different color combination, as shown here: .H2;Filing Mail Messages to Multiple Floppy Diskettes Mail, p. 6-5 When filing mail messages to a workstation with a single diskette drive, do not simply insert a new diskette into the same drive and continue filing messages (for example when the first diskette fills up). Doing so results in false directory information on the new diskette and makes its files inaccessible. If you want to file messages to another diskette, use the following steps: 1. Exit 3+Mail. .BR;2. Remove the current diskette. .BR;3. Insert a formatted diskette. .BR;4. Use the DOS DIR command to list the directory of the new diskette. .BR;5. Run 3+Mail again. If your workstation has two diskette drives and you are running mail from a network drive, you can safely file messages to two diskettes by placing one in drive A and one in drive B. .H2;Running 3+Mail from a Dual Floppy System Mail, p. A-2 If you want to run 3+Mail locally using dual floppy drives, insert the diskette containing the MAIL.EXE program in drive A and a formatted diskette in drive B. With drive A as your current drive, use the command A>MAIL B: to start the 3+Mail program. Do not file mail to the diskette containing the MAIL.EXE program or you may lose files and directories. .H1;3+Route and 3+Remote .H2;Mixing Hayes and Microcom Modems If you are sending data from a Hayes modem to a Microcom modem or vice versa and you begin to experience slow or unreliable data transfer, put the Microcom modem into Hayes emulation mode. .H2;Name Conflict Detected Remote, p. 4-2 To minimize phone charges, NetBIOS defers phone dialing until the latest possible time. Unless a NetBIOS application requires a specific workstation name, leave the SETNAME parameters in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file as $$3COM$$. Otherwise, when the deferred phone connection is finally attempted, NetBIOS may display a Name conflict detected message. SETNAME (a command in the workstationUs AUTOEXEC.BAT file), normally requires access to the Locator when the workstation boots. 3Com uses a proprietary form of the ADD NAME command that does not access the Locator (and thereby checks for the uniqueness of the workstation's name) until some other access is required. (This ensures that 3+Remote users do not incur phone charges by just starting up their machine.) The message Name conflict detected may be displayed if the name specified by SETNAME is not unique. To avoid this problem, make sure your workstation has a unique name by always using the default $$3COM$$ name (which uses the network adapter address as the station name). .H2;Using 4800, 9600 and 19,200 Baud Remote, p. 2-4, 3-12 3+Route and 3+Remote now support baud rates of 4800, 9600 and 19,200 (19,200 rate is supported only for the DCA Fastlink and Telebit Trailblazer modems). The modem statement that specifies the type of modem connected to your computer (MODTYPE) can now include Hayes, Microcom, Fastlink, Trailblazer, or other. (The default is Hayes). NOTE: To use these baud rates on a PC server, the PC must be a 80286 or equivalent, a dedicated server, and you must use the EtherLink Plus or TokenLink Plus card. If you plan to use 19,200 baud on a 3Server or 3Server3, you should use a port on the 3Server Port Expansion Board (part number 3C1050N) or you may not get the performance you expect. Whether you use a PC server, a 3Server, or a 3Server3, you must set the 3+Remote or 3+Route receive buffers (I&C, p. 5-94, 5-97) and the -h buffer (I&C, p. D-15) to