VLT/VLTjr 5.867 - VLT/VLTjr 5.877 patches
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Bugs in version 5.867
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When VLT and VLTjr version 5.867 came out, they unfortunately contained a
few bugs:

- Under certain circumstances, VLT would get confused about whether it
  was running with CTS/RTS flow control enabled or not. It could then
  report "missing DSR" errors, it could cause the serial device to be
  closed briefly after file transfers, or it might not be able to perform
  file transfers at all. These things would be mostly noticable when
  running with 3-wire cables, when not using CTS/RTS flow control, and
  when using modem setups that drop carrier when DTR is lost briefly,
  or serial devices that close connections upon CloseDevice.

- Opening the serial device in SHARED mode was broken in 5.867.

- There was a small window of opportunity that serial settings would not
  be reset properly after an XPR protocol transfer at speeds higher than
  57.6 kbps.

- On the Workbench, the positioning of screen function gadgets was slightly
  messed up.

- After changing the screen font while the screen was locked because another
  window was opened on it, funky behavior could occur.

These problems should all be fixed with these patches.


Patch procedure
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1. Unpack the archive (if you haven't done so yet) to a place of your
   choosing.

2. CD to that directory, and copy your copy of the VLT or VLTjr executable 
   (just the executable) to the same directory.

3. If you have VLT, issue the command:

       spatch -oVLTnew -pVLT.pch VLT
       delete VLT
       rename VLTnew VLT

   If you have VLTjr, issue the commands:

       spatch -oVLTjrnew -pVLTjr.pch VLTjr
       delete VLTjr
       rename VLTjrnew VLTjr

   (The "spatch" utility is provided courtesy of the SAS Institute (VLT is
   compiled using SAS/C 6.51). It is freely distributable.)

4. Now copy the new VLT or VLTjr executable back to the place where you
   had them before.

5. Run the new copy of VLT, and check in the "About" requester that the
   version is now 5.877.

Happy patching, and sorry about the bugs!

       Willy Langeveld, 10 May 1994