From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:00:29 EST-10EDT,10,1,0,7200,4,1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 1834 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Friday 10 July 2009 Number 1834 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 Re: What a difference a clean install makes ! : Ed Durrant 2 Is xwpdaemn.exe really needed ? : Ed Durrant **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:23:34 +1000 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: What a difference a clean install makes ! John Angelico wrote: > On Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:12:59 +1000 Ed Durrant wrote: > >> >> So I wiped an already installed eCS 2.0 RC6a partition and started >> fresh. It's taken sometime manually writing down the properties of my >> main wps objects from the eCS 2.0RC3 partition and then re-creating them >> on the RC6a partition >> > > Argh! > > Ed, if you had said that was what you had to do, I could have offered a > labour-saving device from my boys here. > > They have created a small tool in Rexx using the WP Tools APIs to save > object properties in a Rexx script, and then recreate objects by replaying > the script. > > It's not polished, but does the job for the author :-) > > Chris says, it's mainly the concept of using WP Tools APIs to do the hard > yakka. > > You know, I used to have a REXX routine back with OS/2 1.3 that did that as well. I couldn't find it, but there's also an option in object desktop (I think) that does something very similar. I have tried that previously without success. I really think the RC3 environment was so corrupted that there was no hope of being able to trust any automated process. Actually the re-creation of the program objects was not too bad as the RMB "create program object" is back in RC6a (it dissapeared on my system with some RCs). Cheers/2 Ed. -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG === **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:22:10 +1000 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Is xwpdaemn.exe really needed ? Hi, I've taken a look at a few recent system hangs that I have had (ones where I could still get into CAD popup) and it seems that a lot of them are caused by xwpdaemn.exe - if I cancel that in TOP, I can go back to a running system. I wonder if it's possible to run eComStation without xwpdaemn.exe and keep the eCS modern "look and feel" ? -- Cheers/2 Ed Checkout my new (WIP) eComStation Australia Podcast - search for eComStation at iTunes or Podcastblaster dot com or add the RSS feed http://feeds2.feedburner dot com/eComStationAustralia to Thunderbird. Don't miss the tenth Warpstock Europe at Stralsund 12-15 November 2009 check out - http://www.warpstock.eu for details. -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG ===