neil@swdev.Waterloo.NCR.COM (Neil A. Law) (07/19/90)
I am currently evaluating Microsoft Project for Windows 1.0 (MPW) to
see if we should migrate from Project 4.0. I'm almost convinced we
should buy it except for one TINY problem, I cannot get MPW to
generate a plot file (we need this to send the print job to a remote
plot server).
I'm under a pressing deadline to resolve this so I'm posting this to
the net in hopes of getting some clues on how to fix the problem.
As part of the evaluation I picked up an existing set of project
files, converted them to MPW format and tried to generate the plot
file. MPW thinks about it for a while and after about 15 seconds I
get a popup window saying "Out of Memory" (I end up with a 0 length
file as a result).
Vital Statistics:
o 386 IBM Compatible (NCR PC386/25), with 100MB disk and 4MB
extended Memory, 0 expanded. 529,504 bytes free memory before
windows is loaded
o Windows 3.0 with 9167K Free Memory, 81 % of resources free,
running in 386 Enhanced Mode (8967KB Free Conventional Memory and
0 expanded memory in MPW)
o printer is HP Plotter on File, device 7585A with E size drawings
o config.sys
files= 30
buffers=20
break=on
device=C:\win3\himem.sys
device=c:\bin\ansi.sys
shell=c:\bin\command.com c:\bin /P /E:512
device=C:\WIN3\smartdrv.sys 1792 512
device=C:\WIN3\ramdrive.sys 1280 /e
lastdrive=n:
o no other applications running when running MPW
o MPW was installed in a program group by selecting its ICON from
the file manager and moving it over to the program group (i.e. no
PIF file was created)
I'd appreciate any quick pointers on ways to correct this. I know I
should read the manuals but I'm in a bit of a rush. I've only got the
package for evaluation until next week and am doing the evaluation as
an outside core hours (i.e. my own time) activity (too many other
things to do :->).
Please email any responses to the address below.
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>>>> Neil Law, Document Management Systems <<<< 519-884-1710 x499
E&M Waterloo, NCR Canada Ltd, 580 Weber St. N., Waterloo, Ont. N2J 4G5
Neil.A.Law@Waterloo.NCR.COM uunet!ncrlnk!ncrwat!swdev!neilneil@swdev.Waterloo.NCR.COM (Neil A. Law) (07/21/90)
In article <869@ncrwat.Waterloo.NCR.COM> neil@swdev.Waterloo.NCR.COM (Neil A. Law) writes: > > I am currently evaluating Microsoft Project for Windows 1.0 (MPW) to > see if we should migrate from Project 4.0. I'm almost convinced we > should buy it except for one TINY problem, I cannot get MPW to > generate a plot file (we need this to send the print job to a remote . . text deleted . . > I'd appreciate any quick pointers on ways to correct this. I know I > should read the manuals but I'm in a bit of a rush. I've only got the >-- >========================================================================== As a followup to this article I posted, I've been able to do some reading last night and have tried varying a few options, but with no success. 1) I've reduced the amount of smartdrive down to 256K normal cache. No luck 2) I removed smartdrive altogether. This resulted in a fatal application error everytime I selected MPW. When I clicked on OK Windows terminated and I was back to the DOS screen. 3) I tried using EMM386.SYS but when I load Windows it puts up the Windows banner and then the message "Invalid command.com" "command.com not loaded. System halted" is written over the banner. This happens with both the EMM386.SYS from DOS 4.01 or Windows 3.0. As you can see I'm still stuck and would like any pointers you can give me. Also, has anyone experienced the problems mentioned in points 2 & 3? Is there something obvious I've missed? Thanks for any help you can give. -- ========================================================================== >>>> Neil Law, Document Management Systems <<<< 519-884-1710 x499 E&M Waterloo, NCR Canada Ltd, 580 Weber St. N., Waterloo, Ont. N2J 4G5 Neil.A.Law@Waterloo.NCR.COM uunet!ncrlnk!ncrwat!swdev!neil
neil@swdev.Waterloo.NCR.COM (Neil A. Law) (07/24/90)
Someone from Microsoft contacted me and provided me with a workable solution
to the problem.
Adding the line "ForcePrintFile=Yes" to WINPROJ.INI avoids the Out of Memory
error message and generates a print file.
Thanks Joel.
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>>>> Neil Law, Document Management Systems <<<< 519-884-1710 x499
E&M Waterloo, NCR Canada Ltd, 580 Weber St. N., Waterloo, Ont. N2J 4G5
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