memetral@athena.mit.edu (Max E. Metral) (06/10/91)
Wierd thing happened yesterday. Trying to pop us a MessageBox() from a dialog box. Apparently my app was clobbering something. As soon as the Mbox appeared, the root background was changed to a screen like this: WIN3 developers: joes jimk sarahf ... ... ... ... usered: joes jimk sarahf... ... ... etc,etc Neat! Anybody ever encountered this before? --==<Max Metral>==--
clif_w1@verifone.com (06/11/91)
In article <1991Jun9.222842.28525@athena.mit.edu>, memetral@athena.mit.edu (Max E. Metral) writes: > Wierd thing happened yesterday. > > WIN3 > developers: > joes jimk sarahf ... > etc,etc > > Neat! Anybody ever encountered this before? Yes, I found that is you don't make the char string static in the "message" parameter this happens. Clif Westin MIS VeriFone Inc.
bonneau@hyper.hyper.com (Paul Bonneau) (06/11/91)
In article <1991Jun9.222842.28525@athena.mit.edu> memetral@athena.mit.edu (Max E. Metral) writes: > >Wierd thing happened yesterday. > >Trying to pop us a MessageBox() from a dialog box. Apparently my >app was clobbering something. As soon as the Mbox appeared, the root >background was changed to a screen like this: > >WIN3 >developers: >joes jimk sarahf ... >... This stuff is the "credits". It can be displayed by: Hold down <f3> and type <w><i><n><3>. Release <f3> and type <backspace>. Just click on the desktop to make it go away. I heard that this has gone away in 3.1 but have not seen for myself. cheers - Paul Bonneau.
thomas@ssd.kodak.com (Thomas B. Kinsman (37681)) (06/18/91)
In article <2757.2853ceea@verifone.com> clif_w1@verifone.com writes: >In article <1991Jun9.222842.28525@athena.mit.edu>, memetral@athena.mit.edu (Max E. Metral) writes: >> Wierd thing happened yesterday. >> WIN3 >> developers: >> joes jimk sarahf ... >> etc,etc >> >> Neat! Anybody ever encountered this before? > >Yes, I found that is you don't make the char string static in the "message" >parameter this happens. I was a a windows-AP class and the instructor showwed that by typing in the correct sequence at the keyboard you can also get a list of the developers, testers, "Mom's and Dad's" that went into the product. The sequence was a complicated one, something *like* holding down the control, shift, and backspace keys while you typed in the word "windows3". I'm sorry I don't remember it, but he said that this was published in an article in one of the magazines, so it should be public knowledge. Anybody know what it is? -- ---- thomas@ssd.kodak.com Voice: 716/477-9379(w) Fax: 716/722-5008 Thomas B. Kinsman, Eastman Kodak Co., Flr 3, Bldg 65, RL, Roch., NY 14650-1805 "Knowledge is what's left when you throw the books away." - A. Einstein
gandalf@abyss (gandalf) (06/19/91)
memetral@athena.mit.edu (Max E. Metral) writes: > > Wierd thing happened yesterday. > > Trying to pop us a MessageBox() from a dialog box. Apparently my > app was clobbering something. As soon as the Mbox appeared, the root > background was changed to a screen like this: > > WIN3 > developers: > joes jimk sarahf ... > ... > ... > ... > > usered: > joes jimk sarahf... > ... > ... > > etc,etc > > Neat! Anybody ever encountered this before? > > --==<Max Metral>==-- I've heard of this background before, but from a user standpoint, not a programmer. Apparently, the same "undocumented feature" that a user can access using a complicated set of clicks & types was what you accomplished with your application's call under those circumstances. The ____ (615)/754-0127 ____ _____ ///\\\ | | | / / /// \\\ |____ |___| (____ (_____ ///====\\\ | | / ) ) /// \\\ |____| ___/ ____/ ____/
schuster@seas.gwu.edu (Schuster) (06/25/91)
Hold down F3 and type win3. Release F3 and hit backspace. Voila! Now, DPMI is complicated :-). BTW, anyone else know any other hidden goodies, other than the WinWord one? schuster@seas.gwu.edu
sidney@borland.com (Sidney Markowitz) (06/26/91)
In article <3367@sparko.gwu.edu> schuster@seas.gwu.edu () writes: >Hold down F3 and type win3. Release F3 and hit backspace. Voila! >Now, DPMI is complicated :-). >BTW, anyone else know any other hidden goodies, other than the >WinWord one? Well, the one in Turbo Pascal for Windows is pretty neat. But it just slipped my mind and I'm not at a convenient machine to try out my guesses right now. It's something like alt-I in the About box. -- sidney <sidney@borland.com> [Disclaimer - I hope that wasn't supposed to be secret :-)]