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I successfully ran the calculator from OS/2 2.11 in Warp 3 for a long
time. Now, having upgraded to Warp 4, I tried installing it and it no
longer wants to load.

It seems to consist of only 4 files in a directory (all pmd*.* files) plus
pmdiary.ini in the root directory. the .ini file now no longer seems to be
accessed at boot (the date no longer changes regularly).

Does anyone know what I might need to do? (I am an accountant and love
having this light, quick calculator sitting at the bottom right of my
screen all the time...)
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Quote:>I successfully ran the calculator from OS/2 2.11 in Warp 3 for a long
>time. Now, having upgraded to Warp 4, I tried installing it and it no
>longer wants to load.

>It seems to consist of only 4 files in a directory (all pmd*.* files) plus
>pmdiary.ini in the root directory. the .ini file now no longer seems to be
>accessed at boot (the date no longer changes regularly).

When you post a problem, it's really helpful if you include the exact text
of error message(s) that you might see.  The trouble is, a phrase like "no
longer wants to load" could mean a lot of things, each with its own
possible solution.

That said, I'll simply note that the 2.11 applets had several DLLs which
went along with them.  If these DLLs are no longer accessible, you'll get
error messages when you try to start the applet from an OS/2 command
session.

<If> that's the problem you're seeing, here's one way of making it work:

 1) Make sure the first directory entry in LIBPATH is .;
    That is, LIBPATH=.;C:\whatever...
    This ensures that DLLs in the "current" directory can be used.

 2) Assuming the applet files (including DLLs) are in C:\21APPLET, set
    up your WPS objects with
    File: full path and filename of EXE file
    Working directory: C:\21APPLET

Hope this helps...

Frank McKenney            / OS/2 Advisor (OS2BBS)
McKenney Associates       / Richmond, *ia / (804) 320-4887

1: put PMDCTLS.DLL and PMDIARY.DLL somewhere on your LIBPATH.
   PMDCTLS.DLL is in the \OS2\DLL directory of OS/2 2.11 and does not
   exist in 4.0.  You'll have to take it from another installation, or
   unpack it from your OS/2 2.11 install disk(s).  PMDIARY.DLL comes
   from the \OS2\APPS\DLL directory.

2: Put the help file PMDIARY.HLP somewhere on the DPATH or HELP path,
   as defined by the DPATH and HELP environment variables in
   config.sys.

You don't need to do a thing to PMDIARY.INI.  It will be recreated as
necessary.  It is created in the directory the program is launched
from.

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Hobsbawn)25 Nov 96 04:25:40 GMT writes:

I successfully ran the calculator from OS/2 2.11 in Warp 3 for a long
time. Now, having upgraded to Warp 4, I tried installing it and it no
longer wants to load.

...Does anyone know what I might need to do?...

I ran into the same problem, and just got it working. You will need to
get the following 4 files from your old installation (they can be
found in the same folders as the ones mentioned below):

        PMDCALC.EXE     - put it in x:\OS2\APPS

        PMDIARY.DLL     - put these two in x:\OS2\APPS\DLL
        PMDIARYF.DLL

        PMDCTLS.DLL     - put it in x:\OS2\DLL

That's all it takes.

Don Hobsbawn
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Hobsbawn)25 Nov 96 04:25:40 GMT writes:

I successfully ran the calculator from OS/2 2.11 in Warp 3 for a long
time. Now, having upgraded to Warp 4, I tried installing it and it no
longer wants to load.

...Does anyone know what I might need to do?...

Ooops - I forgot to mention one more file:

        PMDIARY.HLP     - put it in x:\OS2\HELP

This one isn't absolutely necessary, but you get an error message
(which you can ignore) if you don't have it.

Don Hobsbawn
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Quote:>I successfully ran the calculator from OS/2 2.11 in Warp 3 for a long
>time. Now, having upgraded to Warp 4, I tried installing it and it no
>longer wants to load.

Just get pmdctls.dll from the disks or cd-rom from OS/2 2.1.  Place the dll in
the same directory as the rest of the calculator files (you need pmdcalc.exe,
pmdiary.dll, pmdiary.hlp and pmdiaryf.dll plus the pmdctls.dll).  Make sure
that .; starts your config.sys LIBPATH line and that you have the correct
directory path in the directory field.

They apparently changed Warp4 from Warp3 so as not to provide some of
the functions contained in pmdctls.dll.

        PMDIARY.HLP     - in a directory on your HELP path

to suppress warnings every time you start the program.

Quote:>That's all it takes.

You should put the EXE anywhere on your PATH
You should put the DLLs anywhere on your LIBPATH
You should put the HLP anywhere on your HELP path

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>1: put PMDCTLS.DLL and PMDIARY.DLL somewhere on your LIBPATH.
>   PMDCTLS.DLL is in the \OS2\DLL directory of OS/2 2.11 and does not
>   exist in 4.0. You'll have to take it from another installation, or
>   unpack it from your OS/2 2.11 install disk(s).  PMDIARY.DLL comes
>   from the \OS2\APPS\DLL directory.

>2: Put the help file PMDIARY.HLP somewhere on the DPATH or HELP path,
>   as defined by the DPATH and HELP environment variables in
>   config.sys.

>You don't need to do a thing to PMDIARY.INI.  It will be recreated as
>necessary.  It is created in the directory the program is launched
>from.

Do you have the old PIM apps working on a Warp 4 system? And withOUT a
copy of Warp 3 anywhere on the system also? If so, I'd like to know
how. I've dragged this whole PIM along since 2.0 and I like the
simplicity of several of the apps included in it, especially the
calendar and and the To-Do List. Unfortunately, I can't make the work
on a clean 4.0 system running on an older DX2/66. The main culprit
appears to be PMDCTLS.DLL which was included with Warp 3 even though
the apps weren't. Attempting to run any of the PIM apps on v.4 causes
them to fail asking for PMDCTLS.DLL. Putting a copy of the .DLL on my
Warp 4 system caused it to lock up. I've tried this with the .DLL
extracted from 2.0, 2.1 and 3.0 although some of them appeared to be
the same. Anyone else got it working on 4 without a reachable copy of
3?

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Quote:1996 03:45:45 GMT writes:

Do you have the old PIM apps working on a Warp 4 system? And withOUT a
copy of Warp 3 anywhere on the system also? If so, I'd like to know
how. I've dragged this whole PIM along since 2.0 and I like the
simplicity of several of the apps included in it, especially the
calendar and and the To-Do List. Unfortunately, I can't make the work
on a clean 4.0 system running on an older DX2/66. The main culprit
appears to be PMDCTLS.DLL which was included with Warp 3 even though
the apps weren't. Attempting to run any of the PIM apps on v.4 causes
them to fail asking for PMDCTLS.DLL. Putting a copy of the .DLL on my
Warp 4 system caused it to lock up. I've tried this with the .DLL
extracted from 2.0, 2.1 and 3.0 although some of them appeared to be
the same. Anyone else got it working on 4 without a reachable copy of
3?

I copied PMDCTLS.DLL from my Warp Connect installation, and it worked
perfectly. Don't know why yours wouldn't work - did you put it in the
x:\OS2\DLL folder?

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