Hello August!

On 06.05.19 at 20:54, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

OpenXP
======

[CONS]
No support for USB printers.
No support for Wireless printers.

I've never gotten OXP to "print" anything for me. I thought that at
least my options to select my *virtual printers*, CutePDF or OneNote2007, would pop up as choices, but they don't.

BTW.. considering that OXP seems to inherit direct references to legacy LPT1/2/3 etc.. for configuration, maybe the hacks out there to redirect LPT# to USB# might work?

I wouldn't know about that but if a user has an old parallel port
printer, that should work. Mine did back in the days when I used
CrossPoint.

[PROS]

----------8<----------

Twit filter.

How do you do that? One shortcoming in OXP is the lack of overall Help Search. There is really no clue *where* to find certain features when I want. :(

Yes, I have to agree and even a certain seasoned user has difficulty
finding stuff now and again.

And some of the features that you cite could use a little more
explanation like this:

Autopost feature.
[Automatic Message-Sending] = Edit/Autosend

This is the list of messages to be sent auto-
matically. The list can have as many entries as you
wish. Note: All auto-send messages must exist indivi-
dually as files on the disk.

Yes, I could write the proverbial book about it all :-)

Autopost sounds very handy for the busy writer or sysop.

It's very handy for a moderator to automatically post the echo rules.

Open source(GPLv2).
Source freely available either by svn or by d/loadable ZIP archive.
Actively developed.
Responsive developer.

Again.. all good! So, things like this would be great in the comparison table as extra notes.

The reason why I added those as [PROS] was because all those four
items don't apply to the other two Point programmes.

Regards,
Martin

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Hello Martin!

** 09.05.19 - 09:00, Martin Foster wrote to August Abolins:

No support for USB printers.
No support for Wireless printers.

BTW.. considering that OXP seems to inherit direct references to legacy
LPT1/2/3 etc.. for configuration, maybe the hacks out there to redirect
LPT# to USB# might work?

I wouldn't know about that but if a user has an old parallel port
printer, that should work. Mine did back in the days when I used
CrossPoint.

You can trick Windows by using the USB printer as a "network" printer connected to LPT1.

net use LPT1: \\[Computer-Name]\Printer /PERSISTENT:YES

I don't have any printer connected to my OXP hosted pc, otherwise I would confirm. But I used this method several years ago to revitalize a custom DOS program to work with a new USB printer.


../|ug

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Hello, August!

09 May 19 18:36, from August Abolins -> Martin Foster, in URL @OFGHIUrl:

You can trick Windows by using the USB printer as a "network" printer
connected to LPT1.

net use LPT1: \\[Computer-Name]\Printer /PERSISTENT:YES

Wow, that's amazing. Thanks for this great trick!

Best Regards, Andreas
--- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20130910
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Hello August!

On 09.05.19 at 18:36, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

No support for USB printers.
No support for Wireless printers.

BTW.. considering that OXP seems to inherit direct references to legacy
LPT1/2/3 etc.. for configuration, maybe the hacks out there to redirect
LPT# to USB# might work?

I wouldn't know about that but if a user has an old parallel port
printer, that should work. Mine did back in the days when I used
CrossPoint.

You can trick Windows by using the USB printer as a "network"
printer connected to LPT1.

net use LPT1: \\[Computer-Name]\Printer /PERSISTENT:YES

I don't have any printer connected to my OXP hosted pc, otherwise I would confirm. But I used this method several years ago to revitalize a
custom DOS program to work with a new USB printer.

Many thanks for that very useful information. Would you happen to know
if that method would work for wifi printers.

Regards,
Martin

--- OpenXP 5.0.38
* Origin: Bitz-Box - Bradford - UK (2:310/31.3)

Hello Martin!

** 09.05.19 - 09:00, Martin Foster wrote to August Abolins:

...One shortcoming in OXP is the lack of overall Help Search. There
is really no clue *where* to find certain features when I want. :(

Yes, I have to agree and even a certain seasoned user has difficulty
finding stuff now and again.

Maybe a separate "app" that can emulate the OXP menu but include all the
F1 helps along the way - and have a Search - would be nice.

Autopost feature.
[Automatic Message-Sending] = Edit/Autosend

This is the list of messages to be sent auto-
matically. The list can have as many entries as you
wish. Note: All auto-send messages must exist indivi-
dually as files on the disk.

Yes, I could write the proverbial book about it all :-)

What are you waiting for!? Put your "real" life on hold! THIS is a
priority. LOL



../|ug

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Hello Martin!

** 10.05.19 - 11:11, Martin Foster wrote to August Abolins:

You can trick Windows by using the USB printer as a "network"
printer connected to LPT1.

net use LPT1: \\[Computer-Name]\Printer /PERSISTENT:YES

Many thanks for that very useful information. Would you happen to know
if that method would work for wifi printers.

Give it a try! ..and let me know. :)

Windows won't care what technology a printer is. It only needs the printer name. You just have to identify the printer and give the parameters to
"net use LPT1:"


../|ug

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In a post between "Andreas Dissel : August Abolins", on 5/10/2019 4:59 AM

You can trick Windows by using the USB printer as a "network" printer
connected to LPT1.

net use LPT1: \\[Computer-Name]\Printer /PERSISTENT:YES

Wow, that's amazing. Thanks for this great trick!

Don't mention it. Glad it helped. Let us know if it solves a need!

--- Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (Windows/20100228)
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Hello August!

## 10.05.19 at 20:25:00, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

...One shortcoming in OXP is the lack of overall Help Search. There is
really no clue *where* to find certain features when I want. :(

Yes, I have to agree and even a certain seasoned user has difficulty
finding stuff now and again.

Maybe a separate "app" that can emulate the OXP menu but include all the F1 helps along the way - and have a Search - would be nice.

Are you volunteering ;-))

Regards,
Martin

--- WinPoint Beta 5 (359.1)
* Origin: Bitz-Box - Bradford - UK (2:250/1.1)

Hello Martin!

** 11.05.19 - 11:48, Martin Foster wrote to August Abolins:

...One shortcoming in OXP is the lack of overall Help Search. There
is really no clue *where* to find certain features when I want. :(

Yes, I have to agree and even a certain seasoned user has difficulty
finding stuff now and again.

Maybe a separate "app" that can emulate the OXP menu but include all the
F1 helps along the way - and have a Search - would be nice.

Are you volunteering ;-))

I could start with [1] simple screen shots, and then just index the collection, to create a table of contents. Then, a CTRL-F for search through *that* document would be a beginning.

OR.. [2] build a Table of Contents using Wordpress like I do here:

http://tales.wellandhistory.ca

Wordpress does all the work for the listing.

For the contents, there would be a "post" for each item in the menus with Tiles like this (eg):

Message/Search..
Message/Search/Text
Message/Search/Subject
Message/Search/User @U
Message/Search/Special
Message/Search/Marked(for reply)
Message/Search/Marked
Message/Search/Unmark
Message/Search/MessageID

etc..

Message/Export..
Message/Unsent..
Message/All..
Message/Change..
Message/Action..

Then when someone does a S)earch on the website, the full path to the "command" will appear in the Title and then the body of the post would contain the textual help.


../|ug

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