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OS/2 - DOS Compatibility Box
DocumentID: 633457
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 3:03:16 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Solutions: WordPerfect 5.X, DrawPerfect 1.X, and PlanPerfect 5.X can all function from the OS/2 DOS compatibility box without many problems. Be aware there is a 640K maximum limit in the DOS box, and no expanded memory is available. If the user has any type of network requester or network shell which is loaded upon entering the DOS box, this can greatly reduce the amount of available memory to run the WP products in the OS/2 DOS box.

The most common problem that can occur when printing from the OS/2 DOS compatibility box will be that the print job might get stopped in the Print Manager. To release the job, the user will need to exit WordPerfect or press Ctrl-Alt-PrintScrn before the job will print. If the customer is using Print Manager, every print job is routed to a print queue where it will wait for the OS/2 Print Manager to process the printing. DOS prints directly to a physical port. This is usually denoted by a colon (:) following the port designation (e.g., LPT1: LPT2: etc.) OS/2 prints to a queue, not a physical port. The default queue in OS/2 is called LPT1Q. Therefore, the DOS application needs to print to the queue name instead of the port. This can be done by selecting Other for the Port in Select Printer Edit. The colon (:) would also need to be omitted from the queue or port name (e.g., LPT1 or LPT2).

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