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Entering WordPerfect From DOS Prompts Users F
DocumentID: 633491
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 3:03:17 PM

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

Problem

Symptoms: The customer had an earlier version of 5.1 and then updated to 08/20/90. Before the update, the users were never prompted for their user initials when going in or out of Office 2.0. Since the update, they are prompted for their user initials when entering WordPerfect from DOS. Both the WordPerfect and Office directories are in a search drive and the USERID file contains the names of the users who have to enter their initials. Solutions: In the 06/29/90 release of WordPerfect, the USERID.FIL file is looked at differently than in the 08/20/90 release date. The WordPerfect program now checks to see if the user initials are unique or that a bit is set. If this is the case, then the user is not prompted for his initials. If this is not the case, then the user is prompted for his initials. However, that bit does not exist in the Office 2.0 USERID.FIL file. This is what is causing the users of 2.0 to be prompted for their initials. A work around is to type in WPO when entering WordPerfect.

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