technical problems

[Chuck Bearden]

Petter,

Sorry I can't help with the first question, as I have only 
made use of Win95's TCP/IP stack & Dial-Up Networking for dialup 
access to the net.   You might check the NETSCAPE.INI file or 
the corresponding registry settings to see if Netscape is set to 
call Trumpet when started.

As for your second question, about file display in Open and Save 
dialog boxes, I suspect that the difference you see is due to the 
fact that 16-bit applications use the old Win 3.x format (with the 
vertical listing that you prefer), while 32-bit applications use 
the Win95 Open and Save boxes, with their wider display (and much 
greater flexibility in creating, copying, deleting, renaming, and 
opening files).  My guess is that the programs that are giving you 
the Open dialog boxes that you like are 16-bit applications.  I 
don't think Win95 has a choice in the matter: if it is executing 
a 16-bit app, it will give you 16-bit resources like the Open/Save 
dialog box.  If you install a 16-bit version of Netscape, you will 
see the older Win 3.x-style Open/Save dialogs.  You may also 
lose some Netscape features as compared with the 32-bit version 
(but I'm not sure).  

>Secondly, how does one establish the default directory for the file
>displayer. In Netscape, f.eks., I wish the file display to default to my
>download directory - haven't figured out a way to do it.

I think that unless you have disabled changes to the registry, Netscape 
will remember the last directory to which you downloaded and start with 
that one the next time you download.  On a personal machine, you 
probably don't want to disable changes to the registry, so I'm not sure 
what to suggest at the moment.  There may be some registry hack to 
prevent changes to Netscape's settings alone--any other ideas?  

Anyone know if the 

	[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Netscape\Netscape Navigator\Main]
		"Last Preference"=dword:00000005 

key controls whether changes made to Netscape's settings during a 
session are finally written to the registry?  

Hope some of this helps,

Chuck
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--- On Thu, 9 Jan 1997 03:30:27 -0800  Petter Naess <pnaess at usis.no> wrote:

>Forgive me for asking some nonlibrary-specific questions, but I've
>received such good technical assistance here in the past. I have a few
>problems with Netscape and Win95 (separately) that some of you may have
>encountered:
>
>1. On a 486 with Netscape 2.0 and Trumpet, I find that Netscape seems
>somehow linked to the dialler so that it cannot be run without a
>connection. This a problem when I use a program such as HTML Transit,
>which invokes Netscape to browse documents, and also a nuisance when I
>wish to view/print html documents locally. When I click on the Netscape
>icon, the minimized Trumpet icon immediately appears - if I click Netscap=
>e
>again, I'm told the application is already running. Funny thing is, if I
>just leave it set for about 5 minutes, Netscape seems to overcome its
>bashfulness and then suddenly makes an appearance. Is there some sort of
>time lag built in, after which Netscape ignores the lack of connection?
>Any suggestions? (I understand there's a file called mozock.dll that can
>replace winsock.dll to remedy this problem, but I think then you are
>limited to local viewing only)
>
>2. With Windows 95, I find that various applications use different
>file/folder display modes. If I open a file in Netscape, the manager show=
>s
>a box with the W95 folder icon, and below it a box for the file icons and
>filenames (without extensions), arranged in multiple columns from left to
>right, much like the old dos widescreen dir command (dir/d). In other
>applications, w95 chooses to show the files without icons, listing them i=
>n
>a single column. I much prefer this latter display mode, with the files
>listed vertically. Is there anyway of setting W95 up so that it will
>always display in that mode?
>
>Secondly, how does one establish the default directory for the file
>displayer. In Netscape, f.eks., I wish the file display to default to my
>download directory - haven't figured out a way to do it.
>
>
>Many thanks for any advice, PN
>
>
>
>
>
>
>Petter Naess
>Information Resource Center
>United States Information Service
>Drammensvn.18
>0244 Oslo, Norway
>phone 22562522, ext.2238
>fax 22440436
>email pnaess at usis.no

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