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Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

Title:DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90
Notice:See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit
Moderator:STAR::VATNE
Created:Mon Oct 30 1989
Last Modified:Mon Dec 31 1990
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3726
Total number of notes:19516

1842.0. "Version numbers in .DAT files" by QUEBAL::KELTZ (I'm not nervous, just VERY alert!) Mon Dec 04 1989 15:36

OK, maybe this has been covered.  If so Mr. MOD please move this.

Have I done a stupid thing, or is this a problem?

I edited the DECW$SM_GENERAL.DAT file to remove some of the applications form
the autostart mode.  After that, every time I logged in, DECWindows would start
the Session Manager, then log me off.  logging in from a vt200 showed me ACCVIO
messages that I could not decifer.

Well, after about three hours of fooling around with protections and such, I took
a stab in the dark and checked the version numbers on the DECW$SM_GENERAL.DAT and
DECW$SM_BW.DAT files.  They were different.  Soo, I changed the one that I had 
edited to be the same as the *BE.DAT file, and alls well again.

My questions is, Did I do something stupid, which I should have picked up
in reading the various manuals, or is this a problem that hasn't been found yet??

Thanks for the replies,

Ed
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1842.1STAR::MCLEMANJeff McLeman, VMS DevelopmentMon Dec 04 1989 17:432
    Your not supposed to edit those files. Sounds like you hosed them.
    
1842.2FYI, mine work fine with 2 different version numbersNITMOI::PESENTIJPTue Dec 05 1989 07:270
1842.3There is an easier way to do it!DECWIN::FISHERBurns Fisher 381-1466, ZKO3-4/W23Wed Dec 06 1989 12:005
Did you try pulling down the CUSTOMIZE APPLICATION MENU,
CUSTOMIZE APPLICATION DEFINITIONS, and and CUSTOMIZE AUTOSTART session manager
menues?

Burns