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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

2037.0. "DECwindows V?" by EPOCH::JOHNSON () Mon Jan 15 1990 09:36

We just spent a WEEK upgrading to VMS V5.2.  Seeing as how the "Organizer"
requires V5.2, we then tried to run it and got

%DCL-W-ACTIMAGE, error activating image DECW$XLIBSHR
-CLI-E-IMGNAME, image file $1$DUA0:[SYS0.SYSCOMMON.][SYSLIB]DECW$XLIBSHR.EXE
-SYSTEM-F-SHRIDMISMAT, ident mismatch with shareable image

I perused this conference and noticed the conference notice that says
DECwindows V2 is available with the VMS V5.3 SSB kit.

My question is, how can we tell what version of DECwindows we're running now? 
The first part of ANALYZE/IMAGE SYS$SYSTEM:DECW$SESSION.EXE shows

image format major id: 02, minor id: 05
                header block count: 2
                image type: executable (IHD$K_EXE)
                I/O channel count: default
                I/O page count: default
                linker flags:
                        (0)  IHD$V_LNKDEBUG   0
                        (1)  IHD$V_LNKNOTFR   0
                        (2)  IHD$V_NOP0BUFS   0
                        (3)  IHD$V_PICIMG     1
                        (4)  IHD$V_P0IMAGE    0
                        (5)  IHD$V_DBGDMT     1
                system version (major/minor): 1.0

Also, I saw reference to SYS$UPDATE:DECW$TAILOR and peeked at it.  It
complained thusly:

%RMS-E-FNF, file not found
-VMSTLR-I-FNF, Filename = SYS$UPDATE:DECW$KITBLD.IDX

Any and all help will be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Pete

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2037.1 QUARK::LIONEL Free advice is worth every cent Mon Jan 15 1990 12:39 8

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2037.1		QUARK::LIONEL	Free advice is worth every cent	`Mon Jan 15 1990 12:39`	8
	If you're running VMS V5.2, you've got "DECwindows V1" (unless you installed an early field test kit for V2). If you install VMS V5.3, you have "DECwindows V2". The naming of DECwindows versions is confusing because DECwindows is not a separate product, and assigning version numbers such as V1 or V2 to it is a matter of convenience for identifying which phase of DECwindows development you've got. Steve

If you're running VMS V5.2, you've got "DECwindows V1" (unless you
installed an early field test kit for V2).  If you install VMS V5.3, 
you have "DECwindows V2".  The naming of DECwindows versions is confusing
because DECwindows is not a separate product, and assigning version
numbers such as V1 or V2 to it is a matter of convenience for identifying
which phase of DECwindows development you've got.

		Steve