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Conference iosg::all-in-1

Title:	ALL-IN-1 (tm) Support Conference
Notice:	Please spell ALL-IN-1 correctly - all CAPITALS!
Moderator:	IOSG::PYECE

Created:	Fri Jul 01 1994
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2716
Total number of notes:	12169

2685.0. "Reading RTF documents in ALL-IN-1" by WOTVAX::rasmodem31.reo.dec.com::swat01::bell (Martin Bell @BBP) Tue May 20 1997 15:49

Sorry if these are rather simple questions, but ...

When reading an RTF document under ALL-IN-1, am i supposed to get 
attributes such as BOLD and UNDERLINE displayed? I can understand colours 
and fancy fonts not appearing, but i would have hoped that the basics would 
still be there!

Also, ALL-IN-1 includes a CDA licence, but is it true that a separate Motif 
licence (not included) is also required to get it all to work?

Cheers,

mb

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
2685.1	No BOLD and UNDERLINE	IOSG::NEWLAND	Richard Newland, IOSG, REO2-F/J9	`Tue May 20 1997 17:52`	12
	BOLD and UNDERLINE are not displayed because the CDA character cell formatter (and also the CDA TEXT back end) does not support these attributes. ALL-IN-1 does not require a Motif licence, but CDA does. Because ALL-IN-1 uses CDA it may appear that ALL-IN-1 needs a Motif licence. We had a CLD a few months ago which was was transferred to the CDA group in Galway because it was found that CDA looked for a Motif licence even when no DECwindows code was being used, as is the case with ALL-IN-1's use of CDA. Richard
2685.2		WOTVAX::16.194.144.78::swat01::bell	Martin Bell @BBP	`Wed May 21 1997 10:28`	17
	Riachard, thanks for the quick reply. It's a shame that BOLD and UNDERLINE don't come through, but i guess that we will have to live with that. On the Motif front, are you saying that for (,for example) the RTF viewer to work, there shouldn't be any need for a Motif licence, but that CDA (incorrectly?) checks that it is there? If this is the case then who do i need to contact in the CDA group to get the issue solved. My customer is currently under the impression that they will have to purchase 150 or so Motif licences just to view RTF documents! Cheers, mb
2685.3	Alan Rockall	IOSG::NEWLAND	Richard Newland, IOSG, REO2-F/J9	`Wed May 21 1997 12:15`	15
	> On the Motif front, are you saying that for (,for example) the RTF > viewer to work, there shouldn't be any need for a Motif licence, but > that CDA (incorrectly?) checks that it is there? If this is the case > then who do i need to contact in the CDA group to get the issue solved. > My customer is currently under the impression that they will have to > purchase 150 or so Motif licences just to view RTF documents! Try contacting Alan Rockall in Galway who worked on the CLD after it was transferred from IOSG to the CDA Engineering group. I believe a new CDA$ACCESS shareable image was provided to fix the problem which probably means that the Motif licence check was performed for any CDA operation, and not just for specific converters such as RTF. Richard
2685.4	Patch to fix the problem!	WOTVAX::rasmodem26.reo.dec.com::swat01::bell	Martin Bell @BBP	`Tue May 27 1997 16:13`	9
	Just to keep everyone in the picture ... Alan Rockall is currently putting the finishing touches on a patch kit for ALL-IN-1/CDA which will remove the (incorrect) test for a Motif licence when using the RTF viewer. It should be available any day now. Cheers, mb