From: Mark Daniel [Mark.Daniel@wasd.vsm.com.au] Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 8:12 PM To: Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com Subject: Re: Missing XDPS$DPSLIBSHR.EXE on 7.3 Partial success. Background ... asome years ago we moved to X Terminals without XDPS licenses, hence displaying PostScript when using DECwrite was not an issue (Ghostview/Script has been used for yonks for viewing such documents), DDIF images were used with .DOCs if required. Our issue was ACTIVATING DECwrite after the 1.2-6 update, it was complaing it couldn't activate the XDPS sharable library(ies). This is apparently solved (but still early days) for us, we can now activate DECwrite. What we did ... Grabbed an earlier set of VMS binaries, mine just happened to be 7.1-2 with Motif 1.2-4 (in the drawer closest). $ CREATE /DIR KITS:[XDPS] $ SET DEF KITS:[XDPS] $ PRODUCT EXTRACT FILE DWMOTIF /SELECT=XDPS$* /SOURCE=cd polycenter extracted some 15 files, 7 of which were .exe I then activated DECwrite, it complained it couldn't find XDPS$DPSLIBSHR $ COPY XDPS$DPSLIBSHR.EXE SYS$COMMON:[SYSLIB] /PROT=W:RE Again activated DECwrite, this time it couldn't find XDPS$DPSCLIENTSHR $ COPY XDPS$DPSCLIENTSHR.EXE SYS$COMMON:[SYSLIB] /PROT=W:RE This time DECwrite came up and apparently is behaving itself. I know this is not a solution for any display PostScript embedded in such documents (they will probably just appear unresolved or broken, I cannot check at the moment) but at least our guys can now once again (apparently) use their editor. Brian Schenkenberger reports elsewhere in this thread that pursuing the full display PostScript regression is pointless. smithp01@mcrc16.med.nyu.edu wrote: > > Don't ask why, but I still like to use DECWRITE to edit old documents on the > workstation rather than MS Word on my Mac. > > However, after upgrading to 7.3 DECWRITE won't open any more due to a missing > file... > > -CLI-E-IMAGEFNF, image file not found MCRC16$DKA100:[SYS0.SYSCOMMON.][SYSLIB] > XDPS$DPSLIBSHR.EXE > > During the upgrade from 7.2-1 the installation script skipped installing 4 > files that had to be grabbed off the CD to make VMS work at all (got a bit > paniced over that, btw, apparently there was a note on more recent copies of > the Release notes, but not all, sadly) > > Anyway, XDPS$DPSLIBSHR.EXE isn't on the 7.3 CD and isn't part of the DECWRITE > installation. I imagine I can go get it from a 7.2 backup tape, but I'd rather > find out what happened in case there is more to do than replace just one > missing file. > -- > +------------ 8F EF 51 4E 4F 23 22 AF 6A 41 D6 C0 AE 31 B1 82 ------------+ > |Ross Smith, Academic Computing (RCR), NYU-SoM, 550 First Ave, NY, NY 10016| > |E-Mail: SMITHP01@MED.NYU.EDU Phone: (212)263-5356: FAX: (212)263-8139| > +-------------- --------------+ -- Illegitimis nil carborundum.