In windows 98 C:\windows\system, REGSVR32.EXE is Version 5.00.1586.1 and is 40,960 bytes created Oct 2, 1998 and modified May 11, 1998. Yes is gives the modified date as earlier than the created date. -----Original Message----- From: Ira J. Lund <ira.lund@cf-software.com> To: CFT-WIN-L@rootsweb.com <CFT-WIN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, October 24, 1998 8:42 AM Subject: Consistent Problems >I was wondering if I could get some help trying to figure out my consistent >problems with CFT-Win Ver 2. > >I have two problems that keep coming up: > >1. The Lund fonts not getting installed properly. >2. the Spellcheck and Backup ZIP OCX's not getting installed properly. > >The problems are inconsistent and the majority of people don't seemt o have >any problems. But there are enough people who keep complaining about little >problems here that I have got to think about them some more and see what I >can do to try to resolve these problems. > >I have 2 ideas about what may be causing the OCX problems. > >1. Perhaps the files in the SYSDLL ZIPs on my web site are missing and >these are the cause of the problem. I could distribute these files with >every program. They are over 1meg Zipped! and thus would require 3 disks >rather than the present 2 disks - which might be fine for sending disks - >but downloading is not quite so fine. > >2. Perhaps the REGSVR32.EXE program - which registers the OCXs - is >different on different computers. Especially I am thinking that Windows 98 >may be has a newer version of this file. In double checking my computer I >realize that I actually have THREE versions of this scattered around: > > Ver 1.00 > Ver 4.00 > Ver 5.00.1586.1 > >Ver 4 is the one that is being distributed with CFT-Win Ver 2 and Ver 3 >beta. Could someone with Windows 98 do a search on their system for >REGSVR32.EXE. Do a right click and go to Properties, the second tab will >show the version number. I'm especially curious as to the version number on >the one in c:\windows\system directory. > >It might be that I could solve the OCX problem by including the newer >regsvr32.exe AND the all the sysdll files. > >But then how do I solve the LUND font problem? I have had people who have >used Explorer copy these files from c:\cftw to c:\windows\font and it still >not get registered. I have had people use the Settings - Control Panel and >use the FONTS program there - AND it still won't install the fonts. The >only thing that seems to work in these cases is the manual editing of the >Windows Registry. Well, perhaps then I have got to figure out how to >programmatically change the windows registry directly!! > >Thanks for any help. Ira > >---------------------------------------------------------- > Ira J. Lund > Cumberland Family Software, Clarksville, Tennessee, USA > Genealogy Software for Beginners and Professionals > E-mail: ira.lund@cf-software.com > http://www.cf-software.com > > >==== CFT-WIN Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe from CFT-WIN, send an e-mail message to: > CFT-WIN-L-request@rootsweb.com (for individual messages) > CFT-WIN-D-request@rootsweb.com (for Digest mode) >Subject: unsubscribe >In the body include only one word: unsubscribe >(Turn OFF your signature file when sending this command) > > >