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RE: [ECS] WPDL WARNING Kevin Keast Wed, 31 Mar 1999 22:56:03 -0500

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What is HTMSTR?  

Kevin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carl Keyes [mailto:carlkeyes@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 1999 12:48 PM
> To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
> Subject: Re: [ECS] WPDL WARNING
> 
> 
> Mark,
> 
> Yes, I can lock it up without running WPDL.
> I just tried executing ED and then having the
> text spoken and it locked-up after
> speaking a few words.
> Occasionally I can execute ED a number of times
> (without speaking the file) before it will
> lock-up.
> I just tried running HTMSTR a few times on a file
> with no problem.
> 
> later,
> 
> Carl
> 
> 
> 
> >From: Mark Gilmore <omnip@usit.net>
> >Reply-To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
> >To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
> >Subject: Re: [ECS] WPDL WARNING
> >Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 12:12:21 -0800
> >
> >Carl, I need to know if this problem occurs withOUT
> >running WPDL (from bootup).
> >
> >Carl Keyes wrote:
> >> 
> >> Mark,
> >> 
> >> I've  been locking-up regularly after
> >> a WPDL. The thing is I also do an ED
> >> edit on the file right after. I've always
> >> thought it was the ED that caused the
> >> problem. I've run ED on files on 2 other
> >> machines and they all lock-up if you
> >> try to speak the file after the edit.
> >> Hmmm....
> >> 
> >> carl
> >> 
> >> >From: Mark Gilmore <omnip@usit.net>
> >> >Reply-To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
> >> >To: "ecs-list@netbloc.com" <ecs-list@netbloc.com>
> >> >Subject: [ECS] WPDL WARNING
> >> >Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 07:44:30 -0800
> >> >
> >> >I have found that the use of WPDL can trigger a Win
> >> >"LOCKUP" sometime after it's use (0-90 minutes later).
> >> >If I press ctrl-alt-del, I get the following after some 5 seconds:
> >> >       "THIS SYSTEM IS BUSY WAITING FOR THE CLOSE DIALOG BOX TO BE 
> DISPLAYED"
> >> >If I press ctrl-alt-del again, I get:
> >> >       "THE SYSTEM IS EITHER BUSY OR HAS BECOME UNSTABLE"
> >> >A hard reboot is required to recover.
> >> >
> >> >Has anyone else experienced similar problems with WPDL ?
> >> >
> >> >If so, we may need to use POSTIE to download webpages for us.
> >> >In WPDL, I'm calling high-level MS functions that I have little
> >> >control over (this would NOT be something that I could fix).
> >> >
> >> >Thanks.
> >> >--
> >> >Mark Gilmore
> >> >Omnipotence (ECS Home Automation Software)
> >> >omnip@usit.net
> >> >http://www.usit.com/omnip
> >> 
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> >-- 
> >Mark Gilmore
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