
			      AT&T DiscussIT

			      Version 2.5.0

		Copyright 1994-1995 AT&T Global Information Solutions
			     All Rights Reserved
				

This document contains release notes for AT&T DiscussIT for Windows.
Information in this document is more current than that in the 
manuals or online Help.


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TROUBLESHOOTING
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* Logon problems.
  If you have installed DiscussIT successfully, are properly logged 
  into the network, and fail to bring DiscussIT up, there is a 
  logon problem.  Contact your local administrator or support.


* System hangs or exits to DOS when creating a viewer for a 
  Usenet News database.

  This problem may occur if one of the following occurs:
    - you do not have TCP/IP installed
    - you have the wrong TCP/IP version (MS TCP/IP or winsock)
    - TCP/IP cannot be detected
    - your system uses MS TCP/IP and you selected a Usenet News 
      database that uses winsock

* Mail not installed problems.
  DiscussIT checks for mail being installed by looking in your WIN.INI
  file for the settings: [MAIL] MAPI=1. If this setting is not found,
  the mail menu items will not be enabled. On new installations of
  Windows NT and Windows for Workgroups, this entry is not written to
  WIN.INI until you run mail the first time. This means DiscussIT will
  not be able to correctly detect if mail is installed on your system
  until you have run mail.

* DiscussIT window not restored when its icon is clicked in the
  Microsoft Office Manager.
  All versions of Microsoft Office Manager 4.2 (4.2a,4.2b, etc.)
  have a problem restoring some application windows. If DiscussIT
  is minimized and the user clicks on the DiscussIT icon in
  Microsoft Office Manager, the DiscussIT icon will be highlighted
  but its window will not be restored. Microsoft Office Manager
  version 4.0 will correctly restore the DiscussIT window in this
  situation. Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug with its
  4.2 versions of the Office Manager.


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GENERAL
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DiscussIT Conversion Utility
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 This document describes the release notes for version 2.0 of the AT&T
 DiscussIT Conversion utility.
 
 DiscussIT databases for versions of DiscussIT prior to 2.0 must be
 converted before they may be utilized by versions 2.0 or greater of
 DiscussIT.
 
 This conversion need only be done one time per database.  Converting
 an existing database may take several minutes.  The required time
 is dependent upon the number of forums, topics, and attachments within
 the database being converted.
 
 To convert a database, run CONVERT.EXE and select the File menu.
 Choose the Convert menu item.  Select the existing database as the
 Source.  In the Destination, enter the filename to be used for the
 database after converting.  Press Convert.  You will be asked to
 confirm the Source and Destinations and be reminded that the operation
 is time consuming.
 
 Once a database has been converted, it may be viewed in DiscussIT
 (version 2.0 or greater) by associating a Database Viewer with the
 filename given for the destination while converting.
 
 The option to prompt of errors is provided when converting a database.
 This is the default option.  When this is checked and an error occurs
 adding a forum or topic to the new database a message is displayed
 stating which item could not be added to the database.  The option to
 abort the conversion or continue is then provided.  If the conversion
 is aborted, the portion of the database which has already been
 converted will exist in the destination file.  If the conversion is
 continued after an error is encountered some information will not
 be migrated.  In particular, when a forum fails when adding, the forum
 and any subforums below it will not be migrated.  Topics behave in
 an identical fashion.
 
 Databases for DiscussIT versions 2.0 and greater associate properties
 with postings which were not available for pre 2.0 databases.  For
 instance, the email address of the poster is a property of 2.0 posts.
 For pre 2.0 databases which have been converted, these fields will be
 blank.
 
 After converting a database to the new format, new postings to the old
 database should not be allowed.  It is advised the all DiscussIT users
 be informed when the conversion takes place and that the old database
 be made Read-Only to insure no more postings will be made.

 Although this utility is not shipped with the current version (2.5),
 you may obtain a copy via anonymous login to 153.78.226.120.
 The executable is located in the utils/convert directory.

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Toolbar Configuration
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 The configuration of the toolbar has been changed for version 2.5 of
 DiscussIT.  We realize that this may cause some people problems when 
 they find their favorite buttons are no longer available.  To remedy this
 situation, we have added functionality to customize your toolbar using
 the DiscussIT initialization file (dit.ini).  This is not the ideal
 solution, but time did not permit any other means of toolbar configuration.
 
 To configure your toolbar, open the dit.ini file with any text editor. This
 file can be found in your windows directory.  In the user section of the
 file, enter the tools you would like to appear in your toolbar. Follow
 each one with the group number.  If 'Tool0=' is not found in your
 initialization file, then the default toolbar will be shown.
 For example, the current toolbar setup is:

<username>
Tool0=TB_FIND,1
Tool1=TB_REFRESH,1
Tool2=TB_SAVE_POSTING,1
Tool3=TB_MAIL,1
Tool4=TB_PRINT,1
Tool5=TB_FIND,1
Tool6=TB_SEND_RETRIEVE,2
Tool7=TB_CHANGE_FONT,2
Tool8=TB_FORUM_PREFS,2
Tool9=TB_SHOW_READ,3
Tool10=TB_NEXT_FORUM,4
Tool11TB_NEXT_UNREAD,4
Tool12=TB_MARK_THREAD,5
Tool13=TB_MARK_UNREAD,5
Tool14=TB_MARK_ALL,5
Tool15=TB_NEW_TOPIC,6
Tool16=TB_REPLY,6

If you would like to switch back to the old (2.0) toolbar, then use
the following configuration:
<username>
Tool0=TB_PREV_TOPIC,1
Tool1=TB_NEXT_TOPIC,1
Tool2=TB_PREV_POSTING,1
Tool3=TB_NEXT_POSTING,1
Tool4=TB_NEXT_UNREAD,1
Tool5=TB_NEW_TOPIC,2
Tool6=TB_REPLY,2
Tool7=TB_MARK_THREAD,3
Tool8=TB_MARK_UNREAD,3
Tool9=TB_MARK_ALL,3
Tool10=TB_REFRESH,4
Tool11=TB_SAVE_POSTING,4
Tool12=TB_MAIL,4
Tool13=TB_PRINT,4
Tool14=TB_LONG_FORUM,5
Tool15=TB_SHORT_FORUM,5
Tool16=TB_TABBED_PANE,5

 The tools that are available for use are:
 TB_NEXT_TOPIC                      TB_NEXT_FORUM
 TB_PREV_TOPIC                      TB_MAIL
 TB_NEXT_POSTING                    TB_PRINT
 TB_PREV_POSTING                    TB_LONG_FORUM
 TB_NEXT_UNREAD                     TB_SHORT_FORUM
 TB_NEW_TOPIC                       TB_TABBED_PANE
 TB_REPLY                           TB_SEND_RETRIEVE
 TB_MARK_THREAD                     TB_CHANGE_FONT
 TB_MARK_ALL                        TB_SHOW_READ
 TB_MARK_UNREAD                     TB_FORUM_PREFS
 TB_REFRESH                         TB_SAVE_POSTING                    
 TB_FIND                            TB_OPEN
 
