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POTENTIAL PROBLEMS WITH MEMORY RESIDENT PROGRAMS:
Being able to launch other applications from Contact Plus while in
memory resident mode can have problems. If you intend on launching
normal (non-memory resident) programs using the F5 key you will be ok.
If you try launching a memory resident program, you will most likely
crash your machine and lose some valuable information.
Do not load memory resident programs after pressing F5 (DOS) key.
This will cause unpredictable results and your machine will probably
crash. Sample scenario: you hotkey to Contact Plus and then wish to
launch DOS by pressing F5. You go to the DOS prompt fine then run
SideKick or any other memory resident program. This is the point where
your system will probably crash.
RUNNING ONE PROGRAM TWICE
Do not try running your word processing program twice. The following
sample scenario will illustrate the problem:
1) You are running WordPerfect, then decide to hotkey to
Contact Plus.
2) You press the hotkey which launches Contact Plus. Contact
Plus launches successfully.
3) While in Contact Plus, you decide to write one of your
contacts a letter using the F6 (WP) key. The F6 key
happens to run WordPerfect again!
4) If you are running WP 5.1 you should get a meesage
"ARE THERE ANY OTHER COPIES OF WORDPERFECT RUNNING? (Yes/No)?"
Make sure to answer "YES" then select a directory for
WordPerfect. If you tell a lie and answer "NO", the
machine will likely crash.
GRAPHIC PROGRAMS
Contact Plus can pop up over many graphic applications. There may be
problems with certain graphic applications which change the EGA/VGA
palette registers. What will happen is Contact Plus will launch when
the hot key is pressed, the graphic screen will be temporarily stored
on the hard disk or EMS, Contact Plus will then run. Once Contact Plus
is finished, the graphic screen is displayed again. The colors on some
graphic programs may be changed, this normally can be remedied by
re-displaying the graphic screen. Otherwise, you may not be able to
launch Contact Plus while running that particular application.
DOS SHELLS and MENU PROGRAMS
These programs create a menu-based program selection environment which
is more intuitive than the normal DOS commands. To run Contact Plus
with a DOS shell, load Contact Plus BEFORE you load the Shell.
MOUSE DRIVERS
Make sure to load Contact Plus AFTER any mouse driver is loaded.
NETWORKED COMPUTERS
Make sure that you load Contact Plus AFTER any network driver is
installed.
LOADING INTO HIGH MEMORY
Contact Plus CANNOT be loaded into HIGH memory at this point.
WORDPROCESSING
If you have an EGA or VGA monitor and are running WordPerfect, you
cannot use the extended 28, 43 or 50 line text modes. The memory
resident version of Contact Plus will NOT work properly with
WordPerfect in any non-standard mode. This is probably true with
any other word processor that changes the standard display fonts.