MS 6.0 bugs ...

["Wolf Kettler" <wolf_1@xxxxxxx>]

>> in that it sometimes crashes with a Win/95 error about "performing an 
invalid function" or something similar.<<
I think you need to double-check your Win95 and MS 6.0 setup. I am running MS 
6.0 on a Toshiba notebook with 32 Mb of RAM, the data being held on a 
networked desktop PC, also with 32 Mb. Never experienced a crash with an 
invalid function or anything along those lines.

>>Can't just reload MS and continue, either, because it is somewhat flaky 
after it crashes, so I am forced to restart Windows to clear things up and 
then continue<<
I am not absolutely sure but I believe it is a problem when a "directory is 
locked open". There is a procedure for that somewhere on the Equis web site. 
If you can't find it, I'll dig it out for you. I have never needed it. 
However, what normally happens when I have a rare, violent exit is that MS 
simply asks if I came out without exiting properly. You confirm and everything 
is fine.

Wolf

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>>Hello,

Finally got my "subscribe" to work -- it helps if you don't leave out
the "s" in Metastock! <smile>

Anyway, I just upgraded to MS 6.0 from my old DOS version, but it seems
to have a few bugs, in that it sometimes crashes with a Win/95 error
about "performing an invalid function" or something similar. Can't just
reload MS and continue, either, because it is somewhat flaky after it
crashes, so I am forced to restart Windows to clear things up and then
continue -- a real pain! <grin>

Also, if I change to P&F charts, whenever I decide to exit the program,
it leaves all the "O"s from the P&F charts plastered all over my
"wallpaper" and I have to go into Windows screen properties and
"re-apply" the wallpaper to get rid of them.

Don't think that it has anything to do with my PC, because it has plenty
of memory, power and drive space. The build-date on my copy is December
1996. Surely there must be a build-date more recent than that. If so, I
wonder why they don't automatically send it to you when you order
instead of putting people through all this?

Does anyone know what the latest build-date is?  Also, what is the
fastest way to get it mailed to you -- e-mail request to support (or
sales) or phone request to support (or sales)? I checked their Web site,
but I didn't see anyway to download it.

I just received the program on Friday, so this is kind of disappointing.
It leaves me wondering, "What next?" Since this is the first version of
the 32 bit MS, maybe it's to be expected, but they must not have done a
very extensive beta on this one.

Other than that, it looks pretty nice. <fingers crossed>

Thanks,

George<<