WG0668: Advanced Mail and Schedule+ Help Files and Demos

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Windows for Workgroups versions 3.1, 3.11

Microsoft has an Application Note that contains advanced Help files and graphical demonstrations that provide a detailed overview of standard features in Microsoft Mail and Schedule+. The Application Note contains the following files:

Microsoft Mail Help Files and Demonstrations

• CBTLIB3.DLL
• CLKLIB.DEX
• DEMOFX.DEX
• MSMAIL.HLP
• MSMAIL.LES
• PLAY.EXE

Microsoft Schedule+ Help Files and Demonstration

• SCHDPLUS.HLP
• SCHDPLUS.LES

• Microsoft's World Wide Web Site on the Internet
• The Internet (Microsoft anonymous ftp server)
• Microsoft Download Service (MSDL)
• Microsoft FastTips Technical Library
• Microsoft Product Support Services

THE TEXT OF WG0668

  Microsoft(R) Product Support Services Application Note (Text File)
       WG0668: ADVANCED MAIL AND SCHEDULE+ HELP FILES AND DEMOS

                                                  Revision Date: 11/93
                                                        Disks Included

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Introduction

The enclosed WG0668 disks contain advanced help files and graphical demos that provide a detailed overview of standard features in Microsoft Mail and Schedule+.

The following information explains how to add the advanced help files and demos to your current Windows for Workgroups Mail and Schedule+ applications and how to use the help files and demos.

To Install the Help Files and Demos

1. Quit Microsoft Windows.

2. Change to the Windows directory by typing the following lines at the MS-DOS command prompt and pressing ENTER after each line

         cd \
         cd \<windows>
   

   where <windows> is the path to your Windows directory. For example:

         cd \win31
   

3. Insert Disk 1 of the enclosed WG0668 disks in your floppy disk drive.

4. Copy the help and demo files to the Windows directory by typing the following at the MS-DOS command prompt and pressing ENTER

         copy <drive>:\*.*
   

   where <drive> is the floppy disk drive containing the WG0668 disk. For example:

         copy b:\*.*
   

5. Remove Disk 1 from your floppy disk drive and insert Disk 2.

6. Repeat step 4.

To Run the Advanced Help Files and Demos

1. Start Microsoft Windows.

2. From Program Manager, choose Run from the File menu.

3. In the Command Line box, type "winhelp.exe" (without the quotation marks).

4. Choose the OK button. You are now in Windows Help.

5. From the File menu, choose Open.

6. From the File Name list box, select MSMAIL.HLP for Mail help or SCHDPLUS.HLP for Schedule+ help.

7. Choose the OK button.

   From the list of help topics, click the topic you want to learn more about (or use the TAB key to move to the topic and then press ENTER). Many of these topics contain demonstrations of Mail and Schedule+. You can access the demos by choosing the Demo button when available.

       NOTE: Not all topics will have a demonstration.
   

Features Not Available in Windows for Workgroups Mail and Schedule+

While these help files provide many advanced examples and additional information, the files also outline a few features that are not available in the Windows for Workgroups versions of Mail and Schedule+. To obtain the full features of Mail 3.0 and Schedule+ 1.0, contact Microsoft Consumer Sales at (800) 426-9400. Listed below are the features mentioned in the help context that are not available in the versions of Mail and Schedule+ included with Windows for Workgroups:

• Postoffice-to-postoffice directory synchronization (multiple postoffices)
• Support for gateways to other mail systems
• An administrator utility to configure and administer the postoffice from any workstation on the network
• Support files for external postoffice mail transfer through a network or modem
• A spelling checker in Mail
• Shared groups in Mail

TO OBTAIN THIS APPLICATION NOTE

You can find WG0668.EXE (size: 872127 bytes) 
                       , a self-extracting file, on the following

• Microsoft's World Wide Web Site on the Internet

        On the www.microsoft.com home page, click the Support icon.
        Click Knowledge Base, and select the product.
        Enter kbfile WG0668.EXE (size: 872127 bytes) 
                               , and click GO!
        Open the article, and click the button to download the file.
  
  

• Internet (anonymous FTP)

        ftp ftp.microsoft.com
        Change to the Softlib/Mslfiles folder.
        Get WG0668.EXE (size: 872127 bytes) 
  

• Microsoft Download Service (MSDL)

        Dial (425) 936-6735 to connect to MSDL
        Download WG0668.EXE (size: 872127 bytes) 
  

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