PC WSPlus: Schedule+ SCHDIST.EXE 1.0a.2 Update

ID: q113144

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Schedule+ for Windows, version 1.0a

SUMMARY

Microsoft provides a replacement for the SCHDIST.EXE file that is included with version 1.0a of Microsoft Schedule+ for Windows.

For complete information about obtaining and installing the SCHDIST.EXE file, see the following sections:

To download the updated file
To update your SCHDIST.EXE file

MORE INFORMATION

This update contains SCHDIST.EXE, a replacement for the SCHDIST.EXE file that is included with version 1.0a of Microsoft Schedule+ for Windows. This update corrects the following problems:

When multiple Mail for PC Networks postoffices have similar network and postoffice names, the Schedule Distribution program (SCHDIST.EXE) may not fully validate the entire <network>\<postoffice> name address to which the free/busy times are addressed.
Trap D errors occur under OS/2 after Schedule+ processes two non- Schedule+ messages.
Trap D errors occur under OS/2 or under the OS/2 subsystem of Windows NT while the ADMIN.PRF file is being updated.
The Schdist program fails to apply changes from PowerCore's Schedule/DOS on the third request.
The Schdist program does not import free/busy times via an SMTP gateway. The line length for word wrapping is too long for Schedule Distribution messages and, as a result, some encapsulated gateways rewrap the message. This causes the Schdist program to reject the message because of an improper format. The line length previously set at 82 (80 characters of data plus 2 characters for the terminator) was changed to 78.
NOTE: If Schedule+ is interacting with the IBM PROFS calendar system, version 3.4a of the PROFS Host should be used. Version 3.4 of the PROFS Host still wraps messages at 80 characters and will not function with this new version of SCHDIST.EXE.

To Download the Updated File

The following self-extracting file is available for download from the Microsoft Software Library:

 ~ Schdupd.exe (size: 124917 bytes)

For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software Library, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q119591
   TITLE     : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

After you download SCHDUPD.EXE to a clean directory, run it (by typing "schdupd" at the MS-DOS prompt) to extract the contents of the file. You should receive the following files:

   SCHDIST.EXE  (194,154 bytes, dated 06-09-94, 2:26 P.M.)
   README.TXT

To update your SCHDIST.EXE file

At the MS-DOS command prompt, type the following and press ENTER

   copy <path>:\schdist.exe <destination>

where <path> is the drive and directory where you ran the self- extracting SCHDUPD.EXE file and <destination> is the drive and directory where your SCHDIST.EXE file currently resides. For example, if you ran the self- extracting file from the TEST directory on drive D, and your SCHDIST.EXE file is located in the MAILEXE directory on drive C, type the following command:

   copy d:\test\schdist.exe c:\mailexe

   NOTE: SCHDIST.EXE typically resides on the computer dedicated to
   performing schedule distribution. The Schedule+ INSTALL.EXE program
   places SCHDIST.EXE in the path specified for the Admin files during
   installation. The default path is to the ADMINSCH directory on
   drive C of the computer where INSTALL.EXE is executed. SCHDIST.EXE
   can also be installed to the postoffice server in the Mail
   executables directory. Make sure you update all copies of
   SCHDIST.EXE.

Additional query words: schedule plus 1.00a wga

Keywords          : MailPCWSPlus 
Version           : 1.00a
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: December 17, 1998