What's New on FTP.MICROSOFT.COM -09/29/94-

[Steve Heaney]

New files that may be of interest are now available on FTP.MICROSOFT.COM:

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/developr/drg/OLE-info/

The OLE Marketing has just updated most of their OLE documents. This
included changing some content of existing docs, deleting some old
docs, and adding some new docs. There are many new files, but at this
time there is no comprehensive list to show. Please look at the file
dates to find the new ones.

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/developr/drg/OLE-info/OLEControls/ctlspec.zip

This is the OLE Controls container specification.

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/developr/drg/OLE-info/OLEControls/headers.zip

These are the C and C++ include files for OLE Controls.

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/developr/drg/OLE-info/OLEControls/idl.zip

These are the IDL tools for the new OLE Controls interfaces. The
IDL files can be used to generate remoting proxies and stubs. The
files are intended for use with MIDL 2.0, which ships as part of
Windows NT 3.5.

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/developr/drg/OLE-info/OLEControls/odl.zip

These are the ODL tools for the standard OLE Control types. The
ODL files are are for use with the MkTypLib tool, versions 2.0
and later.

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/developr/drg/OLE-info/OLEControls/contcntr.zip

This is an OLE Controls container sample (source code and
documentation) by Kraig Brockschmidt.

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/developr/drg/OLE-info/PowerPoint/orbit.zip

Powerpoint slides of an all-day tutorial by Kraig Brockschmidt,
entitled "OLE: A View From Orbit"

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/developr/drg/Plug-and-Play/ISA/clarif.zip

This is "Clarifications to the Plug and Play ISA Specification,
version 1.0a". It is intended to clarify the spec. in those areas
that were highlighted as unclear or confusing at the Plugfest held
in June. It is intended that these changes will be incorporated in
the next revision of the specification.

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/developr/drg/Plug-and-Play/Print/pnplpt.zip

This is "Plug and Play Parallel Port Devices" vesion 1.0a,
dated September 9, 1994.

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/developr/drg/Plug-and-Play/ISA/isolat.zip

This version 2.3, of the ISA Plug and Play real-mode isolation
program. Isolat.zip contains isolate.exe and isolate.txt.

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Developr/DRG/WinG/wing10.zip

This is WinG version 1.0. This includes both the user and SDK
components. After unzipping, read readme.txt and license.txt;
to install, run setup.exe.

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Developr/DRG/Catalogs/win32cat.exe

This is the Microsoft Win32 Application Catalog for Windows NT.
This catalog contains the latest compilation of 32-bit applications
available to run on Windows NT. The catalog contains company names
of ISVs, addresses, names of contacts, phone and fax numbers, product
descriptions, prices and RISC availability. The catalog is in
alphabetical order keyed to company name. Revisions for September 1994
include identification of server applications (look for call outs to
the right of product names), and alphabetical product index, and
Internet shareware apps.

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Developr/DRG/Catalogs/olecat.exe

This is the Microsoft OLE Application Catalog. This catalog contains
the latest compilation of applications incorporating Microsoft's OLE
technology. The catalog contains company names of ISVs, addresses,
names of contacts, phone and fax numbers, and product descriptions.
The catalog is in alphabetical order keyed to company name.