Aux Printing with MacWise

If you use slave printing (or aux printing) under host control, you may have had problems with the Print Dialog box popping up for every line of print.

Starting with version 10.7.99, MacWise will now print an entire job without the Print Dialog box popping up after every line of print. (Some host computers issued Printer On / Printer Off commands for every line of print instead of waiting for the whole print job to finish.)

Previous versions of MacWise got around this problem with an option to ignore the Printer Off command from the host and then the user would manually toggle printing off to get the print dialog box to appear. You should no longer need to use that option (Priner Setup under the File Menu / Ignore Printer-Off Commands from Host)


You can always get the latest version history for MacWise at
http://www.carnationsoftware.com/carnation/MacWiseXVersions.html

VT100 / VT220 Emulation Fixes with MacWise 10.7.91

MacWise version 10.7.91 now supports C1 Control Characters converted from 8-bits to 7-bits in VT100 and VT220 emulations. If your host uses these codes, previous versions of MacWise would display the screen incorrectly. The symptoms were garbage characters on the screen and incorrect cursor positioning. In this mode, you can enable Strip 8th bit in MacWise but it allows special 8-bit characters to pass through and are converted to 7-bits. It also works with Strip 8th bit unchecked.

This version also fixes the left arrow key when Reverse Line Wrap is enabled.
Also, Insert Character mode is now supported in VT100 / VT220. This mode will shift all characters to the right when a character is inserted anywhere in a line (controlled by the host).


SOLUTION: Upgrade to MacWise 10.7.91 if you are having emulation problems with VT100 or VT200 terminal emulation.

SetWindowAlpha Errors When Trying to Run MacWise

MacWise would not run on OS X 10.2.8 or older. You would get a SetWindowAlpha error and it would quit.
This problem was introduced in MacWise 10.7.87.
MacWise now works with OS X 10.1.2 through the current OS X.

SOLUTION: Upgrade to MacWise 10.7.90 or later.
http://www.carnationsoftware.com/carnation/ftp/MacWiseX_Demo.hqx

Alert Messages Corrupted When Closing Windows

If you are having problems with Alert Windows getting corrupted when you close a MacWise window, upgrade to MacWise 10.7.88 or later.

The alert window asks if it is OK to close the window or save settings.
The problem was caused by some recent version of OS X
(worked OK with OS X 10.4.1 and earlier).
Now works with all versions of OS X.