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ANT Internet Suite Release II FAQ

Known bugs

This section details reported faults which ANT have been able to duplicate, together with workarounds and/or fixes since !InetSuite 1.29b was added to the Latest releases page.

If the fault you have discovered is not described here, please follow the steps in section 10.2 of the FAQ to submit a fully completed fault report.


!Fresco 1.69

Summary of fault
!Fresco does not preserve or add to the !Fresco.Cookies file correctly.

Workaround
Not available at this time.

Fix from ANT
Fix currently being beta-tested.

Summary of fault
When !Fresco generates a directory listing (for a file: URL), clicking on links to filenames of the form <name>/<ext> causes the error Can't open file to be displayed.

Workaround
Double-click on the file directly in the Filer window.

Fix from ANT
Fix currently being beta-tested.

Summary of fault
!Fresco ignores the Keep cached files on exit setting.

Workaround
Not available at this time.

Fix from ANT
Fix currently being beta-tested.

Summary of fault
Closing a !Fresco window containing frames using CTRL+F2 results in a Illegal window handle error.

Workaround
Make sure the caret is in the URL icon before doing this.

Fix from ANT
Fix currently being beta-tested.

Summary of fault
Enabling Display->No pictures causes redraw problems if the page has a background image.

Workaround
Close the window and use the History option on the !Fresco icon bar menu to return to the page.

Fix from ANT
Fix currently being beta-tested.

Summary of fault
"Netscape (compatible)" doesn't work.

Workaround
Please follow these steps:
  1. If !Fresco is running, quit it.

  2. In the Apps directory alongside your copy of !InetSuite hold down SHIFT and double-click on !Fresco.

  3. Make a copy of the Messages file and call it MessageOld.

  4. Double-click on Messages.

  5. Near the end of the file is a line beginning uahdr0:; change the 0 to 1.

  6. Immediately below this should be a line beginning uahdr1:; change the 1 to 0.

  7. Save the file.

Fix from ANT
Fix currently being beta-tested.

Summary of fault
Resizing a !Fresco window containing a form using TEXTAREA will lose the contents.

Workaround
Not available at this time.

Fix from ANT
Fix currently being beta-tested.


!Hotlist 1.35

Summary of fault
Clicking on the Save icon can result in !Hotlist disappearing from the icon bar.

Workaround
Reload !Hotlist; your hotlist should be OK.

Fix from ANT
Fix currently being beta-tested.


!InetConfg 1.29

Summary of fault
Click on Save can result in a crash.

Workaround
Shut down and restart your computer.

Fix from ANT
Fix currently being beta-tested.


!InetSuite 1.29b

Summary of fault
The InetSuite session window automatically closes when certain error messages are displayed.

Workaround
Not available at this time.

Fix from ANT
Fix currently being beta-tested.

Summary of fault
If no Password is specified in the Provider setup window within !InetConfg and Demand dialling of modem is enabled in the Modem setup window, !InetSuite doesn't ask for password when it's required to demand dial.

Workaround
Disable Demand dialling of modem.

Fix from ANT
Not known at this time.


!Marcel 1.41

Summary of fault
Selecting a local user, opening a mail folder or trying to read an email results in the error message c-client: locked when already locked

Workaround
Upgrading to !Marcel 1.42 may resolve this.

Fix from ANT
Download the !Marcel 1.41->1.42 upgrade file.


!Marcel 1.42

Summary of fault
Selecting the Line length exceeds 80 characters warning in the Set warnings window has no effect for lines less than 160 characters.

Workaround
Not available at this time.

Fix from ANT
Fix currently being beta-tested.

Summary of fault
Searching through a folder of downloaded mail using From/To only locates the emails sent to the address, not from it.

Workaround
Not available at this time.

Fix from ANT
Fix currently being beta-tested.

Summary of fault
No * indication of new mail displayed in the list of local users in the Connect to mail server window.

Workaround
Not available at this time.

Fix from ANT
Fix currently being beta-tested.

Summary of fault
Using CTRL+SHIFT+V to move an email to a non-existant folder then clicking on Create in a Marcel window displaying the text The folder '<folder name>' doesn't exist - would you like to create it? crashes !Marcel.

Workaround
To avoid the crash, create the folder before moving the message. If this has just happened, shut down and restart the computer.

Fix from ANT
Fix currently being beta-tested.


!Marcel 1.41 + 1.42

Summary of fault
Clicking on Cancel in a Marcel window displaying the text The folder '<folder name>' doesn't exist - would you like to create it? crashes !Marcel.

Workaround
Do not click on Cancel but instead click on something outside the window. If this has just happened, shut down and restart the computer.

Fix from ANT
Fix currently being beta-tested.

Summary of fault
Leaving the Address book window open when selecting Close from the !Marcel menu results in the error message Cannot find DLL function - 'Symbol 'AddressAbort' not found' displayed.

Workaround
Either close the Address book before selecting Close from the !Marcel menu or, if this has just occurred, quit and reload !Marcel.

Fix from ANT
Fix currently being beta-tested.

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