MailFaces - Installation - Version 2.1

OS/2 Install Instructions:

• Make sure that you have the Java 1.1 feature installed.
• Save your original "faces.opt" if you already had a previous version of MailFaces installed.
• Download the ZIP file mailfaces.zip
• Extract the files using unzip32.exe (from InfoZIP) or any other ZIP expander that supports long file names. It will create a new "mailfaces" directory in whatever directory you specify.
• Bring up an OS/2 Command window and cd to the mailfaces directory that was created in the previous step. Then issue the following command:
  -> setupos2.cmd
• Click on the icon that is created in the previous step. A MailFaces window should come up and if you have any mail waiting, one or more icons should appear. If you have no mail waiting, you should get a "NoMail" icon. See the sample window
• Now you can customize your faces.opt file. I recommend that you call it something else so it does not get overlaid if you reinstall MailFaces. The comments in the distributed faces.opt file and the Options Documentation should be enough to get you going with specifications of local images for your favorite mail correspondents. Then restart MailFaces specifying your filename.opt. After this initial startup, it will always startup using the same file.
• If it does not seem to start or run correctly, you may want to modify the faces.opt file and uncomment the "DebugFile" statement so that it will write a lot of debug info to the the specified file. Then rerun the command and examine the output for obvious problems. You can either attach the resulting debug.txt file or paste the appropriate console messages to an email message and send them to me. jthomas@cruzio.com
• Although MailFaces only requires Java 1.1 for the basic functionallity, it does require the Swing libraries in Java 1.2 for the Option File editing facilities. If you are running JDK 1.1.8 from IBM, then the following e-mail from a user may be useful:
  "I added the location of swingall.jar (in my system, E:\JAVA11\Swing\swingall.jar) to the "-cp" parameter of the program object and I was able to see the menu and open the editor ..."

  "For OS/2, Swing 1.1 is available as a download from IBM and Swing 1.1.1 from Sun just appeared at Hobbes. They are compatible with Java 1.1. The .cmd for installation should be changed. The location of Swing is stored in the environment variable SWING_HOME according to Swing's readme."
  --- David Mediavilla Ezquibela

Optional Steps

• For users of VoiceType. Using the VT navigation you can open MailFaces and control all of the MailFaces commands by voice. Two steps are involved:
  • CREATE a JUMP-TO MACRO. In this way you can call MailFaces even if the program is buried inside of folders. Open the pop-up menu by clicking the right mouse button on the MailFaces Icon. Select Properties. Then when the Notebook appears; select Speech. Click to go to the second Speech page. Then select Create, and fill in the macro. For example:

    Name: MailFaces
    Description: Open mail monitor
    Action: Open
    

    Press OK and a dialog will ask you to train the voice.

    Whenever you want to open MailFaces you say "Jump-To-MailFaces" without any pause between words and the program will open.

  • CHECK the PROGRAM MACROS All the MailFaces menu commands are represented under VoiceType by Program Macros that are created by VoiceType. You do not need to do anything except to check that the voice training is OK. These macros are in the first Speech page. To see them, you have to have the Voice Manager ACTIVE before you open the Properties Notebook. If any of the macros are crossed-out it means that they require voice training. You can also retrain any of the macros that does not respond well to your voice.
  • Credits:
    The above instructions have been contributed by:
    Teruel de Campo
    chusty@ibm.net

I hope that the installation of MailFaces went well! Please send a message to the MailFaces Mailing List or directly to me at jthomas@cruzio.com with any comments or suggestions. I hope you will also subscribe to the MailFaces Mailing List so you can be informed of fixes and new releases.

John Thomas
jthomas@cruzio.com
http://members.cruzio.com/~jthomas