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Microsoft OnLine

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The Microsoft OnLine support system was a fee support service that provided developer support for OS/2 and other products. It contained a database of information for OS/2 developers, sample applications and updated versions of some OS/2 system files.

OnLine's Electronic Magazine (EMAG)

Issue 3 (Oct 1989)
  • C.J. Pilgrim: Knowledge Base Search Help
  • Kent Sander: MS OnLine Plus: Premier Support for Corporations
Issue 4 (Dec 1989)
  • C.J. Pilgrim: Knowledge Base Search Help: Queries
  • Arthur Hanson: Enhancing Existing BASIC Programs to Use Presentation Manager
  • Tim Nevins: Microsoft Introduces the First Powerful Spreadsheet for the Presentation Manager: Excel for OS/2
Issue 5 (Feb 1990)
  • Deb Chastain: Microsoft Product Support Services Is Taking Off -- Internationally!
  • C.J. Pilgrim: Knowledge Base Search Help: Queries
  • Microsoft Technical Tips
    • FAT Versus HPFS File System Information
    • New Method of Starting Programs in OS/2 Version 1.20
    • Making an Application HPFS Aware for Version 1.20
    • Installing Version 1.20 DUALBOOT
    • Copying Files from FAT Drive to HPFS Drive in 1.20
    • Configuring a Secondary HPFS Partition in Version 1.20
    • .TYPE Extended Attribute Information
    • PM and LAN Manager Printing Information
    • Playing of Metafile Can Result in Out of Memory Error
    • Blanking Out Password in a Dialog Box
    • Storing a Multipaged Document in a Metafile
    • Disabling Key Combinations Such As CTRL+ALT+DEL
    • Setting Up OS/2 LAN Manager to Use Replicator in 2.00
    • Avoiding File Access/Locking Problems
    • Load-Time and Run-Time Dynamic Linking Overview
  • Debbie Watkins: Microsoft FORTRAN 5.00
  • Joe Hayes: Presentation Parameters and Combination Boxes for OS/2 Version 1.20
  • Rick LaPlante: Creating and Using a Dynamically Linked Version of the C Run-Time Library