QView Pro v3x MSNDS FAQ

Symptom:
Some sites have reported problems with NDS services using Win95 with the MS-NDS client including:

• Empty pick-queues dialog box that does not show your NDS tree.
• Error message displayed in the "Install Summary" dialog stating the NDS connection is not authenticated or available.
• Error message when QView Pro starts that states the NLS/Unicode tables did not load.

Discussion of problem:
QView Pro requires that the NetWare DLLs be available to allow QView Pro to interface with the MSNDS client. These DLLs are listed in the software requirements section of the manual. (qvieww.hlp) These DLLs are not provided as part of the MSNDS software, and should be downloaded from the ftp site ftp.novell.com. See our FAQ on these required DLLs for further details.

QView Pro also requires the unicode tables to be available for the NWLOCALE.DLL to load. These are usually located in the NLS subdirectory in your SYS:PUBLIC directory.

The following is from the readme.txt file that comes with the MSNDS software.

RUNNING NDS-AWARE APPLICATIONS
MS Service for NetWare NDS - October '95
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Many third-party NDS-aware applications access the unicode tables in the PUBLIC\NLS directory on the server. It is important that you put this directory in your search path (by mapping a search drive) in order to run such applications. If the NLS directory is not in the search path, the application may show an error message stating that the unicode tables could not be found, or that the Context could not be set.

Solution:
Make sure you have the NetWare DLLs in your WINDOWS/SYSTEM directory or somewhere in your search path. These DLLs are listed in the System requirements section of the QView Pro documentation and can be downloaded from ftp.novell.com in the /pub/updates/nwos/ directory. The file is NWDLL2.EXE however it may have been discontinued recently. Alternately, you can use the DLLs provided with the Novell Client32 v2.20 for Win95.

The MS-NDS client must have the NLS directory in the workstation search path. Usually, this is done by mapping root the Z: drive to the SYS:PUBLIC directory however this sometimes does not solve the problem. We have found that the NWLOCALE.DLL does not always find this directory, however it will usually be more successful if the application calling it also resides in the PUBLIC directory.

If this is the case, try locating the QVIEWW16.EXE in the SYS:PUBLIC directory and try again. The NWADMIN.EXE program will show the same problem if you move it from the public directory to another drive/directory.

Note:
QView Pro v3.12 corrects a problem that caused it to not report NLS/Unicode table initialization problems on startup. If you are having problems with NDS/Win95, you should download QView Pro v3.12 or later and watch for an error dialog stating the NLS tables could not be initialized.

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