PowerBrowser Developer's Release 1
Release Notes
February 15, 1996
 

Here are updated release notes for PowerBrowser 
Developers' Release 1:
1.  If you are using FTP OnNet, NetManage Chameleon 
or Novell LAN Workplace as your TCP/IP stack, you may 
have problems downloading images using default 
PowerBrowser settings.  The solution is to reduce the 
maximum number of simultaneous image downloads to any 
number from 1 and 4 (the default is 10). To do this, 
bring up Preferences dialog box.  Click on the 'Timeouts' 
tab, and change the value for simultaneous image 
downloads to any number from 1 to 4.

2. A potential problem may exist if you run both the 16 
and 32 bit versions of PowerBrowser on the same machine. 
Both copies of PowerBrowser will look for a file called 
webstatn.ini (in your Windows directory) for initialization 
information. This file includes essential information 
such as the base installation directory and the cache 
directory for PowerBrowser. Both versions of PowerBrowser 
will use configuration information supplied by the same 
webstatn.ini file, which may cause problems.

3. If you connect to a site that uses Java or Netscape 
plugins and get a cryptic message "NLO is not registered":  
We are compatible with Netscape plugins in this release 
and we will support Java in a subsequent release of 
PowerBrowser. We support both technologies using a 
programmable API called Network Loadable Objects (NLO). 
In this release, if you connect to a site that includes a 
Netscape plugin that you  don't have installed, or if you 
go to a Web site that contains a Java applet, you'll be 
presented with a dialog saying "NLO not registered." This 
will be fixed in the next release.

4. Using PowerBrowser with the Oracle WebServer:  Oracle 
WebServer ships with a demo application simulating a train 
ticket purchasing service. This application demonstrates a 
number of PowerBrowser features.  There is, however, a bug 
with the 32-bit version of PowerBrowser which makes it 
improperly handle date-checking within the application.  
This is a known bug and will be fixed in the next release 
of PowerBrowser.

5. If you are upgrading PowerBrowser from an earlier 
release, please read the notes below:
	- If you have a previous version of PowerBrowser on 
	your system, you should delete a file called 
	webstatn.ini inside your Windows directory. You 
	should do this before you upgrade to Developers' 
	Release 1.  You do not need to delete your previous 
	version of PowerBrowser.

	- After you run the installation program to upgrade 
	PowerBrowser, you should clear your cache before 
	you browse Web sites.  You can do this by going to 
	the Options menu, selecting preferences, clicking 
	the "Cache" tag and pressing the button marked "Clear 
	Cache Now."
 
	- If you specify a new directory in which to install 
	PowerBrowser, you should delete any older versions 
	of PowerBrowser before you perform the installation.  
	Before deleting old directory, you may want to copy 
	your old bookmark file and Personal Server Web pages 
	to your new PowerBrowser directory. For example, if an 
	old version of PowerBrowser is installed in C:\ORAPBOLD, 
	and the new version is installed to C:\ORAPB, then you 
	can preserve your old files by doing the following:
		- Change to directory C:\ORAPB\BOOKMARK
		- Issue the command XCOPY /E C:\ORAPBOLD\BOOKMARK 
		  and answer yes to the question if you want to
		  overwrite the files.
		- Change to directory C:\ORAPB\SERVER 
		- Issue the command XCOPY /E C:\ORAPBOLD\SERVER 
		  and answer yes to the question if you want to 
		  overwrite the files.

If you have any suggestions or bugs to report please send 
mail to torgo@us.oracle.com.

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