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From: hadgraft@civeng.monash.edu.au (Roger Hadgraft)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: WinQVT 4.3 - Kermit downloads won't work
Message-ID: <36708.26b0170f@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au>
Date: 27 Jul 90 00:27:27 GMT
References: <36361.26ae1689@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au> <1990Jul26.032429.21234@cs.hope.edu>
Organization: Civil Engineering, Monash University, Australia
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In article <1990Jul26.032429.21234@cs.hope.edu>, suess@smaug.cs.hope.edu (Alex &) writes:
> From article <36361.26ae1689@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au>, by hadgraft@civeng.monash.edu.au (Roger Hadgraft):
>> I've just started using version 4.3 of WinQVT but I can't get it to do Kermit
>> Downloads. That is, I put my Vax into server mode in Kermit, pull down the Transfer
>> menu and select Download, then Kermit Get, type the filename, select Start or
>> whatever the button is, and after a second it says "Aborted". Now I've been
>> using version 4.15 with no problems (except that the Kermit Finish" would hang
>> the machine). So, has anyone else experienced this problem?
>>
>> Here I was getting ready to register my copy sinceversion 4.3 seems to have
>> solved the hanging problem with version 4.15, and now I have a more serious
>> problem!
>> --
>
> I had the same problem.  It seems WinQVT lets kermit name the file and
> only requires a directory in the path slot.  I usually just use the
> directory it displays by default.
>
This works if you use SEND on the remote Kermit. However, if you put the remote
Kermit in SERVER mode, you must specify a filename locally. This always results
in an "Aborted" message. Looks like I'll use SEND instead of SERVER.
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Roger Hadgraft                  |  hadgraft@civeng.monash.edu.au
Lecturer in Civil Engineering   |
Monash University               |  phone:  +61 3 565 4983
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