
CONVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES

RELEASE NOTICE FOR
11.1 GRAPHICS (SGA1500)

Revised July 7, 1986


SECTION   TITLE	PAGE
	1.0	Description of Programs 	 2
	2.0	Changes from Prior Version 	 2
		2.1  SPRs Closed in This Release 	 2
		2.2  Changes from Release 10.0 	 2
	3.0	Contents of Distribution Diskette 	 3
	4.0	Installation Procedures 	 4
		4.1  StandAlone Hard Disk Systems 	 4
		4.2  Master Hard Disk Systems 	 5
		4.3  StandAlone Floppy Disk Systems 	 5
	5.0	System Software Compatibility 	 6
		5.1  Workstation Environment 	 6
	6.0	Hardware Information 	 6
		6.1  Hardware Configurations Supported 	 6
		6.2  Special Hardware Requirements 	 6
	7.0	Resource RequirementsUtilization 	 7
		7.1  Memory RequirementsUtilization 	 7
	8.0	Restrictions 	 7
	9.0	Documentation Updates 	 8
	10.0	Error Codes 	 9
	11.0	Known Errors and Omissions 	 9
1.0	Description of Programs
This Release Notice describes Graphics Library version 11.1.  This section and the sections that follow provide a description of the product, contents of the Distribution Diskette, installation procedures, and other information pertinent to this release of Graphics Library.

2.0	Changes from Prior Version

2.1	SPRs Closed in This Release

A3237 Not generating form feed between prints

2.2	Changes from Release 10.0
A.	GC003 module is supported with both high resolution (1024x768) VM003 monitor and low resolution (720x348) VM001VM002 monitors.
B.	Cgm metafiles now generate polygon perimeters by setting the fPerimeterVis flag to true in the Interior Style opcode.  Previous versions did perimeters by respecifying the points in a polyline opcode after the polygon.
C.	Fonts are no longer brought in with an OpenPicture call.  They are now brought in only as needed by a TextString or Label function.
D.	Cursors no longer flicker while printing or plotting.
3.0	Contents of Distribution Diskette
The Graphics Library Distribution Diskette is your master copy, and has been shipped writeprotected.  It should not be writeenabled, nor should it be used as a working copy.
The Distribution Diskette contains the following files in the <CT> directory:
	ComplexRoman.font	DuplexRoman.font
	Gothic.font	SimplexPlot.font
	SimplexRoman.font	Graphics.fonts
	gfxGPAMDum.obj	RasterOpIwsAws.obj

	Graphics.lib

	HPPlotterConfig.sys	PlotterConfig.sys
	StrobeConfig.sys	StrobePlotterConfig.sys
In addition to various standard system files, the Distribution Diskette contains the following file in the <Sys> directory:
	HdInstall.sub
For documentation purposes the Distribution Diskette contains the following file in the <ReleaseNote> directory:
	ReleaseNotice
{4.0	Installation Procedures
The Graphics Library should only be used on Convergent Information Processing Systems which are equipped with hard disk (or dual floppy disks), or in clusters where the master is equipped with hard disk.
Use the installation procedures described below (after updating the Standard Software revision level, if required).  Characters that you must type are shown in boldface.  Special keys, such as RETURN and GO, are shown in upper case.}
{4.1	StandAlone Hard Disk Systems
A.	Signon and set path at the standalone workstation.  If the Signon form is displayed, fill it in and press GO.  Set the path as follows:
Command   Path  RETURN
Path
  [Volume]	Sys  RETURN
  [Directory]	Sys  RETURN
  [Default file prefix]	RETURN
  [Password]	(if any)  GO
  [Node]
	If your hard disk has a volume password on [Sys], fill this password into the [Password] field before pressing GO.}
B.	Command   Install  GO
C.	If Graphics will be used to build applications, install the Standard Software Development Diskettes per the instructions in the Standard Software Release Notice.}
{4.2	Master Hard Disk Systems
A.	Signon and set path at the master workstation.  If the Signon form is displayed, fill it in and press GO.  Set the path as follows:
Command   Path  RETURN
Path
  [Volume]	Sys  RETURN
  [Directory]	Sys  RETURN
  [Default file prefix]	RETURN
  [Password]	(if any)  GO
  [Node]
	If your hard disk has a volume password on [Sys], fill this password into the [Password] field before pressing GO.}
{B.	Command   Install  GO}
{C.	If Graphics will be used to build applications, install the Standard Software Development Diskette per the instructions in the Standard Software Release Notice.}
{4.3	StandAlone Floppy Disk Systems
A.	Signon and set path at the standalone workstation.  If the Signon form is displayed, fill it in and press GO.  Set the path as follows:
Command   Path  RETURN
Path
  [Volume]	Sys  RETURN
  [Directory]	Sys  RETURN
  [Default file prefix]	RETURN
  [Password]	(if any)  GO
  [Node]
	If your floppy disk has a volume password on [Sys], fill this password into the [Password] field before pressing GO.}
{B.	Command   Install  GO}
{C.	If Graphics will be used to build applications, install the Standard Software Development Diskette per the instructions in the Standard Software Release Notice.}
{5.0	System Software Compatibility
5.1	Workstation Environment
If Graphics is to be used in building an application, 9.1 Standard Software (or higher) and 9.1 Ctos.lib (or higher) are required.  If the application must run on the GC003 module, Standard Software II1.0 (or higher) and Ctos.lib II1.0 (or higher) are required.  If Graphics is to be used to run an application which is already built, Standard Software at revision level 9.1 or higher is required for the application to function correctly.  If you have not yet installed Standard Software at such a revision level, do so before installing Graphics.}
{6.0	Hardware Information
6.1	Hardware Configurations Supported
Graphics Library 11.1 works on IWS Workstations, AWS Color Workstations, and NGEN Workstations.
6.2	Special Hardware Requirements
The following configurations are supported with Graphics Library 11.1:

 o	an IWS Graphics Workstation;
 o	AWS Color Graphics Workstation;
 o	NGEN Workstation equipped with a GC001 module 
	and color or monochrome display; or
 o	NGEN Workstation equipped with a GC003 module 
	and VM001VM002 or VM003.}
{7.0	Resource RequirementsUtilization
7.1	Memory RequirementsUtilization
The minimum memory size required for an IWS Graphics workstation is 384K.  A substantial amount of memory must be allocated when using primitives to create picture files because pictures are memory resident.  The minimum amount of memory required for a picture file is 4096 bytes.  The memory overhead required for each object within a picture is 256 bytes.  This does not include the commands that go into a picture file.  Thus a complicated picture will require substantially more memory.  See the Graphics Programmer's Guide for more details.}
{8.0	Restrictions
The AWS series of workstations do not support any of the Raster operations. This includes: DoRasterOp, DoRasterOpText and all setup procedures for these 2 operations.
If an application using Graphics Library is to be built for operation on an IWS or AWS workstation, the module RasterOpIwsAws.obj must be included as an object module.}
{9.0	Documentation Updates
In this release, the plotters and printers supported include the HP7470A plotter, the HP7220C plotter, the HP7220T plotter, the HP7475A plotter, the Gould DS10 plotter, the Strobe Model 100 plotter, the Printronix MVP printer, the Envision 420 printer, the IDS Prism printer, the Anadex 9620 printer, the Okidata Microline 93 printer, the Dataproducts SPG8010, and the Dataproducts SPG8050 printers.  The files included here (HPPlotterConfig.sys, StrobePlotterConfig.sys, PlotterConfig.sys, and StrobeConfig.sys,) are the configuration files for these plotters and printers.
Output Dev.	Comm Config File	Printer Config File
HP7470A	PlotterConfig.sys	HPPlotterConfig.sys
HP7220C	PlotterConfig.sys	HPPlotterConfig.sys
HP7475A	PlotterConfig.sys	HPPlotterConfig.sys
HP7220T	PlotterConfig.sys	HPPlotterConfig.sys
Gould DS10	PlotterConfig.sys	HPPlotterConfig.sys
Strobe	StrobeConfig.sys
	              StrobePlotterConfig.sys
Printronix	none	LPTConfig.sys
Anadex	none	LPTConfig.sys
Envision	none	LPTConfig.sys
Prism	none	LPTConfig.sys
Okidata	none	LPTConfig.sys
Dataproducts
   8010	none	LPTConfig.sys
Dataproducts
   8050	none	LPTConfig.sys
When using a plotter, the 'Comm Config File' should be used when going directly to the plotter, and the 'Printer Config File' should be used if spooling to the plotter.}
{The Generic Printing System (GPS) is also supported in this release.  To output to a GPS device first call SetPlotterDevice with the name of the GPS device or file (A required step).  Next call SetOutputType(100), to set the type to GPS. Finally call SetOutputDevice(1).  Subsequent calls to DisplayPicture, or to any Draw procedure will send the output to the requested GPS device.  For details see GPS documentation.  The use of GPS requires an additional library, GPAM.lib, available in the GPS software package.  For those who do not wish to use GPS, a substititution module is provided in the Graphics library called gfxGPAMDum.obj. Include this module in the linker Object line to resolve GPS calls without including the GPS package.}
{10.0	Error Codes
Note that the following error code will occur only when using graphics objects with the Document Designer:
7697   Bad VDM point list
Polylines and Polygons have virtual points (032767) as parameters, which are listed as XY pairs. This error indicates that either an odd number of coordinates were seen or a coordinate is outside the range of 032767.}
{11.0	Known Errors and Omissions
A.	When making multiple calls to DisplayPicture with the output device set to Plotter and the plotter speed set to Transparency, the speed of the first plot is slow (as it should be), but subsequent plots run fast.
Workaround: reset plotter speed to transparency on each pass.}
{B.	For AWS only, InitGraphics does not clear the screen as for the IWS and NGEN.
Workaround: Call ClearScreen.}
{C.	For IWS only, on a newly booted system, setting screen width to 132 columns, followed by InitGraphics, causes a erc 22 crash.
Workaround: Set Screen width to 80 columns, then perform the above sequence.}