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Re: Word and Happy99 and things




Yo Intl. wrote:

> Paul Williams:
> >Not really. The commands are still ASCII characters, they are just not
> alphabetic ones. I use Microsoft Access to write XyWrite documents for me,
> and all the commands are indeed ASCII characters.
>
> What a strange idea! I have on occasion edited a XY file with
> another editor in an emergency situation, write the whole document,
> entering all the goose feet manually? Isn't that sort of counterproductive?
>
> --Rene von Rentzell, Tokyo 
> --"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone,
> --it means just what I choose it to mean - nothing more nor less."
> --(Lewis Caroll). "Our troops will be out by Christmas." (W. Clinton)

Er yes, I can see at first glance it seems odd. But I have an internet site
generated from a database (http://123voyage.com) and on the rare occasion
someone advertises all the information is entered in the database and voila a
bill is automatically generated in XyWrite format as well as the ad on the
Internet site.

Paul Williams