Re: XyShell

[Paul Breeze paul.breeze@xxxxxxxx]

Dear Robert

1. I did make some changes to U2 as instructed. I have now done as you suggested and downloaded
an unedited version. This has made no difference to the behaviour.  I see (very briefly)
"-Start"
flash up next to the name of the XY4 window at the top of the DOS box when I press my 'shell to
dos' key and then the same message about the program being unable to run in DOS flashes up on the
command line.

2. The computer is a hybrid, with an ABIT motherboard, 256M of RAM and an Intel 500MHz processor.

3. U2 does work correctly otherwise.

4. I have assigned numberpad 5 (with numberlock off) to the shell to dos key.

5. Boot drive letter is C and I have allowed REXX to put itself into its preferred directory.

6. W2.ini reads:

 /FS /Z /R  /P:"XY4"
call directory 'C:\XYWRITE\XYFEATS';'%COMSPEC%'

7. I executed the complicated command you suggested and it didn't run, but rexx w2.rex provided
the following:


C:\Program Files\ObjREXX>rexx w2.rex
Windows95 | COMMAND | C:\Program Files\ObjREXX\w2.rex
-- Hit any key to switch to "XY4" --

(Incidentally I did hit any key as suggested and it did switch to XY4)

W2Win.bat Provided:

C:\Program Files\ObjREXX>w2win.bat
Windows95 | COMMAND | C:\PROGRA~1\ObjREXX\W2.REX
-- Hit any key to switch to "XY4" --

8. I have attached, zipped, the requested files and sent them to you personally. W2-Alias.dat was
not in my editor directory but in the objrexx directory. I tried moving it, but to no avail.

Best wishes

Paul

On Thu, 9 Jan 2003 13:25:08 -0500, Robert Holmgren wrote:
>** Reply to message from Paul Breeze  on Thu, 9 Jan
>2003 11:11:00 GMT
>
>Paul:
>
>>I have been trying to install XyShell on my computer. I
>>have followed all the instructions in Readme.win, installed
>>the runtime version of REXX and created a "shell to
>>new Dos Session" key. However when I try to utilise the key
>>I get an error message which says "this program cannot be
>>run in dos". I am running XY 4.018, Win98se and U2 version
>>114. What am I doing wrong?
>
>This is not an error that I recall having seen before. I
>presume it is a DOS error? I am crippled, too, by lack of
>access to Win98SE -- although I formerly did have a W98SE
>install, and (I am sorry to report) I had a great deal of
>trouble with it, albeit of an entirely different sort
>(sessions running in background would freeze, and not resume
>until brought into the foreground [into focus] again). No
>trouble at all with W95 or with any flavor of WinNT. I am
>traveling for the next 36 hours, and I can only consider this
>fully after I settle down. In the meantime, please answer a
>few questions (which may or may not be pertinent -- I'd just
>like to know) and do a few things:
>
>Did you make any changes to U2 in preparation to run XyShell
>(or for any other reason, apart from personal programming
>you might have added, or fixed or new frames added at Carl's
>or my behest since v114 was released)? Starting with v114,
>there is *no need* for most users to ever adjust U2 -- all configuration is
>done in XYWWWEB.REG. When XyShell's README.WIN installation
>steps 9 and 10 tell you open U2 and enter some Variable
>Data, that instruction no longer applies to v114+ (I need to
>rewrite those sections -- mea culpa). So if you changed U2,
>scrap it and unZIP a fresh unaltered copy of U2 from
>XYWEB114.ZIP. v115 is in the offing, BTW -- maybe 10 days away.



>
>Which computer manufacturer, and is it desktop or notebook?
>If notebook, do you use the built-in keyboard or an external
>keyboard?
>
>What keystroke combo have you dedicated as your "shell to
>new DOS session" key? I presume that, in general, U2 works
>properly? Your regular  launches program frames
>successfully?
>
>Do you run (usually) in a DOS box or in full screen VGA?
>
>What's your BootDriveLetter -- C ?
>
>According to your message, Rexx is successfully installed.
>Since you are using the Rexx runtime, you installed Rexx to
>"[BootDrive]:\Program Files\ObjREXX" aka d:\PROGRA~1\OBJREXX
>-- correct?
>
>Two tests:
>
>1) Hit your dedicated "shell to new DOS session" key. If it
>doesn't execute (i.e. you get the "this program cannot be
>run in DOS" error), then CAll d:\PROGRA~1\OBJREXX\W2.INI and
>copy the content (two lines) into an Email msg to me.
>
>2) Execute the following on the CMline:
>s2 /h /r parse source a b c; say a '|' b '|' c;
>If that doesn't execute, then toggle (Ctrl-Esc) to the
>Desktop, open a DOS box, navigate to the ObjREXX directory,
>and command:
>rexx w2.rex
>Copy the output (if any) and send it to me.
>Then command:
>w2win.bat
>and send me that output to me too, if different from the
>previous output.
>
>Finally, if you haven't already hit some glaring snag, please
>make a single ZIP of the following five files and send the
>ZIP to me as an Email attachment:
>
>your KBD file
>XYWWWEB.REG (in Editor's directory)
>W2-ALIAS.DAT (in Editor's directory)
>W2WIN.BAT (in ObjREXX dir)
>W2.INI (in ObjREXX dir)
>
>I may have overlooked something (we probably need to look at
>Properties for W2WIN.BAT) -- rushing to pack and hit the
>road -- sorry for the haste. Let me know...
>
>-----------------------------
>Robert Holmgren
>holmgren@xxxxxxxx
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