Win 7 64 Bit

[Jon P xywrite4@xxxxxxxx]

@ Robert Orndorff:

I tried the Virtual PC method first and didn't like it. I do need Windows 7 to be able to see my XY
files--and with Virtual PC there is a very slow, cumbersome workaround called Shared Folders. I
guess I could have also put the browser, email, etc. into the XP zone, but that seems mighty
redundant. Virtual PC really is like having a separate computer.

The Mendelson WPDOS site has help for that method, too, if people want to try it.

http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/virtualpc.html

I also attempted to set up DOS 6 and Win98 machines in Virtual PC, as Mendelson urges, but those
were a no-go, probably my error. Shared Folders was the real stumbling block, though.


@ Carl.
Thanks for the METAPAD. (Cue Bob Hope theme.)  Looks promising, but it's going to take me a few
days to try it. The Paste program I'm using now (which I think is also an Edward Mendelson
contribution) types in pasted text one visible keystroke at a time, and some of the characters in
the XPLEncoded block made it hop back and forth to the command line and strew brackets and suchlike
at the end of the pasted text. Entertaining to watch, but not so useful. So I'll have to insert the
Metapad frame into U2 on an XP computer and recopy that U2 onto the Windows 7 computer, then test.
I'll report back when I've tried it. The question will be whether DOSBox can handle Metapad within
XY4. 

@ Lisa Kleinholtz
If you want to get in touch with me when you're making the move, I'll be glad to send you my
DOSBox.conf file or offer what other help I can. Just make sure to run Portable.PM on your current
XY installation before your XP goes XTinct.


Jon Pareles

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> Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 20:58:11 -0500
> Subject: Re: Win 7 64 Bit
> From: Robert Orndorff 
>
> If you have Windows 7 Pro or higher, you have to download
> and install
> "Virtual PC" and "XP Mode" and then real XP runs in a
> virtual PC within
> Windows 7.  Just right clicking and selecting XP
> Compatibility is not the
> same.  Microsoft has made it confusing by having "XP
> Mode" as well as "
> Compatibility Mode for XP" and they're two totally different
> things.  You
> can download and get instructions for what you need here:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx
> This really is XP and things run as they do in XP. 
> This should work the
> same as the VMWare solution mentioned below, but this is no
> extra cost.
>
> -Robert
>
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> From: Carl Distefano 
> Subject: Re: Win 7 64 Bit [Metapad]
> Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2012 01:06:01 -0500
>
>
> Reply to note from Carl Distefano 
> Sat, 24 Nov 2012
> 16:05:57 -0500
>
> Here's another iteration of the METAPAD frame. Works the
> same as
> before, except this one strips the Ascii-26 end-of-file char
> from
> the DeFined block before displaying it in Metapad. This
> allows for a
> simple Ctrl-A,C in Metapad to select-All and Copy the
> Xy-DeFined
> text to the Windows clipboard.
>
> To recap:
> Metapad.exe must be in the directory that contains
> EDITOR.EXE.
> METAPAD launches Metapad, displaying a blank
> new file
> METAPADF opens the current XyWrite file or
> DeFined block in
> Metapad
>
> Note to Jon P: *IF* this frame works in Xy4 running under
> DOSBox, it
> will make it easier to get a DF block from XyWrite into the
> Windows
> clipboard (i.e., easier than opening the entire file in
> Notepad).
>
> PS: It would be easy enough to adapt this frame to work with
> any
> Windows text editor.
>
> XPLeNCODE v2.0
> b-gin [UNTITLED]
> {{;5metapad*}} Launch Metapad Windows text editor from Xy4
> di
> rectory; METAPADF loads current XyWrite file|DF
> block|filenam
> e from DIR listing into Metapad [CLD
> rev.11/25/12][cr|lf]{002
> }[BX_]es
> 1[Q2_]{<}SV01,{>}{<}IF@upr({<}VA$FR{>}){240}"F"&{<}V
> A$WS{>}>0{>}{<}SX01,{<}VA$FP{>}{>}{<}IF{<}VA$WS{>}>1{>}{<}SX0
> 1,{<}VA$DR{>}{>}{<}EI{>}{<}EI{>}{<}SX50,{<}VA$ED{>}{>}[JM_]2.
> GetPath[Q2_]{<}IF{<}VA|01{>}>0&{<}VA$DF{>}>0{>}[DZ_]{<}IF{<}V
> A$DN{>}-{<}VA$DB{>}>0{>}{<}SX01,{<}IS50{>}+"\XYDEFINE.TX"{>}[
> BX_]sad/nv
> {<}PV01{>}[Q2_][BX_]wait[Q2_][BX_]dos/nv/x/z /c co
> py {<}PV01{>} /a {<}PV01{>}T
> /b[Q2_][BX_]wait[Q2_][BX_]ernv {
> <}PV01{>}[Q2_][BX_]wait[Q2_]{<}EI{>}{<}EI{>}[BX_]dos/nv/x/z
> /
> c cmd.exe /c start
> {<}PV50{>}\metapad.exe{<}IF{<}VA|01{>}>0{>
> } {<}PV01{>}T{<}EI{>}[Q2_]{002}[cr|lf][cr|lf]
> -nd
> XPLeNCODE
>
>
> --
> Carl Distefano
> cld@xxxxxxxxxx
>
>
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