Re: Autosave [was Switches]

[Judith Davidsen jdavidsen@xxxxxxxx]

This is so nice I think I'll use it as a substitute for the
SL command, even if it does mean I might unnecessarily STore
the ocassional directory.

Judith Davidsen

TBaehr@xxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> For those brave or foolhardy enough to use the Menu/Dialog
> system in Xy4DOS or Xy4Win, there's a way to capture
> information about all open files (name, view, location,
> cursor position, save/gets, etc.), save (or save and
> close) the files and give a "Session" name to the whole
> shebang. Say you've got 4 files open about the Forbusher
> Account. You run this routine, name it "forbush", and exit
> XyWrite. Next time, you restore the "forbush" session and
> everything comes back exactly as you left it. If you have
> any Untitled files open when you save the session, you
> will be prompted to name it or abandon it. Look for this
> feature on the File pull-down menu.
>
> As I noted, you can close the files or keep them open. If
> you keep them open, you can continue working but be
> assured that you've just taken a snapshot of your entire
> session.
>
> I wrote a similar set of routines for XyIII+ when I was a
> third-party supplier to XyWrite. They were the genesis of
> the stuff I put into Xy4.
>
> Tim Baehr