Re: clipboard from Win to Xy

[Norman Bauman nbauman@xxxxxxxx]

I have a problem transferring files between XyWrite 3 and Windows programs
with the clipboard.

For my DOS programs, I used to use a temporary file named save.tmp. In
order to have a short path, I would save it in my root directory, as follows:

c:\save.tmp

That worked fine in Win31. Now in Win98, when I am in, say, Eudora, and I
clip text and want to save it in a file c:\save.tmp, it doesn't work.
First, Eudora wants to name it save.tmp.txt, which is too many keystrokes
for something I do dozens of times a day. Second, Eudora wants to save it
as c:\eudora\save.tmp.txt. I have to change the file directory from
c:\eudora\ to c:|, which takes a lot of mouse clicks.

Does anybody know an easier way? I don't *want* any files to be *.txt by
default. And I'd like to save files from more of a--you got it--command line.

Norman


At 08:16 PM 2/22/99 -0500, Bruce L. Felknor wrote:
>
>Re the recent query and responses on transferring text from a Windows (95)
>app to Xywin:
>FWIW, with Xydos (4.017), when I need to do this I find it easy to use
>"Save As" from the File menu and save to a Xywrite file with a ".TXT"
>suffix.
>
>Nathan observes that (at least with Xywin) the Clipboard and "Paste"
>routine won't work unless Xywrite is opened in a Windows window, but I
>never do that. The only problem I notice with my approach is that I get an
>"Illegal operation-Will be shut down" msg from Windows, but I save this
>transfer until through with the Windows app (usually Write and for
>typographic reasons), and ready to quit Write anyway, so tant pis.
>                Bruce Felknor
>
>

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