Re: XyWrite 4.11 for Windows

["Kiyoshi Kuromiya" kiyoshi@xxxxxxxx]

I have had the same problem with search causing a hang on my
XyWrite for
Windows. Tech support a couple of weeks ago said they were
sending me a copy of 4.11, but I have not yet received it.
Would getting 4.11 (or 4.12) resolve the problem?
--Kiyoshi Kuromiya.

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> > This is my first posting to this list, of whose existence I
learned
> just a few days ago. I am a translator residing in Japan and
have been
> a XyWrite addict from the days of version 2. Frankly, my
enthusiasm for
> the program as well as for its publishers has waned somewhat,
but I still
> stick with it for text input because I have yet to find
something that
> matches its combination of sheer power, flexibility, speed, and
kookiness
> (character, if you wish).
> > I am using XyWrite for DOS 4.015 as my main workhorse, and
occasionally
> XyWrite for Windows to do Windowish things with text that I
created in
> Xy4DOS. While I appreciate the compatibility in file formats
between the
> DOS and Windows versions of Xy, I would like to second the
comments
> made by Eric K. Glunt to the effect that XyWrite for Windows
version 4.11
> still seems rather rough around the edges. I also had severe
problems
> with menu driven search and replace (the program would hang
every time I
> started to type text in a "search" or "replace" box). However,
I was able
> to fix this by downloading a newer version of the XWDLG.DLG
file from the
> Technology Group BBS. The one I use now is dated 4-02-94, and
it lets me
> do menu driven search and replace without lockups.
> > Unfortunately, upgrading XWDLG.DLG did nothing for another
problem I am
> having, namely faxing from Xy4Win, using any Windows fax
program such
> as WinFax Pro or Procomm Plus for Windows version 2.0. Whenever
I fax
> something, the first page comes out fine but text on all
subsequent
> pages is 'grayed out' (printed in a kind of black-on-gray
reverse style
> that is almost impossible to read and increases transmission
times to
> ridiculous levels). I contacted Tech Support and was told that
the
> problem is known and seems to be related to a combination
between
> Xy4Win and certain video card drivers at certain resolutions (I
have
> an older Diamond Speedstar card which I run at 800x600).
> > My communication with Tech Support about this problem took
place some
> time ago, and I was told that I would be kept informed, but so
far I
> have heard nothing about any solution. I certainly hope that
the
> imminent release of version 4.12 will fix this problem for me.
> (Just for the record, the faxing problem does not occur with
WordPerfect
> for Windows or Word for Windows using the same fonts, the same
video card
> and resolution, and the same fax programs.)
> > Wolfgang Bechstein CXI00541@xxxxxxxx
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