RE: Xy3+ on NT 4

[Alison Tartt akt@xxxxxxxx]

Thanks, Paul. This is all very helpful, especially the level of detail.

Alison Tartt

At 11:18 AM 6/14/01 -0400, you wrote:
>Generally the setup file should be run using "Start" - "Run" rather than
>from within a DOS window (termed a "Command Prompt" in NT4). If you use
>other DOS programs you might want to make a DOS directory (NT4 does not set
>one up, so you would have to make one) and put your XyWrite directory under
>it, but I shouldn't think this is really necessary; you can use the default
>directory that Setup suggests.
>
>Alternatively, XY3+ is small enough that you should be able to copy the
>existing program files onto diskette and then onto the new computer,
>provided you use the same directory names you are using under Win3.1
>(including for temp files, etc.).
>
>What you will have to do under NT is to create a new PIF file. The easiest
>way to do this is to create a new Shortcut on the Desktop after you have
>installed the program, following the instructions as to where to find
>editor.exe. After that is completed, right-click on the shortcut icon, go
>to the Program tab, and left-click on the Windows NT button. Make sure that
>the autoexec file there identified (use the one that is given or you can
>make a new autoexec file) has the XyWrite path in it; otherwise you will
>have problems with spellchecking and possibly other functions. Other
>adjustments, such as the icon displayed by the shortcut and the name you
>want displayed with it, can be made by changing the Properties settings.
>
>Other writers have recently addressed problems of printing to network
>printers under DOS versions of XyWrite, but these may not be an issue for
>you, or other issues may arise. But generally DOS versions of XyWrite work
>acceptably under NT, apparently better than Win ME.
>
>Regards,
>
>Paul Ambos
>pambos@xxxxxxxx
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:	Alison Tartt [SMTP:akt@xxxxxxxx]
>> Sent:	Thursday, June 14, 2001 10:16 AM
>> To:	xywrite@xxxxxxxx
>> Subject:	Xy3+ on NT 4
>>
>>
>> I'd like to phase out my old DOS 5/Win 3.1 machine to reduce equipment
>> clutter. It will all depend on whether I can get XyWrite 3+ to work as
>> trouble-free on my NT 4 machine as it does on the old one.
>>
>> To load XyWrite on the NT machine, I should do so from the MS-DOS Command
>> window, right?
>>
>> And do the XyWrite program files need to reside in the same directory as
>> the DOS stuff (wherever that is)?
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Alison Tartt
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