Re: Using XyWrite file in Word and saving as text document

[Carl Distefano cld@xxxxxxxx]

Reply to note from Harry Binswanger  Wed, 22 Nov
2006 15:00:46 -0500

Harry:

> Because email has previously introduced extra charaters, I've
> attached an encoding of the U2-installed block just you can see
> if it matches what you encoded.

It matches.

> Again, seems like it would be simplest to trap the error
> number/message...

That's not going to help you here, because I suspect the error isn't
occuring within XyWrite, but rather is the result of a faulty
interaction between the XPL routine and the BATch file that it
creates and launches. In short, a timing error.

Have you tried running the resulting BATch file manually after
receiving the "Conversion failed" message? The file in question is
W4WTEMP.BAT, located in the directory that has EDITOR.EXE. Open a
DOS command prompt window, CD to Editor's directory, and issue
W4WTEMP.BAT at the DOS prompt. Does it write an RTF file with the
(converted) contents of your original DeFine block? If so, that
would confirm that the problem is a timing error.

Try it, would you, between bites of turkey, and let me know.

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Carl Distefano
cld@xxxxxxxx