RE: To Brian Henderson: XyWrite programmer needed

[Brian.Henderson@xxxxxxxx]

Title: RE: To Brian Henderson: XyWrite programmer needed





I'm sorry Del...I was hoping for an XPL macro writing assignment. Your message went right over my head. I have (almost) no idea what you're asking about (I'm such a loser...I don't deserve to be a member of this group).

But...now that the problem has been laid out, maybe someone who actually knows something could help you.


-Bry


-----Original Message-----

From: OIKO@xxxxxxxx [mailto:OIKO@xxxxxxxx]

Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 4:13 AM

To: xywrite@xxxxxxxx

Subject: To Brian Henderson: XyWrite programmer needed




Brian,


I produce abstracts for a database. 

Each file contains 50 abstracts. 

Each abstract has field tags, such as 001, 012, 060, and 080. 


This "Key" program uses a control file of 10,000 keywords to search certain 

field tags (012 and 060) in each abstract and highlight the matches. Each 

highlighted keyword can be left on (green highlight) or turned off (red 

highlight) via a toggle key. 


The "Afterkey" program inserts the green highlighted keywords into the 080 

field at the end of each abstract.


Problem 1:

These programs are coded to run in DOS text mode at 132 x 25. I cannot get my 

DELL computer with NVIDIA card to accept this setting.


Problem 2:

I need to expand the control file from 10,000 words to 999,000 words.


Problem 3:

Should I migrate these programs to the Windows version of XyWrite and get out 

of DOS?


Thanks for your inquiry.


Del