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Re: Kudos for XyWrite III+, hopes for future successorts

Hello,
I think this is a long shot (NB producing something that would suit longtime Xy3+/NB3 users). 
It seems that we share an interest in custom DOS bookkeeping. I still 
use and maintain routines developed with Nantucket DOS Clipper. However, 
I have graduated to the modern Harbour compiler for new command-line 
xBase programs that I make. See: https://harbour.github.io/forks and 
https://www.hmgforum.com/app.php/download

I have been using the HMG 3.x command-line compiler with very good results.

Best regards,

Kari Eveli
LEXITEC Book Publishing (Finland)
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K.G.H. Nicholes wrote:
2025/04/03

Hello, Steve Siebert,
   I am a 68 year old tech who has been using XyWrite III+ for writing, file comparisons, and automated distillation processing of reports since the early 1990s.  I'm a fast typist, so the mouse-free control of XyWrite, which keeps my hands on the keyboard, is a huge asset.  XyWrite III+ is still an important tool on my daily driver computer - a Win7-32 that runs a mature custom 16bit FoxPro 2.6 for DOS bookkeeping application.  (FoxPro 2.6 for DOS is my favorite program coding language.)
   Microsoft keeps making Windows worse, in my opinion.  They have dropped support for 16bit.  Their "upgrade" of FoxPro does not run or update old code - even though that was a featured promise of the new version - after investing almost $1K in FoxPro 9, it simply doesn't work.  (Then they want paid support.)  As a solution, I'm hoping to migrate to Linux with a Win7-32 virtual machine that can run my vital custom application.
   Long ago, I tried XyWrite 4, but liked III+ better.  I'm hoping that your new version will be a winner - and worth investing in.  I make the purchasing decisions for my small company, so I look forward to XyQuest/NotaBene convincing me.

   With my regards,  K.G.H. Nicholes

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