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RE: For vDosPlus users: A query, and a new utility (vHandles.bat)



Reply to note from hbfavor1943 <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Wed, 3 Dec 2025 10:23:30 -0500

Harry,

> 1. Quits.pm closes xy4 and reopens just fine, but when I have a
> number of windows open when I run it, xy4 does not reopen as
> foreground window.

I don't see this with QUITS.PM, but I occasionally do see it in other contexts. I'm tempted to blame
Windows 11, but can't say for sure. Two possible workarounds: (A) use START to start vDosPlus, as in
"start vDosPlus.exe ...", as opposed to a bare vDosPlus.exe command. (B) If that doesn't
help, you probably have goxy.exe kicking around in your directory somewhere. (If not, U2EXTRAS has
it, <https://ammaze.net/xywwweb/dls/U2EXTRAS.ZIP>.)
Try adding goxy into the mix. If you launch vDosPlus with a batch file, make it the last command in
the batch file. (If necessary, quote a (case-insensitive) segment of the title of your XyWrite
window that uniquely identifies it to goxy.exe, for example, 'goxy.exe
"vdosplus-xywrite"'. That should function to shift focus to your XyWrite window. Actually,
you might have to insert a pause before invoking goxy.exe, to give vDosPlus a chance to start up.
You can do this in a batch file; for example, to insert a two-second pause:

start vDosPlus.exe
timeout /t 2
[d:\path\]goxy.exe "vdosplus"
exit /B

> 2. For some inexplicable reason, the key combo win+F11 is not
> downsizing the vdos xy4 window anymore, after having worked for
> years.

Yep, same here. In this case I *am* inclined to blame Win 11 as I don't recall this happening
before. (If so, it's a bit disconcerting not to have continuity with regard to basic keyboard
functionality, isn't it?) I don't have a fix, but if you find one, please do let us all know.

-- 
Carl Distefano
cld@xxxxxxxxxx