Re: copying & pasting between XY and MS

  • From: "Avrom Fischer" <avromf@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <xywrite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 08:07:24 -0700

Since at least three quarters of the posts are over my head, I do not know 
whether my comments add anything but here goes.  I run xy4 from a full screen 
in xp pro using the icon Robert described a few years ago.  When I want to 
switch between xy4 and a windows application, I save my document with a txt 
extension after stripping out the deltas.  I than call it up in notepad and 
paste the retrieved document in the windows applicaton I want to use.  When 
converting a document generated by windows application such as excell or word, 
I paste it into a notepad since it seems to strip out hard returns, store the 
file with a txt extension and than retrieve it in xy.  

I assume there is a better way of doing the conversion back and forth, but at 
least I understand what I am doing and so far it works.  

I still have working copies of word for word so if I want to preserve formating 
I use word for word for conversions both ways.

Will any of my procedures work on a pc with windows 7.

avromf@xxxxxxx<mailto:avromf@xxxxxxx> or 
af413@xxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:af413@xxxxxxxxxxxx>


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Harry Binswanger<mailto:hb@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 
  To: xywrite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:xywrite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
  Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 7:33 AM
  Subject: Re: copying & pasting between XY and MS


  Kari,

  This has to be a very awkward and unnecessary way to go. Xy works just 
  peachy under XP. The cocoon he has to break out of is the idea that 
  full-screen is better than a big window. Virtual PC is overkill.

  Regards,
  Harry



  >If you are upgrading to XP, you must break out of your cocoon and find a 
  >new cozy nest for your DOS applications. VirtualPC is a good choice. This 
  >way you can run your apps under native DOS and full-screen. Copying data 
  >gets done through a shared folder as files.
  >
  >To install VirtualPC, go to my utilities page 
  
>(http://www.lexitec.fi/xywrite/utility.html<http://www.lexitec.fi/xywrite/utility.html>)
 and
  >
  >1) download MS Virtual PC 2007 (Windows Vista or Windows XP)
  >http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/support/virtual-pc-2007.aspx
  >
  >2) download my DOS Additions 
(http://www.lexitec.fi/xywrite/dosadd.zip<http://www.lexitec.fi/xywrite/dosadd.zip>),
 
  >unzip it and open the readme file for installation instructions (DOS 
  >additions are needed to share a folder between DOS and XP)
  >
  >3) install DOS into the virtual machine, then the DOS additions, and 
  >applications (Xy). If you install Windows 3.11 on top of DOS, you can use 
  >networking and DOS boxes, but this is a bit more complicated, and a not 
  >needed for basic operation.
  >
  >One added benefit is that once you have your DOS apps in a virtual 
  >machine, you can copy the virtual machine to a newer operating system, 
  >i.e. it is totally portable.
  >
  >Best regards,
  >
  >Kari Eveli
  >LEXITEC Book Publishing (Finland)
  >lexitec@xxxxxxxxxx
  >
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  Harry Binswanger
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