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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Dear Valerie, Stuart, and any other interested
Windows XP users:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>We have managed to get SignWriter 4.4 to run in the
Windows XP DOS box (command prompt). I cannot yet guaratee how the outputs
will function, however, since we have barely made it run. It looks good at
this time.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Currently, we have made a "Windows Shortcut" pointing to
the sw.exe file on the desktop.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>If we right click on the shortcut and select "advance
properties", it shows two files necessary to modify, using the "notepad" editor
program. XP will ask what program to open these files in, as it does not
recognize them, and will provide an icon to select "notepad".</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>The first file is called "Autoexec.NT", and is very
similar to the old DOS Autoexec.bat file. Once you open it in the
"notepad" editor program, add one simple line at the bottom (actually anywhere
on the left margin would work):</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>PATH C:\SW\</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>using the "dos path" to where the sw.exe file exists,
assuming in this example that your actual file path is
C:\SW\sw\exe.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>The second file is called "Config.NT", and is very similar
to the old DOS Config.sys file. It can be opened also in the "notepad" DOS
editor program. It requires the addition of a files statement larger than
the one already at the bottom of the left side of the file. Mine came
configured for 40 files. I changed this line to read:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>FILES=120</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>So far, this has worked to operate SignWriter 4.4, as far
as typing signs. I will report again soon after trying to export the .bmp
and .pdf formats.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Jerry Spillman</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Cyberjer.com</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>