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Launching A4v8 apps in XP

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    Launching A4v8 apps in XP

    What is the best way to create a shortcut for an application? I am switching applications from A4v3 on Windows 98 to A4v8 on Windows XP.

    George Nichols
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    RE: Launching A4v8 apps in XP

    Create shortcuts on the A4.EXE file. Edit the properties of the shortcut and add you parameters to the command line.

    You can create a shortcut for each of your applications.

    gm

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      #3
      RE: Launching A4v8 apps in XP

      Gedi:

      My attempts to create shortcuts for applications has failed.

      How can I obtain a more detailed description of the process or an example of a shortcut that works?

      George

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        RE: Launching A4v8 apps in XP

        George,

        The date was quite a while ago so perhaps you solved your problem. The shortcut that was generated for me when I installed v8 in XP was as follows: (my software was installed on drive E)

        Target: E:\alpha4v8\unwise.exe /w/ "E:\alpha4v8\install.log"

        Start in: E:\alpha4v8

        Run: Maximized

        This would be the alpha icon found in your group folder with the other alpha icons. If you have that, then just right click to duplicate it and drag it to your desktop, your quick start area or whatever.

        Hope this helps.

        Judy

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          #5
          RE: Launching A4v8 apps in XP

          Judy,

          Thank you.

          Yes, your example helped me to learn how to launch Alpha4v8, but I also want to tell it to open the D:\Alpha4v8\VIDEO.DBF and to execute the application command ie, -A=D:\Alpha4v8\MAIN.APP.

          George

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            RE: Launching A4v8 apps in XP

            George,

            I am just struggling through this myself. I have v6 on a 98 system, then didn't use it for 4 years. I have now graduated to v8. It is amazing how much you forget in 4 years. I am using the same scripts that I had written before and just trying to get the whole thing to work (it is stuff I do for the homeowner's association).

            Anyhow, I have now successfully gotten it to set the script path correctly and I hope load my preset variables. Look at page I-9 of the a4v6 manual and I think you will find what you are looking for. Then edit Alpha Start2.bat which is found in your a4v8 directory. Right click on your edited start 2 bat and tell windows to make you your shortcut.

            It works for me, hopefully it will help you. It is so confusing as you are never sure they are talking about what you were given in your files. Much of the stuff that I have read here doesn't seem to work for me. For example I was having a file handle problem and it was said to check config.sys. Then someone on this forum finally said if you had XP you checked config.nt. Worked much better!
            Once it gets set up, it should be much easier from then on.

            Judy

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              RE: Launching A4v8 apps in XP

              I just found out that by making the shortcut start2 I couldn't print! If you use the original shortcut I gave you but edit the start2 thing you should have the best of both possible worlds.

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