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I have been using TextPad for about a year now and find it an excellent all-round editor. A lot of my work is in Java and I particularly like the option through Tools to compile and run Java applications. I much prefer it to Netbeans - I think it cleaner and easier to use even for reasonably large p...

What about making a file called "MyCopy.bat" containing -

@echo off
copy %1 + %2 + %3 %4


Then call
MyCopy BOAHeader.txt BOADetails.txt BOATrailer.txt BOAPPOutput

Alan

Do you have mouse problems with any other text software - like Notepad for example.

If so, you may need to reinstall your Mouse driver.

Alan

I can set Courier New font to the same range of font sizes for Printing as for screen and printing is OK.

Would your problem have anything to do with your printer settings?

I am using TextPad 5.2

Alan.

You could rename the file to filename.txt so that TextPad sees it as a txt file.

or...

You can also right click on the file and select Open With - then select TextPad from the list of Options - then check the box "Always use selected program..."

Alan

As Nicholas says, select Colors for whatever file type you want (eg Java or Text) then select "Current Line" from the list. Then you can select foreground and background colors.

I lost the entry in my list because it had been set to White on White

Alan

It is not an important problem - I am just working through some examples in a text book. If the problem occurs again I will go straight to the command line.

Thanks for your help

Alan

You are right - none of the other programs read from System.in. This explains my problem - how can I get around it?

Thanks for your help

Alan

I am coding an example from a text book The start of the program is // Using a do-while to process a menu selection class Menu { public static void main(String args[]) throws java.io.IOException { char choice; do { System.out.println("Help on:"); System.out.println(" 1. if"); Sys...

You say "those language will not be appreciated...." after having called someone "u garbage"! That does not compute! :P It would be nice to think that anyone studying a computer language is aiming at becoming a professional and would behave accordingly. Also "massage" i...

Why java 1.4?

The rest of us nerds are on JDK 1.6_06

Alan

Four posts down from this current one is
http://forums.textpad.com/viewtopic.php?t=7409



Surprisingly it has the same Subject!!



Alan

This could be a Windows version compatibility problem.

Form another Forum try the solution here
http://helpdesk.getmega.com/index.php/topic,5460.0.html

I hope this helps - it may not

Alan

I am using 5.1 and have no problem printing question marks in a Text file

Alan

I also searched HELP and couldn't find any thing. I have tried expanding the Explorer window in case it was hiding information. In Main Menu I have View/Explorer not as you have View/Explorer Bar/Folders. I am using 5.1 under windows XP Pro. I have just found another post saying it will be fixed soo...