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New forums look good. Especially having Read Only for Known Problems, work arounds and solutions.

Would like to suggest one more forum to be added: Requests for new features, enhancements.

Thanks for listening.

Folder for macros is defined in Configure, Preferences, Folders, line for macros.

Other folders are also defined here, such as backups, shortcuts, clip library, etc.

Hope this helps....good luck.

I just happened to be passing by.

I actually saw this solution contirubuted by someone else a few months back, but it solved the problem for me and I happened to remember the solution. (Thanks again to whoever that was).

Glad I could help.

Close all documents in textPad.

Then select Configure, Preferences, View.
Put check marks in Visible White Space boxes.
Click OK.

Close TextPad and reopen it.

Should be all set.

Hope this helps, good luck.

I am not familiar with the format of Unix "diff" but there is a Windows DOS command FC for comparing files. It is in Windows\command folder on WIN95/98 systems.

Enter FC /? for syntax.

Also don't forget TextPad also has Compare Files under Tools.

I just did a simple cut and paste test macro. Results: 1. Cut and paste worked as expected, Paste operation was done, and next steps continued. This was in straight text mode, not in Fill Block mode. 2. I changed the section that was cut and ran the macro again, and the macro cut and paste pulled in...

Two items come to mind: 1. Fill Block only enabled when word wrapping is turned off and a fixed width font is selected. Be sure your macro makes those settings before doing Fill Block. 2. Macro does exactly what you recorded before stopping record. Did the Paste operation actually work? Did macro &q...

If you have a spell checker that you like, how about uisng a program like Macro Scheduler ( www.mjtnet.com ) where you could define a hot key that would copy document in TextPad, open the program of your choice with the spell checker, do the spell checking and copy the modified document back into Te...

Click on Configure, Preferences
General section.
Remove checkmark in Context Menu
Apply, OK

All Done

Full agreement on editing macros. But rather than trying to learn macros in TextPad, I would strongly you look get Macro Scheduler for making your macros. Macro Scheduler is available at http://www.mjtnet.com/index.htm?ref=rmhansense@sensiblesolutions.org_2644641 . Too many features to list here, bu...

Assume following layout: header line data1;col1;col2;col3;col4;col5 data2;col1;col2;col3;col4;col5 data3;col1;col2;col3;col4;col5 data4;col1;col2;col3;col4;col5 *summary To add the header line to all of the details lines and stop at the summary line, try this: Macro1 - Get Header info(run once) CTL-...

Check the settings:

Configure, Preferences,

General Settings:
Working folder follows active document needs to have a checkmark.

This usually works for most issues. If you close a file, the next time you do File, Open, you will be in the last directory that a file was saved in.

On 4/7/03 I submitted a reply to a similar question.

Look at Subject "Help--filename in active window title", origiinated by Laz, may be some help for you there.

Have you checked the General Preferences?

Click on Configure, Preferences.
Remove the check mark from the box "Allow multiple instances to run".

Click on Apply, and OK.

Re the different openings, I think you will find that the underlying executable commands have different command line parameters.
I suspect you will have to change those in the registry, but I can't tell you where.