+++ BREAKING NEWS: XYplorer goes twinBASIC +++

[terrytw]

Man this is surprising and exciting! I have been a big fan of XYplorer, glad to hear this!

I know this has been announce 6 months ago and saying this right now makes me look like a caveman, but I don't care, XYplorer works rock solid so I don't always check forums.

I know this is quite a huge transition and I think I will wait a bit until the new version stabilizes before migration, my setup is medium level complex so I don't want to ruin the daily experience.

I think if you have a mature linux version, it's going to capture a significant amount of users since linux users are usually power users.

Also the part about black art and voodoo programmer is hilarious.

Anyway, wish you all the best Don! Can't wait to try it when I got time to migrate.

[admin]

Thank you!

I estimate that every Linux user will want a license. They're so lost without it.

[Filehero]

I would start with MacOS first before heading towards the FOSS warriors. ^^

[admin]

It's for the TB folks to decide anyway.

[Atari800XL]

This is amazing, must admit I'm only reading about this great news now (holidays for me).
I had kind of accepted the fact that there would never be a 64 bit version, and in Windows PE, I would always have to "build in" WOW64 to get XYPlorer working (refuse to use anything else, even in PE).

So after reading about the 64 bit version one hour ago, the first thing I had to try was firing up Windows PE and testing XY64. To my great surprise it worked, even without (dll) dependencies.

Like someone else mentioned in this thread, this is some of the best software news of the year. I also agree on the Linux version remarks. Having XYPlorer in Linux would make a huge difference.

Congratulations!

[admin]

Thanks, mate!

[XY fan]

So after reading about the 64 bit version one hour ago, the first thing I had to try was firing up Windows PE and testing XY64. To my great surprise it worked, even without (dll) dependencies.

So what did you do - exactly. I would like to try too!

[Atari800XL]

The short answer is: just fire up any PE (I like bare bones ADK versions, driven by Autohotkey scripts, by I can also recommend LiveSystemPro or PhoenixPE) and run XY64 from any folder.

A longer answer would probably need a new topic, maybe I will start that tomorrow.

[terrytw]

Hi dear Don, I saw on front page that the 64 bit version will be officially released. I would like to make a small request, if it's not too much trouble:

it would be great if you can write a small summary on how to migrate from 32 bit. For portable version, we get

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XYplorer.chm
XYplorer.chw
CatalogDefault.dat
LicenseXY.txt
ReadmeXY.txt
exe files

And we have the Data folder which contains scripts, icons, newitems, panes, paper folders, config.ini, a bunch of .data files for configuration, etc., I just wish to know what we should do, like do we simply put Data folder and the new XYplorer executable together and that's it?

[admin]

The 64-bit version is fully compatible with all data and configuration files for reading and writing. All you have to do is overwrite the two executables that are part of the 64-bit package: XYplorer.exe and XYcopy.exe. Your current 32-bit configuration will be preserved 100%.

But it can be even easier. Simply paste this script into the 32-bit XYplorer address bar and press ENTER:

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update 1 + 32 + 256;  //update to the latest 64-bit beta version

But note that currently the 64-bit is still in beta. Some features, like accelerators, are not yet working at all, and there are some known bugs (nothing severe, mostly cosmetic glitches) that are waiting to be fixed.

[terrytw]

The 64-bit version is fully compatible with all data and configuration files for reading and writing. All you have to do is overwrite the two executables that are part of the 64-bit package: XYplorer.exe and XYcopy.exe. Your current 32-bit configuration will be preserved 100%.

But it can be even easier. Simply paste this script into the 32-bit XYplorer address bar and press ENTER:

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update 1 + 32 + 256;  //update to the latest 64-bit beta version

But note that currently the 64-bit is still in beta. Some features, like accelerators, are not yet working at all, and there are some known bugs (nothing severe, mostly cosmetic glitches) that are waiting to be fixed.

I am assuming that we don't need the 3 "XY64" executables anymore?

[admin]

Correct.

[terrytw]

Correct.

Cool! Thanks for the tip!

[XY fan]

The short answer is: just fire up any PE (I like bare bones ADK versions, driven by Autohotkey scripts, by I can also recommend LiveSystemPro or PhoenixPE) and run XY64 from any folder.

Thankyou. I did and it works just fine.

[JLoftus]

As have I. Thanks Don!