Author: Klaus Evers
Date: 09:25:39 06/18/99
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On June 18, 1999 at 11:07:52, Quenton Fyfe wrote: >I just copied some PGN from this forum into my Windows clipboard, and tried to >find a chess program to paste it into, so that I could look at the game. > >Not a particularly sophisticated requirement - but most of the programs I have >either can't do it at all, or hide it away somewhere that I couldn't find it >quickly: (It should be Edit / Paste). > >Fritz5: No - but it's only pseudo-windows anyway. >Chessbase Light: Nothing obvious >Chess Assistant 4 Demo: No - (surprising - it's one of the better Windows >interfaces) >EPD2Diag: - No (recognised PGN on the clipboard, but chose not to paste it in) >etc etc etc - I tried several others.... > >Perhaps some of these programs can do it (saving to disk and importing doesn't >count...) - but it wasn't obvious at a glance; which it should be. > >The ONE program I found that gets it right? - CDB of course. Thanks Peter ! > >I guess this highlights the difference between writing a program for windows - >and writing a windows program. > >So which other programs can Edit/Paste pgn ? > >Regards > >Quenton Fyfe I do it all the time, with notepad and CB light: start in CBl the option ->new game/match (works with Ctrl+n), then activate the empti notation window with left mouse button and do Ctrl + v to insert the notation. wait.... yes, it is still working. I just tested it in that moment. I have the version CBl 6.01, how about you??? CU! Klaus E.
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