Author: Robert Ericsson
Date: 04:03:59 06/19/99
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On June 18, 1999 at 13:52:56, Pete Galati wrote: >You don't paste it into a program, you paste it into the Notepad or Wordpad and >saveas 'filename.pgn' and then you have access to it with about 10,000 pgn >viewers. > >Pete Nope, it works with KenChess if you chose 'Paste into Player' in the 'Edit' menu! /Robert > >On June 18, 1999 at 11:14:25, Robert Ericsson wrote: > >>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 ! >> >>KenChess can do this - and it's freeware! >>http://members.aol.com/kenchess/private/home.htm >> >>Robert >>> >>>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
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