Jussi:

I recently got a new machine, Windows 8, and a new version (ze32v397o) of Zeus, so I hope I have this straight.

When I install or uninstall Zeus, the following change is made in the registry.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.txt default value is cleared.

This removes "Text document ...

Changing Plain Text Alt seems to have corrected the alternating background colors problem I was having.

I had been wondering what that was for.

Thanks again!

Omer

Zeus displays alternating background colors from line to line.

This includes whitespace (at least under some conditions).

There seems to be a number of conditions. For example, right now I am looking at

whitespace - all the SAME shade of blue
all numbers - white on the same shade of blue as the ...

jussi:

thanks, again

i still have an earlier copy of 3.97 installed. i think it is 3.97c, but i am not sure, i get a little confused with all of the updates. the latest one i have been using is 3.97e

anyway, the sort seems ok using the earlier version.

i didn't try 3.97d because i get REALLY ...

jussi:

i have a large file with about 12500 rows that i frequently sort. this used to work wondrously well.

recently sorting has been taking much, much longer. may 50 to 100 times as long. :cry:

the task manager indicates that zeus is only running 25% of the time and the system idle process 75 ...

I thought I submitted this question earlier, but I can't find it in the forum!

How do I enable backing up of files as the ae loaded?

I found the following in help, but it didn't help.

LoadBackup

This option enables or disables the backing up of files, as they are loaded for editing. If this ...

Jussi:

Thanks for the umpteenth time!

dir "$ZeusScript" worked

Omer

Jussi:

OK. I copied the 3.96 zScript file to C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Xidicone\Zeus\

The scripts seem to working now :o

I also deleted ALL of the z... directories in the 3.97 directory. :?:

So here is what I now understand that one needs to do to install the 3.97 patch over 3.96.

1 ...

Jussi:

As you may recall I am installing 3.97 under Vista.

I seem to have zconfig under control, but now comes zscript.

If I click on Macros/Load..., I get the "Load Macro" dialog box. If I then drop the list, I see:

C:\Users\Omer Kircher\AppData\Roaming\Xidicone\Zeus\zScript
C:\ProgramData ...

Jussi:

Thanks one more time!

I did what you said and everything seems to be working ok now.

I would not have figured this out in my lifetime.

The ding on the second instance of a search is gone.

Also the error message about 2240 NLS is gone.

Is all of this business about "Vista awareness ...

Jussi:

I don't know how your quote box technique works so I am going to intersperse responses in caps, if you don't mind.

When you start the Zeus.exe file it always looks for a zConfig sub-folder in the same location as the Zeus.exe file.

THAT IS WHAT I THOUGHT.

The only way you can change this ...

Jussi:

I later thought to try this:

On 3.96,
1) change the name of the config directory
2) execute 3.96

The result is that i get more or less the same display that I do on 3.97.

I think this confirms my suggestion that 3.97 is ignoring the content of the zconfig directory.

Omer

Jussi:

I got file ze397.zip (instead of ze32v397.zip) and did what you said.

I get version 3.97 but I still do not have the configuration that I have in 3.96!

I also tried copying zconfig from 3.96 to 3.97. No effect!

The only thing I can think of is that, for whatever reason, on my system, 3.97 ...

Jussi:

Thanks again for your patience!

I am trying to install 3.97 and I am following your instructions to the best of my ability. Here is what I experienced.

You say: "The easy way: Apply the patch following the instructions outlined in the patch."

As far as I can see there are no instructions ...

Jussi:

Thanks for your reply.

Keep in mind that most of us don't install a new version every week and consequently are not so familiar with the process.

"This is the announcement link that you should be checking periodically: "
That is good to know. But I will probably forget about it by the next ...