Just type the WIN_FORMAT and FORMAT commands into BASIC in QPC, like any other BASIC command. The FORMAT command is just the hard disk version of the normal FORMAT command. The '10' is just the size in megabytes, so if you want a QXL.WIN of size 100MB instead of a 10MB one, you would use FORMAT WIN1_100.
The other command someone suggested (WIN_FORMAT) is just a command which enables and disables the formatting of a QXL.WIN. The authors included that because otherwise it was too easy to acceidentally reformat the wrong QXL.WIN, that’s all. Full details are in the QPC manual - you can download it from Marcel's website at http://www.kilgus.net/qpc/downloads.html That manual downloads as a PDF file you can view in Windows with just about any PDF viewer such as the Adobe PDF reader for example. If you want a more complete SMSQ/E manual (the whole of SBASIC, not just the QPC bit), try this one, available in several formats including a PDF file, in the section called “SMSQ/E Manual” near the bottom of the page: http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/docs/ebooks/index.html On a slight tangent, for people wanting to copy files between large media like QXL.WIN and wanting to ensure you have the latest copies of files on both media, try my SYNC program at http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/files/index.html . This “synchronises” files between two media (whole disks or just individual directories), taking dates into account, ensuring the latest versions of files on both media. I wrote it myself in QL BASIC, so anyone familiar with QL BASIC should be able to tweak it for their own needs. Because I sometimes work from a desktop PC, sometimes from a netbook PC, I find it handy to make sure any changes made on either machine are kept up to date on the other more or less automatically without me having to remember which files I need to copy from which machine to which. Dilwyn Jones -----Original Message----- From: peterfox Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2015 4:12 PM To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] QPC2 and Win 8 Hi Francois, Thank you for your input. My puzzlement is where do you actually type "FORMAT Win1_10" to get a 10 Mb win device on C. I have tried the run command and it obviously tried to do something but I cannot find it. TIA & Regards, Peter On 18.07.2015 10:53, Tobias Fröschle wrote: >> Am 18.07.2015 um 11:46 schrieb Derek Stewart <de...@q40.de>: >> >> >> On 17/07/15 20:53, pjwitte wrote: >>> On 17/07/2015 17:27, François Van Emelen wrote: >>>> Op 17/07/2015 om 11:38 schreef peterfox: >>>>> Hi Marcel, >>>>> >>>>> I have had another look on C: and it is not obvious. Any >>>>> Suggestions, please? >>>>> >>>>> How can one create a larger QXL.Win, please? >>>>> >>>>> TIA & Regards >>>>> >>>>> Peter >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I suppose you need the instructions to format a 'win'. >>>> The manual says: >>>> >>>> WIN_FORMAT 1 Allow WIN1_ to be formatted >>>> FORMAT WIN1_10 Create a 10 Megabyte WIN device on C: >>>> ... you have to echo the two characters displayed ... >>>> WIN_FORMAT 1,0 protect WIN1_ again against unwanted formatting >>>> As far as I know you can't modify to size of a 'QXL.WIN' you have >>>> to >>>> create a larger (or >>>> smaller) one and copy your files. >>>> Hope this helps. >>>> Have a nice day. >>>> >>>> François Van Emelen >>>> >>>> <SNIP> >>> >>> Yes, but make sure youre not formatting your boot drive! ;) >>> >>> Per >>> _______________________________________________ >>> QL-Users Mailing List >>> http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm >>> >> Hi, >> >> In Windows 8, users (even administrators) are not allowed to create >> files in the C drive root directory, otherwise, an error message like >> “A required privilege is not held by the client” or “access is denied” >> will be prompted. >> >> To fix it, just turn off the User Account Control (UAC). In Windows >> 8, do not turn off the UAC via control panel, it must go through the >> registry. >> >> Or create file, i.e. QXL.WIN files in your user area and change the >> Devices deintion in the QPC2 startup. >> >> Regards, >> >> Derek >> > > Hi, > There’s way too many good reasons for not creating files outside your > user area - So, better use Derek's second option. > > Tobias > > _______________________________________________ > QL-Users Mailing List > http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
