[DECtalk] File association problem

[Jayson Smith]

Hi,

Playdec didn't have anything to do with making Windows open up any file 
type. You still had to edit file associations, so Playdec can't possibly 
solve your problem there. All Playdec did was to take an arbitrary filename 
given as an argument and copy that to a file specified in playdec.ini. 
Because Playdec uses an ini file, it can actually be made to work with any 
hardcoded demo filename. However, again that won't help with your Windows 
file association problem.
Jayson

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Blake Roberts" <beroberts at hughes.net>
To: "'DECtalk Discussions'" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 3:55 PM
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] File association problem


> Alex,
> Congratulations, you answered Ed's Dectalk trivia question correctly!
>
> I still have not fixed my Dectalk 4.4 file association issue. Yes, Jayson
> Smith created a program years ago that converted files with a .dec 
> extension
> to demo.txt so dectalk 4.3 could play files in that format. However, I 
> don't
> have any programming knowledge. I have no idea how to edit Jayson's code 
> to
> have playdec force Windows to play .en files with the Dectalk 4.4 speak
> window. I am open to any further suggestions list members may have.
> Blake
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com
> [mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of Alex H.
> Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2011 7:51 PM
> To: DECtalk Discussions
> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] File association problem
>
> Happy birthday from Dennis Klatt. He introduced singing into DT because he
> wanted to say happy birthday to his daughter in a special way. That's what
> I've heard.
>
> I really can't comment on setting speak to open .en files with win7 as I
> just use the builtin open function in speak directly. However, wasnt there 
> a
> playdec program written some years ago for the 4.3 program that would dump 
> a
> txt or .dec file into speak by copying the file and runnig speak? I think
> with a few lines of code changed, it should work for .en files too.
>
> HTH.
> alex
>
> On 2/6/11, Brandon Misch <bmisch2002 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> isn't it that song about poisoning pigions in the park? that was on an
>> issue of playback magazine from 1991.
>>
>> On Feb 6, 2011, at 7:03 PM, Flint Million (iPod) wrote:
>>
>>> The dos tools came with "moonlight in Vermont" in the demo app.
>>> That's the first song I ever heard.
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPod
>>>
>>> On Feb 6, 2011, at 5:46 PM, "Blake Roberts" <beroberts at hughes.net> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I know the answer to Ed's trivia question. I'll let you guys keep
>>>> guessing for a bit. No reason I should spoil this fun triviagame.
>>>> Blake
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com
>>>> [mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of ebruckert
>>>> Bruckert
>>>> Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2011 3:47 PM
>>>> To: DECtalk Discussions
>>>> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] File association problem
>>>>
>>>> Hello, I can't help you very well with changing file associations,
>>>> but speak should be very happy with the.txt file that just tells it
>>>> to you now treated as normal ASCII text.
>>>>
>>>> Trivia question for you all;
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What was the first song DECtalk saying and why.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Blake Roberts <beroberts at hughes.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   All,
>>>>   I wrote about this problem before. I am writing again because no
>>>> response
>>>>   has been received.
>>>>
>>>>   I use the Dectalk 4.40 speak window to program songs. This version
>>>> of the
>>>>   speak window plays files with an .en extension. On my new Windows 7
>>>>   computer, I am having problems setting up the EN file association.
>>>>
>>>>   Whenever I tell Windows to use speak.exe to launch EN files
>>>> (either via
>>>>   properties, change or the "Open With" dialog], Windows
>>>> automatically assumes
>>>>   I want to use Windows Media Center for this file association. I
>>>> remember in
>>>>   Windows XP, there was a way to edit a file type manually. I have
>>>> not yet
>>>>   found a similar tool in Windows 7.
>>>>
>>>>   I hope someone on-list has a suggestion for modifying the Dectalk
>>>> EN file
>>>>   association in Windows 7. I need help!
>>>>   Blake
>>>>
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