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First post, by Robert_Tang

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Dear All
How to copy content from txt to DosBox window??

Help! 😢

Reply 3 of 9, by Robert_Tang

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Thanks for Jorpho

Actually, I need to copy content from Excel to DosBox windows directly. There are too many recodrs need to copy to DosBox window manually every day. Is there any command for this case? Who can help me!!!

Reply 5 of 9, by Robert_Tang

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Hi,collector
I did not use DosBox before. Can you help me on this case step by step?
Thanks you!

Reply 6 of 9, by Jorpho

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There are many guides out there regarding the installation of XP in a virtual machine; see for instance http://www.pcworld.com/article/2139983/compat … al-machine.html .

Alternatively, your DOS program will probably run just fine in the 32-bit versions of Windows 7 and 8.1. Or you could use Windows 7 Pro or Windows 7 Ultimate, which include "XP mode", which is basically a pre-configured virtual machine.

Reply 7 of 9, by Robert_Tang

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Unfortunately,the old Dos Program will crash in XP mode or other virtual machine. DosBox is my last hope. But I have to copy content from Excel to DosBox windows directly. There are too many recodrs need to copy to DosBox window manually every day. Is there any command for this case? Who can help me!!!

Reply 8 of 9, by Dominus

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No, there is no way to do this this way. You might want to look whether you can convert the excel to something the program can load via a file and not copy/paste

Windows 3.1x guide for DOSBox
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Reply 9 of 9, by konc

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Robert_Tang wrote:

Unfortunately,the old Dos Program will crash in XP mode or other virtual machine. DosBox is my last hope. But I have to copy content from Excel to DosBox windows directly. There are too many recodrs need to copy to DosBox window manually every day. Is there any command for this case? Who can help me!!!

Try another virtual machice application (eg. VirtualBox) with pure dos installed, without windows. It should work just fine