Windows 7 and older Dyalog versions

[bwo]

This is my first post. Sorry if it's the wrong forum.
I plan to get a new laptop and it will undoubtedly come with Windows 7.
I still support some apps using Dyalog V9 and V10. Will they install on Windows 7? Will there be APL font issues?

[Vince|Dyalog]

Hi Brian,

Dyalog 9.0 and 10.0 will run on Windows 7; however, their install programs will not run on Windows 7. You will have to copy Dyalog 9.0 and 10.0 from the old PC to the new PC by hand.

Here are instructions of how to do this with Dyalog 9.0:

How to Copy an existing install of 9.0 on XP to Windows 7

copy all the files and directories in
C:\Dyalog904\
C:\Dyalog90\
(or wherever you installed it)
to the same location on the Windows 7 pc

Export this registry hive and import it on the Windows 7 pc using regedit:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Dyadic\Dyalog APL/W 9.0

Fonts -- need them to be installed in the windows font directory. Copy them from c:\windows\fonts to another directory. Then, copy them to the new PC and drag/drop them into c:\windows\fonts

Our font files are called:
dlogttal.ttf
dlogttst.ttf
dyalog.ttf
dlogbmal.fon
dlogbmst.fon
dyalog.fon

For SQAPL, copy c:\windows\cndya?0.dll from the old PC to the c:\windows or
any directory on the system PATH on the new PC.

Let us know if anything does not work.

Regards,

Vince

[Vince|Dyalog]

You may run into the same font issues as on Vista, so please see our FAQ here:

http://www.dyalog.com/faq.htm#Config_3