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- From: buhr@umanitoba.ca (Kevin Andrew Buhr)
- Subject: Re: Random Problems and some Qs
- In-Reply-To: guidry@casbah.acns.nwu.edu's message of Tue, 17 Nov 1992 18:44:36 GMT
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- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 01:40:26 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov17.184436.5499@news.acns.nwu.edu>
- guidry@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (David Guidry) writes:
- > I created an indestructible folder by <ALT>dragging a folder template from
- > the templates folder . . .
- > What do I have to do to destroy this folder?
-
- First, try dragging it to the shredder while holding the SHIFT key
- down. This works on my extra templates.
-
- If that doesn't work, open the settings for the folder template, and
- unclick the "Template" check box (I think it's on the "General" page).
- Now, your folder *should be* a regular folder. Hopefully, it'll be
- deletable.
-
- If it is *still* not deletable, you have encountered a known problem
- supposedly fixed by the Service Pack. The best way to get rid of it
- is to drag it to the "Drive C" icon, then open a DOS or OS/2 window
- and remove it as if it were a regular (empty) directory with the
- "RMDIR" command.
-
- > How can I add drag-and-drop functionality to a program object? Such as, I
- > have a document that I want to open in Word Perfect. I want to just grab
- > the file and drag it onto the WP program object and have WP start up with
- > the file as an argument.
-
- The Workplace Shell provides drag-and-drop support for all non-OS/2
- programs that support datafile names on the command line. Try
- dragging a WordPerfect file to the program object. It should work
- automatically.
-
- > Can I also add drag-and-drop-and-query functionality in order to have
- > something like an UNZIP.EXE program object and drag a zip file onto the
- > unzip object and have the system query for the working directory (the place
- > it will hopefully unzip the zipfile into). I know I can eliminate the drag
- > and drop portion of this by making .zip a special extension.
-
- Your best bet is to make a REXX script that prompts for a working
- directory and then runs UNZIP on its parameter. If you create a
- program object that points to this script, dragging the ZIP file to it
- will run your script in an OS/2 window.
-
- Kevin Buhr <buhr@ccu.UManitoba.CA>
-