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From: peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter DaSilva)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Managing daemons and iconification
Message-ID: <351@sugar.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 1-Jul-87 19:00:31 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul  1 19:00:31 1987
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Summary: An even better approach.

> Incredible Idea:
> And to make the whole thing work smooth (this is the point of the Workbench..?)
> you should be able to shift select some other file (via icon) and then
> reactivate your iconified program and have that file name passed to it just
> like it normally happens when you start programs(when properly designed)
> from the workbench. I'm the kind of guy who likes icons and gets annoyed
> when I start my favorite icon'ed program and it hands me a *text* based
> file requestor. Ouch !

Even better... picking up a file and dropping it on ANYTHING should do
something useful. Dropping it on a program should start that program with
the file name in its WBargs (a-la Xerox). Dropping it in a window that
has the appropriate IDCMP flag set should pass the directory lock and file name
to the program in an IntuiMessage. This way Deluxe Whatever could leave an
"input" window open in the Workbench screen and let you do the file selection
yourself.

As for text-based file requestors... I have one I've posted to
comp.sources.amiga that blows the doors off any other's I've seen. Primarily
because it doesn't hit the disk unless *absolutely* needed. And you can
completely specify a file name for reading by mouse commands only... it has
a "VOLUME" gadget. Unfortunately, comp.sources.amiga is a bit bucket. I may
repost in a couple of days.
-- 
-- Peter da Silva `-_-' ...!seismo!soma!uhnix1!sugar!peter (I said, NO PHOTOS!)