Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!mips!sjsca4!poffen From: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: looking for the trashcan Keywords: trash trashcan Message-ID: <1990Sep10.172526.16470@sj.ate.slb.com> Date: 10 Sep 90 17:25:26 GMT References: <3729@ruuinf.cs.ruu.nl> <841@int13.hf.intel.com> <925@gvlv2.GVL.Unisys.COM> Reply-To: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger) Distribution: comp Organization: Schlumberger Technologies, San Jose, CA. Lines: 30 In article <925@gvlv2.GVL.Unisys.COM> kleonard@gvlv1.UUCP (Ken Leonard) writes: >In article <841@int13.hf.intel.com> tim@int13.hf.intel.com (Timothy E. Forsyth) writes: >* ajbanck@praxis.cs.ruu.nl (Arent Banck) writes: >* >I am looking for a trashcan for my windows. It was the first thing >* > ... >* >* If you are in the File Manager, select the file(s), then press the >* key. You can also delete whole directory structures this way. >------ >Well, yes, but... >you can only select as many files as are adjacent in the displayed directory >list... You cannot select umpteen files scattered throughout the display. >But, anyhow... >----- >Maybe MS didn't do a trashcan because of the looky-feely hash that's been >going 'round. So, why not use a PacMan icon to "eat" unwanted files? >But, then, that's probably too copyright-sensitive, too. >---------- I would write an application to do this, but I can't figure out the exact mechanism that the file manager and program manager use to communicate. I suspect it is DDE, but spy (comes with SDK) doesn't show any DDE activity when dragging a file from the file manager to the program manager. Anybody know how they do it? Russ Poffenberger DOMAIN: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com Schlumberger Technologies UUCP: {uunet,decwrl,amdahl}!sjsca4!poffen 1601 Technology Drive CIS: 72401,276 San Jose, Ca. 95110 (408)437-5254