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From: bruce@ssc-vax.UUCP (Bruce Stock)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: PIF Bug and Double Clicks
Message-ID: <3572@ssc-bee.ssc-vax.UUCP>
Date: 15 Jan 91 21:54:30 GMT
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Organization: Boeing Aerospace & Electronics, Seattle WA
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1)  I have encountered what may be a bug in the PIF interpretation code 
within Windows 3.  It involves the use of the "Optional Parameters" block 
in the PIF Editor.  I normally put a "?" in this block, which per the manual,
causes a nice dialog box to appear when the program is run (so that you 
can enter command line arguments for your DOS program).  This part works 
just fine.  However, when I attempt to associate a datafile type with a 
DOS program having a "?" in the PIF,  no dialog box ever appears when I 
double click the datafile (even if I associate it directly with the PIF).

This surfaced recently when I associated .zip extensions with a PKUNZIP.PIF
which had the "?" in it.  Nada.  Interestingly enough, other parameters in 
the PIF are properly interpreted.

2)  Has anyone figured out how to assign the "double click" function 
to a single click on one of the other mouse buttons?  I get so TIRED of 
double clicking (might as well have a Mac-----h [expletive expurgated] ).

Regards,  Bruce Stock   uw-beaver!ssc-vax!bruce   bruces@atc.boeing.com
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