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From: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Execute script from icon
Message-ID: <818@cbmger.UUCP>
Date: 31 Jan 91 16:59:10 GMT
References: <1222@sjfc.UUCP>
Reply-To: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
Organization: Commodore Bueromaschinen GmbH, West Germany
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In article <1222@sjfc.UUCP> bpv9073@sjfc.UUCP (Brett VanSprewenburg) writes:
>
>What I wish to do is to click on an icon from the WB and have it
>execute an assign script which does all the dirty work for me. 
>I know I could do this from the cli, but having a GUI is supposed to 
>save time/effort. So you see where I'm coming from.

Look up your manual for the IconX command.
Make up a script file (using e.g. ed) that contains all the assigns,
cd's PLUS the call for the real application. Then copy a "project"
type icon (e.g. notepad file). Say, your file is named StartMe,
then copy that notepad icon file (the .info file) to a new file
named StartMe.info. Make this icon appear on the Workbench, click
once on it, and choose Info from the Workbench menu (Icons/ Informations
under 2.0). Set the default tool to c:Iconx. If you want, you can add
tool types to set the window size for IconX. And as last action you
may use IconEd to change the shape of the icon after your taste.

If your script file contains commands that need user input (e.g. ask),
then you have two possibilities:
  a) the elegant one, as stated in the manual, but sometimes not
     so satisfying for me: add a .key line at the beginning of your
     script (see manual).
  b) the brute force method will provide a *real* CLI environment,
     but needs a second script file. Rename your above mentioned
     script file to StartMe.s . Make a second script file with name
     StartMe and following contents:
        NewShell  newcon:0/15/580/180/StartMe  from  StartMe.s
        endcli
     (You may use different window dimension/titles/filenames.)
     But with this method you not only get two script files, but also
     two windows on the screen, where one of them disappears soon again.

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Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel  // E-Mail to  \\  Only my personal opinions... 
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