Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!igor!rutabaga!mcuddy From: mcuddy@rutabaga.Rational.COM (Mike Cuddy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer Subject: Workbench Object Manipulation Summary: How do I make my own icons on my own screen with my own rules... Keywords: workbench innovatools icons Message-ID: Date: 5 Feb 91 22:11:36 GMT Sender: news@Rational.COM Lines: 18 Hi there. I'm working on a C compiler front end for the workbench and I'm trying to represent things with workbench objects (source files, etc.) I want the user to be able to pick up and drag source files onto a compiler icon, double click on source file icons to edit them, etc.. Is there any way to get access to workbench's object manipulation routines? I have seen other programs do this (GoldDisk's Desktop Budget for example).. Did they write thier own repica routines? It seems like re-inventing the wheel! I could use 'drag' gadgets from the InnovaTools program if I have to but I'd rather use 'real' workbench objects. --Mike Cuddy (mcuddy@Rational.com) "...He's a UNIX hack and he's okay, he works all night and he sleeps all day..."