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From: wggabb@sdrc.COM (Rob Gabbard)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Displaying a file with HP-VUE's VUE_VIEW_FILE action
Keywords: hp vue
Message-ID: <918@sdrc.COM>
Date: 19 Apr 91 13:05:12 GMT
Organization: SDRC, Cincinnati
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I added a button to the bottom row on my HP-VUE window manager that I want
to press and bring up the HP-VUE File Viewer on a particular file (our
company phone list).  To do this I copied the VUE_VIEW_FILE action definition
from /usr/lib/X11/vue/types/vue.ad and modified it to look like:

	PHONE_LIST      \
        *               \
        ${ACTION_L}     \
        ${ACTION_S}     \
        HELPMGR         \
        DISPLAY-FILE    \
        %/u/wggabb/local/lib/phone.lis%

and had the button press invoke this action.  When I try this I get an error
dialog box with the following message:

The following file is not accessible.See $HOME/.vue/errorlog for hints.
hp3:/u/wggabb/-

In errorlog I get:

vuehelp: The following file could not be opened
    hp3:/u/wggabb/-

Well, it turns out that even the VUE_VIEW_FILE action does not work. 
It looks like:

	VUE_VIEW_FILE   \
        *               \
        ${ACTION_L}     \
        ${ACTION_S}     \
        HELPMGR         \
        DISPLAY-FILE    \
        %(File)Arg_1"File To View:"%

This definition implies that it will bring up the viewer on the specified file
or prompt you with File To View if an argument is not specified.

I created an executable file in my .vue/apps/personal_apps directory named
VUE_VIEW_FILE and double clicked on it in the File Manager.  It prompted me 
with File To View but after typing in a file name I got the exact same error 
as I got with my customized action.

Any VUE experts out there know how to fix this ? Also, why didn't the VUE 
people implement selctions in File Viewer ? About half the time I bring up
the File Viewer I want to copy some text and paste it elsewhere.  I end up
bringing up vi in an hpterm window to do it !


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Rob Gabbard 				    wggabb@sdrc.sdrc.com
Technical Development Engineer
Structural Dynamics Research Corporation