Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!columbia!rutgers!cbmvax!carolyn
From: carolyn@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (Carolyn Scheppner)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: Workbench Questions
Message-ID: <945@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 29-Oct-86 17:03:54 EST
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.945
Posted: Wed Oct 29 17:03:54 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 29-Oct-86 22:43:28 EST
References: <106@ritcv.UUCP>
Reply-To: carolyn@cbmvax.UUCP (Carolyn Scheppner)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
Lines: 39

In article <106@ritcv.UUCP> new7582@ritcv.UUCP () writes:
>
>1) Is there a way to create a workbench icon which when 'opened' would
>   execute a sequence script rather than running a program?
>   
>2) What would it take to create an icon or window which you could drag
>   file icons over and drop there with the resulting action being that the
>   file represented by the moved icon would be printed?
>2a)If not 2), is there a program (something like DirUtil) which allows
>   mouse selection from a list of files and a print button which causes
>   the selected files to be printed? (If not, I might try writing it,
>   but I have an immediate need, and I'm still quite new at this.)


1)  Fish disk 31 contains Xicon by Peter Goodeve.  Xicon lets you
    "use icons to call up scripts containing CLI commands".
    
2)  This would be tough.  The WorkBench windows belong WorkBench and
    the results of various icon moves and manipulations in those
    windows are decided and carried out by the WorkBench process.
    And WorkBench won't let you move icons to non-WorkBench
    windows.  As an alternative, it would be fairly simple to
    write a program which would parse WorkBench arguments passed
    by icon extended selection and print the files.

    Check out Ticon by Peter Goodeve, also on Fish Disk 31.
    I have not seen it, but the description says it displays
    text files selected by icon.  Should be a simple mod to
    make it print them insteead.

3)  Haven't seen one.  Don't you like CLI ?
    ( cd directoryname,  dir,  copy filename to prt: )

-- 
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Carolyn Scheppner -- CBM   >>Amiga Technical Support<<
                     UUCP  ...{allegra,caip,ihnp4,seismo}!cbmvax!carolyn 
                     PHONE 215-431-9180
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=