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Article #4545Re: ColorWorks "What it doesn't do " Not the Killer App !
From: Les Bell
Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 00:00
Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 00:00
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In <4nsbmf$6pi@seagoon.newcastle.edu.au>, c9603980@engmail.newcastle.edu.au (Kevin Yank) writes: >On my machine, ColorWorks won't even load! If I double-click on the >program object, it opens just fine, but associated files provoke a >"Cannot run ColoWorks, make sure it is an OS/2 ... yadda-yadda" >message. I just noticed this! :/ Check your LIBPATH and the working directory on the P.R.O. >What would you propose to drag FROM? ColorWorks would need a drag >source from which you could d&d to printers. All applications in OS/2 have a drag source - it's called the Workplace Shell. All SPG have to do is provide an ASSOCTABLE, subclass WPDataFile and override the WPPrintObject method. Then you'd be able to pick up any associated files in a folder and d&d on a printer. Best, --- Les +--------------------------------------------------------+ | Les Bell Tel: +61 2 451 1144 | | lesbell@ibm.net Fax: +61 2 451 1122 | | lesbell@syd.interconnect.com.au PO Box 297 | | lesbell@acslink.net.au Neutral Bay NSW 2089 | | CIS: 71210,104 Australia | +--------------------------------------------------------+
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 112d6c,b1f994dc344bef X-Google-Attributes: gid112d6c,public X-Google-Thread: 10a752,b1f994dc344bef X-Google-Attributes: gid10a752,public X-Google-Thread: 10c4f5,b1f994dc344bef X-Google-Attributes: gid10c4f5,public From: lesbell@ibm.net (Les Bell) Subject: Re: ColorWorks "What it doesn't do " Not the Killer App ! Date: 1996/05/21 Message-ID: <4ntl84$2fm8@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net> X-Deja-AN: 156010875 references: <4nlqqa$ocb@news.mel.aone.net.au> <4nsbmf$6pi@seagoon.newcastle.edu.au> reply-to: lesbell@ibm.net (Les Bell) newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps,aus.computers.os2,comp.os.os2.apps,comp.os.os2.bugs