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- README.TXT - readme file for VOPNFDR.CMD v1.3 by M. Woo (October 1993)
-
- VOpenFolder is a little REXX script that works in conjunction with the
- IBM EWS package, VREXX (Visual REXX) by Richard B. Lam.
-
- I don't often open folders to get at things, but I got really tired of
- going through multiply-nested folders just to get to the one I wanted.
- What I wanted was a way to open whichever folder I wished in only one
- step, regardless of how deeply nested it was. VOpenFolder does this,
- using a Presentation Manager listbox dialog.
-
- Program Notes:
-
- This REXX script was written assuming that one is using OS/2 v2.1, and that
- it is installed on the C: drive. If your setup is different, you will have
- to modify the line which reads,
-
- call SysFileTree "c:\desktop\*", "dirs.", "DSO"
-
- to reflect where your computer's desktop directory is, and in the case of
- OS/2 2.0, what it is called.
-
- Additionally, this REXX script has ONLY been tested under OS/2 2.1 so I
- have no idea of how it will work on a different setup.
-
- My thanks to Jack S. Tan, who went out of his way to write the add and
- sort routines for me.
-
- My thanks to Ken Neighbors, who suggested opening the folder twice to
- get it to open in the foreground. This works great for my other
- little program, OpenFolder, but because of the way VREXX handles its
- dialog boxes, this doesn't always work with VOpenFolder. :-(
-
- Since this program uses both REXX and VREXX, it is *extremely* slow to
- execute. Removing the sort routine will speed up loading, but it will
- still be slow to initialize. Fortunately, once onscreen, the listbox
- will stay there until you cancel it, so you only have to suffer through
- the initial loading time once.
-
- Note that the position and size of the listbox can be customized as
- per your preferences, by changing the parameters of VDialogPos and
- VListBox, respectively. You might also want to delete all of my dumb
- comment lines. :-)
-
- I can be contacted through the end of December, 1993 at either:
- Internet: m-woo@uiuc.edu (if that doesn't work, melissa@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu)
- Fidonet: Melissa Woo (or Sysop) 1:233/4.0 or 1:233/4.100
- Unfortunately, I don't have any idea where I will be after December.
- (Anyone want to hire a soon-to-be Ph.D. in radiation biophysics? :-) )
-
- Program history:
-
- Version
- 1.0 my first attempt at using VREXX -- result was a workable,
- but ugly, version of VOpenFolder
- 1.1 added Jack S. Tan's add and sort routines to alphabetize the
- folder names
- 1.2 added program comments
- 1.3 public release; added Ken Neighbors' "open folder twice"
- suggestion
-
- Disclaimer:
-
- The user assumes all responsibility for any damage done by this program. No
- warranty is offered, and I can only guarantee that the program will take up
- space on your hard drive.
-