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These Rexx execs help to setup up the OS/2 2.0 enviroment so that you
can make maximum use of the Workplace Shell.
To do that, files need be properly associated with programs so that when
they are opened (double clicked on) the proper action takes place.
OS/2 2.0 comes with several Association types defined, but there is no way
for a user to presently add new types. Therefore, there is not a type for
"Lotus 123 Spreadsheet", for example. The Makewpsa.cmd routine will let
you create new new association types.
Makewpsa Lotus 123/G Spreadsheet
will create a new type in the WPS.
A second problem is that you must go to each file (*.wg2 in the case of
Lotus 123/G files), open its settings, and set the proper association type.
This is OK for a few files, but a method is needed to do this en-masse.
The Addea.cmd routine will let you reset or add EA Types to files.
AddEA d:\123g\*.wg2 Lotus 123/G Spreadsheet
will modify all *.wg2 files and add the new EA type.
AddEa d:\*.exe Executable /s /r
will modify all *.exe files on the d: drive and all subdirectories under
it. The /r says to wipeout any existing EAs on the file and replace them with
the new EA. The default is to add the type.
One more piece of work is left to be done, and that is a routine that
will modify the ASSOCTABLE extended attribute of the program objects. Then
everything will be associated together.
A sample cmd file to setup a WPS with new associations and to modify the
files to use these is shown in the WPSSETUP.SMP file.
You are not allowed to look at the code and sneer or make any jokes'or laugh, etc.
I am not a programmer, and that will be obvious. Report any problems to
MIKE at CIS 76416,1564
Makewpsa.cmd courtesy of Brian Tucker
Mike Felix
Houston, TX