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- From: hethmon@hydra1f.cs.utk.edu (PAUL HETHMON)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: Bug or dubious 'feature'?
- Date: 13 Aug 92 13:52:45 GMT
- Organization: University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Department of Computer Science
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- References: <40a-4!C@engin.umich.edu>
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- In article <40a-4!C@engin.umich.edu>, jwh@citi.umich.edu (Jim Howe) writes:
- |> I have OS/2 installed on several different computers
- |> and I oftentimes want to transfer files and directories
- |> between the two. I've noticed that OS/2 will not let
- |> you copy program objects to the floppy drive. This seems
- |> like a bug to me. I realize the program objects aren't
- |> really files, however they are objects that can be moved
- |> around on the desktop and into folders so it makes sense
- |> to me that they should be able to be copied onto a
- |> floppy and transferred to another system.
- |>
- |> On a related note, I find it annoying when I try to drag
- |> and drop an object onto another object and get the
- |> "can't drop here" icon when it isn't obvious why. For
- |> example, I tried to copy an entire folder from my hard
- |> disk to the floppy. The folder contained a program
- |> object. Because it contained the program object the
- |> system displayed the "can't drop here" icon. I had to
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- (stuff deleted)
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- I would venture to guess that the reason you can't drag and drop
- a program object to floppy is that once the object is on the floppy
- and the floppy is removed, the settings and path name to get to
- that object become meaningless. Unless your multiple systems are set
- up identical, copying program objects between them is not very useful.
- A program object on system A will not work on system B, because B is
- different.
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- I would suggest that if you want to copy an entire folder to floppy and
- it contains a program object 1) move the program object temporarily and
- then copy the folder or 2) using MB1 outline a box (mark) all files
- within the folder you wish to copy and then copy them. It's not
- as easy this way, but at least you don't have to copy them individually.
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- Paul Hethmon
- hethmon@cs.utk.edu
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