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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!uniwa!DIALix!twistor!Joe
  2. From: Joe@twistor.dialix (Joe Katnic)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
  4. Subject: Re: Adding New File Types -- How To ? Please Help ...
  5. Distribution: world
  6. Message-ID: <Joe.004t@twistor.dialix>
  7. References:  <NMOUAWAD.92Nov3181420@neumann.waterloo.edu>
  8. Date: 6 Nov 92 18:12:25 PST
  9. Organization: Not an Organization
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  11.  
  12. In article <NMOUAWAD.92Nov3181420@neumann.waterloo.edu> nmouawad@waterloo.edu (Naji Mouawad) writes:
  13. [deleted]
  14. >
  15. >/* */
  16. >call RxFuncAdd "SysLoadFuncs", "RexxUtil", "SysLoadFuncs"
  17. >call SysLoadFuncs
  18. >call SysCreateObject "WPProgram", "Title", "<WP_DESKTOP>",
  19. >     "EXENAME=EPM.EXE,ASSOCTYPE=Type 1, Type 2, Type 3 ,,"
  20. >
  21. In the Information folder
  22. open the REXX help icon
  23. click on the plus for system utilities
  24. a list of the above functions is presented.
  25. select SysCreateObject and read all about.
  26. >
  27. >Could someone help me understand what this bit of code does ? I don't
  28. >understand the intent of SysCreateObject. Suppose I wish to add the
  29. >type "WordPerfect5" as a mean to associate data files with
  30. >WordPerfect 5.0, dos version, how do I do that ? Am I supposed to
  31. >write:
  32. >
  33. >call SysCreateObject "WPProgram", "Title", "<WP_DESKTOP>",
  34. >     "EXENAME=WP.exe,ASSOCTYPE="WordPerfect5"
  35. >
  36. >Any help is appreciated !
  37. >
  38. >naji.
  39. >--
  40. >     -------------------------------------------------------------------
  41. >    | Naji Mouawad  |          nmouawad@watmath.waterloo.edu            |
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  48. Joe Katnic                                         Joe@twistor.DIALix.oz.au
  49.                                                 (ALT: jkatnic@DIALix.oz.au)
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