A couple of Windows related questions

[Terry Judd]

Thanks Xavier, the temp folder approach to 1 is a good suggestion.

Cheers,

Terry...

> From: xbury.cs at clearstream.com
> Date: Mon Nov 22, 2004  9:18:27  PM Australia/Melbourne
> To: How to use Revolution <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
> Subject: Re: A couple of Windows related questions
> Reply-To: How to use Revolution <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
>
>
> I couldn't find a simple answer to problem 1. You could move teh files 
> to
> a temp folder before deleting them in the same manner we use the 
> recycle
> bin.
>
> For problem 2, this depends largely on the application and not on the 
> OS.
> Winamp for example offers the option to queue items opened or replace
> them. It will never open a second instance of teh app either. Other
> programs are less friendly. RR for one doesn't allow this choice which 
> is
> a big pain on windows - you can double click a stack but you will end 
> up
> with two different version of runrev running (or MC) possibly writing
> different datas to the stacks - a big nono...
>
> Some programs can be manipulated via switches using shell commands. 
> Some
> will show the help in the dos box, other wont.
>
> Hope that helps. I know it's not much but it's as far as you will go
> without programming directly into the Windows API...
>
> I"ll see if there is anything with WSH later...
>
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