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::{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}

Posted: 20 Feb 2008 12:19
by admin
FYI, ::{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D} will open Printers & Faxes in Explorer when you use it as Open argument in XY (either in Catalog / Open or in UDC / Open).

There are many such beasts... this is the reason why using "::" as script marker is maybe not extremely clever... an alternative would be ">>" -- also fits better to the script icon... :) ... however a big disadvantage of ">>" is that the documentation in HTML would be HTM-Hell! :evil:

Re: ::{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}

Posted: 20 Feb 2008 13:18
by jacky
admin wrote:FYI, ::{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D} will open Printers & Faxes in Explorer when you use it as Open argument in XY (either in Catalog / Open or in UDC / Open).

There are many such beasts... this is the reason why using "::" as script marker is maybe not extremely clever... an alternative would be ">>" -- also fits better to the script icon... :) ... however a big disadvantage of ">>" is that the documentation in HTML would be HTM-Hell! :evil:
Well, I'm really not sure how I feel aboot this one. I guess I like the :: (plus I'm used to it now), but it could change to >> I'm not sure I'd mind. And yes, maybe the "similarity" with the icon is a good thing...

Anyways : even with :: we can use those special locations everywhere in XY, so does it really matter (as in, are they really used that often that such a change is needed) ?
I mean, it works perfectly fine in UDC, on Catalog it might be a bug that the Script icon shows up, since we're on "Open" not "Go to" so there can't be no script there, and elsewhere (AB/Goto) all it takes is to put it in a script, and that's not such a big deal, and I doubt this is the kind of things people actually type in from memory...
But again, I wouldn't mind using >> from now on, I'm just arguing for the fun of it ;)

As for HTM-Hell, I personally don't care, we can type in >> in the wiki without problem, so yeah I don't care on that issue ;)

To sum up : it's up to you. Big help, isn't it? 8)

Side note: ::input (or >>input if you like it better) on multi-line mode has an empty window title by default, where I think using "XYplorer" and "XYplorer: <title>" when one is given should be better. (As the ::text command does)

PS: default sizes for ::text window changed without mention, right? Or did I missed it?

Re: ::{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}

Posted: 20 Feb 2008 13:24
by admin
jacky wrote:
admin wrote:FYI, ::{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D} will open Printers & Faxes in Explorer when you use it as Open argument in XY (either in Catalog / Open or in UDC / Open).

There are many such beasts... this is the reason why using "::" as script marker is maybe not extremely clever... an alternative would be ">>" -- also fits better to the script icon... :) ... however a big disadvantage of ">>" is that the documentation in HTML would be HTM-Hell! :evil:
Well, I'm really not sure how I feel aboot this one. I guess I like the :: (plus I'm used to it now), but it could change to >> I'm not sure I'd mind. And yes, maybe the "similarity" with the icon is a good thing...

Anyways : even with :: we can use those special locations everywhere in XY, so does it really matter (as in, are they really used that often that such a change is needed) ?
I mean, it works perfectly fine in UDC, on Catalog it might be a bug that the Script icon shows up, since we're on "Open" not "Go to" so there can't be no script there, and elsewhere (AB/Goto) all it takes is to put it in a script, and that's not such a big deal, and I doubt this is the kind of things people actually type in from memory...
But again, I wouldn't mind using >> from now on, I'm just arguing for the fun of it ;)

As for HTM-Hell, I personally don't care, we can type in >> in the wiki without problem, so yeah I don't care on that issue ;)

To sum up : it's up to you. Big help, isn't it? 8)

Side note: ::input (or >>input if you like it better) on multi-line mode has an empty window title by default, where I think using "XYplorer" and "XYplorer: <title>" when one is given should be better. (As the ::text command does)

PS: default sizes for ::text window changed without mention, right? Or did I missed it?
I agree. I like those ::and keep them. Shall Microsoft change their's!

The icon bug in catalog is fixed since 20 minutes. :)


"XYplorer: <title>" = yep!

PS: yes, I changed the sizes without mention. (But I updated the wiki myself! :) )