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Greetings !

I have a copy of LIST.com by Vernon D. Buerg
that I use frequently. It enables one to invesigate
the contents of any file, very simply.

I have a shortcut on my "Desktop", and,
using Windows Explorer, I can simply drag
a file name over the shortcut icon, and
Voila! I can look at the file.



In the Folder is a file
provided with Windows, called FC.

This marvellous program enable one to
compare two files, to see how they differ.

The current way I use it is to open a DOS
window, change the Directory to that in
which one file lies, and then type in "FC "
followed by the path and the name of the second file.

WOT a PalAver !

What I want is a simple desktop icon, onto which
I can drop the first file. A "basket" shoud then open
with a caption that says, "Drop the second file in here"
and then a message window should open, showing
the log file in NoteBook

Does anyone know of something that does this?

Pretty please ?

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Regards

Robin

Robin_B DOT Clay AT virgin DOT net

rhamrecitationcom
Thu Mar 16 11:51:30 CST 2006

I think this is the wrong forum for this question, but i do know how you can
fix this.

Create a folder, FC

in FC have 2 folders, Input/Output

In input have 2 folder, Source/Edit

In output have 2 folders, Source/Edit

Create a .bat file in your FC folder to run the program using the
input/source and the input/edit, then when it's finished with that, move the
files to the output/source and output/edit accordingly.

That should work really easy.

"Robin Clay" wrote:

> Greetings !
>
> I have a copy of LIST.com by Vernon D. Buerg
> that I use frequently. It enables one to invesigate
> the contents of any file, very simply.
>
> I have a shortcut on my "Desktop", and,
> using Windows Explorer, I can simply drag
> a file name over the shortcut icon, and
> Voila! I can look at the file.
>
>
>
> In the Folder is a file
> provided with Windows, called FC.
>
> This marvellous program enable one to
> compare two files, to see how they differ.
>
> The current way I use it is to open a DOS
> window, change the Directory to that in
> which one file lies, and then type in "FC "
> followed by the path and the name of the second file.
>
> WOT a PalAver !
>
> What I want is a simple desktop icon, onto which
> I can drop the first file. A "basket" shoud then open
> with a caption that says, "Drop the second file in here"
> and then a message window should open, showing
> the log file in NoteBook
>
> Does anyone know of something that does this?
>
> Pretty please ?
>
> --
> Regards
>
> Robin
>
> Robin_B DOT Clay AT virgin DOT net

Robin_B
Thu Mar 16 19:19:28 CST 2006


B R A V O !


[Thinks: Why didn't I think of that ???]


Thank you very much indeed !


--
Regards

Robin


"rhamre@citation.com" wrote:

> I think this is the wrong forum for this question, but i do know how you can
> fix this.
>
> Create a folder, FC
>
> in FC have 2 folders, Input/Output
>
> In input have 2 folder, Source/Edit
>
> In output have 2 folders, Source/Edit
>
> Create a .bat file in your FC folder to run the program using the
> input/source and the input/edit, then when it's finished with that, move the
> files to the output/source and output/edit accordingly.
>
> That should work really easy.
>
> "Robin Clay" wrote:
>
> > Greetings !
> >
> > I have a copy of LIST.com by Vernon D. Buerg
> > that I use frequently. It enables one to invesigate
> > the contents of any file, very simply.
> >
> > I have a shortcut on my "Desktop", and,
> > using Windows Explorer, I can simply drag
> > a file name over the shortcut icon, and
> > Voila! I can look at the file.
> >
> >
> >
> > In the Folder is a file
> > provided with Windows, called FC.
> >
> > This marvellous program enable one to
> > compare two files, to see how they differ.
> >
> > The current way I use it is to open a DOS
> > window, change the Directory to that in
> > which one file lies, and then type in "FC "
> > followed by the path and the name of the second file.
> >
> > WOT a PalAver !
> >
> > What I want is a simple desktop icon, onto which
> > I can drop the first file. A "basket" shoud then open
> > with a caption that says, "Drop the second file in here"
> > and then a message window should open, showing
> > the log file in NoteBook
> >
> > Does anyone know of something that does this?
> >
> > Pretty please ?
> >
> > --
> > Regards
> >
> > Robin
> >
> > Robin_B DOT Clay AT virgin DOT net