From: Gray Maddry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I opened a question to IBM on why editors work and the answer I got was the
editor had to edit the file in place and couldn't make a
copy and edit the copy.
I'm not sure this is the full reason. I tried using UltraEdit (which makes a
copy of the file and edits the copy), but it has an option to stop this from
happening; i.e. so the original file is edited 'in place'. Even with this
option turned on, I still couldn't get it to work. So, maybe it's a
combination of editing files in place and something else?
From what I understand the WSA invokes the PC editor using the following
syntax:
command.com /c program "parameters"
For example, I can invoke NotePad from a DOS prompt to edit a file using the
following:
command.com /c notepad "C:\LOGFILE.TXT"
As I can invoke Notepad manually using this command, it makes sense that the
WSA would also be able to invoke Notepad this way. Perhaps people could try
this command with different PC/editors and report the results? Maybe it will
yield a clue as to why some PC/editors can be invoked using this command
while others cannot?
Dave Salt
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