what about avoiding all that which is bound to get messed up again next upgrade, and make a separate shortcut to it, specifying the required parameters?
because i often need many of my 'favourite' settings and shortcuts at multiple terminals, i've made a kind of 'links page' on my intranet, which is my home page. loads up instantly, and has a shortcut to 95% of the things i'm likely to launch/browse for any reason. if i'm at someone else's terminal, i just use the intranet to find my page, and there's all my links. -----Original Message----- From: Terry McDonnell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 28 April 2004 7:18 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI-L Startup.Wor Hello, List Although fairly new to MI I only usually ask a question of the group once I've read Help till I'm blue in the face. Well . I'm blue in the face. I have a Startup.wor, in the "C:\Program Files\MapInfo\Professional" folder, that brings up all my maps and settings fine. I invoke Mapinfo.exe, with the "Run" command, from my VFP 7 system (it's like the visual mapping sub-system of my overall application). The trouble is: The customer also uses MI extensively for his own purposes, independent of this application and, understandably, doesn't want MY maps etc. springing up on these occasions, preferring his own start up settings. So, on the user's system, how can I have MY startup.wor invoked (or, indeed, a custom .WOR), when MI is started from MY system, but have his own when it's started independently? All I can find from Help is: * If there is a STARTUP.WOR in the MapInfo Professional program directory, it is run. * Then, if there is a STARTUP.WOR in your home directory it is run. (When there is a STARTUP.WOR in both the MapInfo Professional program directory and your home directory, both will= run.) Help, in the same text, had already stated: 4. Name your workspace "Startup" and save the workspace into your "home" directory. By "home" directory we mean your private Windows directory. This is the bit that's flummoxing me. What is meant by "home directory" and "private Windows directory"? I can find no further reference to these at all. Indeed, the words "Home", "Directory", "Folder", etc. do not even feature in the Index. Is there the concept of "Home" and "Working" directories in MI, with some functions to establish these? Your help would be much appreciated. TIA Terry McDonnell --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 11562
