>I have just extended the functionality of my CD-ROM app by allowing
users
>to define their own button names, page headers and field contents using
>text files stored in a a folder called PPacTxt on their hard drive. I
>provide the PPacTxt folder on the CD with some templates to show them
'how
>to'. The problem is that the properities of the text files change to
'read
>only' on the CD. When the client copies the PPacTxt directory to their
hard
>drive they have to manually select all the text files and change them to
>'archive' before MC can read them. As you will appreciate, this is one
>manual step too many for many clients. Is there a solution either in
>Windows or in MC.
Yes you can use DOS with the shell function like so:
answer file it
set hideconsolewindows to true
replace "/" with "\" in it
put "ATTRIB"&&it&&"-r +a" into doscommand
get shell(doscommand)
regards,
Tuviah Snyder
Diskotek
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