Correct, I can use File->Open, but since I often have many projects on the go, in different folders, this is a pain. The Drag and Drop onto the Task Bar is a solution that I hadn't thought of...it works fine (or well enough for my purposes).
Thanks for everyone's help! Damon Kelly Hardware Engineer > -----Original Message----- > From: Abd ul-Rahman Lomax [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, 26 January 2002 03:22 > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Opening multiple ddb's > > > At 08:21 AM 1/25/2002 -0600, Mark E Witherite wrote: > >I use the FILE , OPEN command > > The question was asked because what Mr. Witherite suggests can be > unnecessarily cumbersome, one must navigate to the file in > question, it is > not always as simple as File/Open. > > If one already has an icon for the file visible, either > through Explorer or > though some other means that supports drag-and-drop, it is a > convenience to > be able to directly add the ddb to one's session without > having to figure > out the path, etc. Perhaps the file arrived as a e-mail > attachment and one > does not necessarily intend to move it into one's design file > structure > (where, presumably, File/Open would already be, more or less, > pointing by > default). > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Abdulrahman Lomax > Easthampton, Massachusetts USA > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
