From: Daniel.Karellen@f501.n914.z8.rbbs-net.ORG (Daniel Karellen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Bug Or Dubious 'Feat
Date: 19 Aug 92 07:43:04 GMT


JH>From: jwh@citi.umich.edu (Jim Howe)
JH>Path: lll-winken!sun-barr!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!caen!jwh
JH>Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
JH>Subject: Re: Bug or dubious 'feature'?
JH>Organization: IFS Project, University of Michigan
JH>Reply-To: jwh@citi.umich.edu
JH>Message-ID: <xxb-z!+@engin.umich.edu>
JH>References: <40a-4!C@engin.umich.edu> <l8kq9dINN7t1@utkcs2.cs.utk.edu>
JH>Date: 13 Aug 92 18:25:11 GMT

JH>In article <l8kq9dINN7t1@utkcs2.cs.utk.edu>, 
JH>hethmon@hydra1f.cs.utk.edu (PAUL HETHMON) writes:
|> In article <40a-4!C@engin.umich.edu>, jwh@citi.umich.edu (Jim Howe) writes:
|> |> I have OS/2 installed on several different computers
|> |> and I oftentimes want to transfer files and directories
|> |> between the two.  I've noticed that OS/2 will not let
|> |> you copy program objects to the floppy drive.  This seems
|> |> like a bug to me.  I realize the program objects aren't
|> |> really files, however they are objects that can be moved
|> |> around on the desktop and into folders so it makes sense
|> |> to me that they should be able to be copied onto a
|> |> floppy and transferred to another system.
|> |> 
|> 
|> I would venture to guess that the reason you can't drag and drop
|> a program object to floppy is that once the object is on the floppy
|> and the floppy is removed, the settings and path name to get to
|> that object become meaningless.  Unless your multiple systems are set
|> up identical, copying program objects between them is not very useful.
|> A program object on system A will not work on system B, because B is
|> different.
|> 

JH>This is probably the 'logic' used by IBM but I think its faulty.  While
JH>it *may* be true that the directory settings are different, its not
JH>necessarily true.  Also, I don't see why the program settings would 
JH>necessarily be any different just because the program resides on
JH>a different machine.  If the path/working directory is different
JH>on the new machine the program object wouldn't work.  This is no
JH>different than if you moved the executable around on the original
JH>system.  This won't result in a fatal error, the system just won't
JH>be able to execute the program and it will bring up the settings
JH>dialog.  I think this minor inconvenience is worth it for the 
JH>simplicity and consistency of being able to move files around on
JH>my system, regardless of whether it resides on floppy or hard
JH>disk.

JH>BTW, if OS/2 is going to prevent this operation from taking place,
JH>an alert should come up with a message telling you that you can't
JH>move program objects to floppies.  If you click OK, all other 
JH>selected files would be copies.  Selecting Cancel would cancel
JH>the entire operation.


JH>Hopefully someone from IBM is listening and will pass this
JH>along to the appropriate person.

You can't drag and drop the program objects, but you can copy them.  Just use
eautil and split them off into files and join them again on the destination
system.

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