DDLaunch - Drag 'n' Drop Launch Utility Version 1.1 Copyright 1993 David A. Hall Compuserve - 70004,1535 Internet - DHall@CSI.compuserve.com This program allows you to take advantage of the Drag & Drop capabilities of the Windows File Manager and other program shells. To configure DDLaunch, click _ONCE_ on the Target Icon that appears when you run DDLaunch, and select "Configure". Then, type in a title and template. The title will appear under the target icon, and the template is the command that will be executed when you drop one or more files on the target icon. Some examples of why you might want to do this are in order. 1) Most people leave 'BAT' set up as a program from within Windows. If DDLaunnch is configured to run the Windows Notepad, then you can drag a .BAT file from File Manager to the Target, and it will run Notepad with your batch file loaded. The title would be "Notepad" and the template would be "notepad.exe" 2) To view .ZIP files, configure DDLaunch with a title "View Zips" and a template "pkzip -v" 3) To compress files into a zip, configure DDLaunch with a title "Zip" and a template "pkzip -m rename.me" You can save templates, and DDLaunch can be started with any saved template by placing its title on the command line. For example, to run DDLaunch using the "ZIP" template given above (assuming that it had been saved), start DDLaunch with this command: DDLAUNCH ZIP *********************************************************************************** Legalities: This program is distributed as freeware. You may use and distribute this software freely, so long as all files listed below are included with the distribution. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Files included in distribution: DDLAUNCH.EXE 25951 2/10/93 DDLAUNCH.HLP 12015 2/06/93 DDLAUNCH.TXT 2150 2/10/93 Note: Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corp. (Duh) PKZip is a trademark of PKWare