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From: George Foot <george DOT foot AT merton DOT oxford DOT ac DOT uk>
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Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 03:26:03 +0000
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Subject: Re: a filenames problem
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On 19 Jul 98 at 20:10, Paul Shirley wrote:

> In article <LyNU$RA2wds1Ewez AT foobar DOT co DOT uk>, Paul Shirley <Paul AT chocolat.
> obvious.fake.foobar.co.uk> writes
> > If you drag files onto a djgpp program or shortcut to one
> 
> Clarification: a programs icon or listing in Explorer, or a shortcut on
> the desktop, sendto or start folder, or via its association. It of
> course does not work with a running app which is what Eli probably
> meant.

It does work with a running program to some extent.  If you drag an 
icon or file to a running DOS program's window (it must be windowed), 
the (short) filename of what you dragged will be inserted into the 
program's keyboard buffer.

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george DOT foot AT merton DOT oxford DOT ac DOT uk