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Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

Title:	DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90
Notice:	See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit
Moderator:	STAR::VATNE

Created:	Mon Oct 30 1989
Last Modified:	Mon Dec 31 1990
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	3726
Total number of notes:	19516

1568.0. "DECwindow MAIL and File-View problem" by MINNY::BRUGGER (Hansjoerg Brugger @RLE, CH) Fri Oct 13 1989 06:40


I have the following problem with the DECwindow-Mail 
and the File-View (VMS 5.1-1 with DECwindow):

	situation:
		
		- DECwindow MAIL tool is open and displays my drawers 
		  and my folders 
		- there is no file selected in the File-View
		- the File-View is as an icon in the icon box

	action:

		- open a mail message
		- click the File-View from the icon box
			--> File-View is on the screen
		- select something from the menu <Files> from the File-View
		  for example <COPY>

	problem:

		The line FROM: in the COPY-window has any text from
		the actual MAIL-message.



Is that a known problem ? (Shared data buffer or something like that)


regards
Hansjoerg Brugger, SW-Support Switzerland

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1568.1 GOSOX::RYAN DECwindows Mail Fri Oct 13 1989 11:10 10

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1568.1		GOSOX::RYAN	DECwindows Mail	`Fri Oct 13 1989 11:10`	10
	When you do a FileView COPY operation (or most any FileView operation), it uses whatever is globally selected. This is very useful - you could select a filename within a Mail Read window, say, then pulldown COPY to copy it. In this case, however, you had a mail message selected in Mail's main window, so that message got filled in by FileView. Just quadruple-click on the From field, hit the Delete key, then go select the filename you want and try again. Mike

	When you do a FileView COPY operation (or most any FileView operation),
	it uses whatever is globally selected. This is very useful - you
	could select a filename within a Mail Read window, say, then
	pulldown COPY to copy it. In this case, however, you had a mail
	message selected in Mail's main window, so that message got filled
	in by FileView. Just quadruple-click on the From field, hit the
	Delete key, then go select the filename you want and try again.

	Mike