Some senseless babbling from Mark Ellis to All
on 09-11-99  19:53 about Objects...

 ME> I havent used os/2 for a while and need my memory refreshed on a few
 ME> things.

 ME> What is the advantage to creating objects and running things as
 ME> objects as opposed to just making shadows or running with a program?

For one thing, you can give it any title you want, without renaming the 
executable (which can break a few programs, which use their executable's 
name for data files, particular INI files).  Also, you can create multiple 
program objects for the same program, with different parameters, or (for 
DOS sessions) with different settings.  

 ME> What is the use of the start.cmd as opposed to putting things in the
 ME> startup  folder?

start.cmd runs at the same time as the WPS starts up.  The startup folder 
runs after.  For many programs, it doesn't matter which you use.  There can 
be reasons to use one over the other, however.

 ME> I'm sure i did this before but cant figure it out now...How do I make
 ME> global  setting changes (fonts, colors etc) to the desktop and every
 ME> window all at the same time?

OS/2 System -> System Setup -> Scheme Palette

Edit a scheme, then drag it to the desktop while holding ALT.  That will 
change everything except programs which intercept and ignore color changes.

 ME> Also, any tips on speeding up warp 4 on a 486dx2/66 with 20megs of ram
 ME> would  be appreciated.

More RAM, period.  I ran Warp 4 on just that configuration machine for a 
while, a couple years ago.  I've since then also run it on a Pentium/200 
with 128MB of memory, and currently on a Pentium II/233 with 192MB of 
memory.

Memory is the most important thing, by far (just going from 20MB to 32MB 
made a big difference on the 486).  

Mike Ruskai
thannymeister@yahoo.com


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