- If the startup directory of the program object is empty, &xwp;
will temporarily set the directory of the folder whose &popmenu; was used
before actually starting the program.
This means that you can start the same program from all folders' &popmenu;s,
but with a variable startup directory, being the directory of the folder whose
&popmenu; was used.
For example, with the default configuration, the command line objects have
empty startup directories. This is why you can start command lines "in" the folder
whose &popmenu; was used.
If you wish to disable this behaviour, simply specify a startup directory in a
program object (e.g. "C:\"), and &xwp; will leave it alone.
Instead, it will always use the startup directory which you have specified.
- If the parameter list of the program object does not contain a
trailing "%" sign, the directory of the folder you used will be
passed as a parameter to the program.
This allows you to pass a fully qualified directory name as an argument to
a program. You can disable this feature completely on the "&popmenu;s" pages
"Workplace Shell" object.
If you wish to disable this behaviour for one menu item only
(not all programs can handle directories as parameters),
add a "%" sign to the "Parameters" list of the respective program object.
&xwp; will omit passing the
additional parameter. This is the case, for example, with the command line objects of
the default configuration.
- You can append the current contents of the
clipboard to the parameter
list of the clipboard by putting a "%**C"
symbol into the parameter list. This can appear at any position of the
parameters. This is case-sensitive; "%**c" (in lower case) will not
work.
Example: Path and filename = "e.exe";
parameters = "%**C" will start the system editor, interpreting the
contents of the clipboard as a file name.
Note that the contents of the clipboard will be truncated so that the maximum length of
the parameter list will not be exceeded. With &os2;, the maximum path length is 260
characters.
- If the program title contains a "~"
character, &xwp; will remove it temporarily before starting the program. You can also
switch off this behavior in the
"Workplace Shell" object.
- You can now insert a separator into a menu by specifying
"---" (three dashes) in a program object's title.
(A separator is a
horizontal line to optically separate groups of menu items.) In this case, &xwp;
will ignore the program object's settings (such as the executable, parameters etc.) and
simply insert a separator into the menu. This works for the main &popmenu; as well as
submenus.
&xwp; implements the features 1.-4. by actually changing the program object's
settings for a fraction of a second: the settings are changed, the program object is
opened, and then the settings are reset to the original values.