simpsong@ncoast.UUCP (Gregory R. Simpson @ The North Coast) (03/24/88)
Does anybody have a good way to Log on to a VaxStation 2000 running VMS 4.7, and the VWS UIS based windowing system, and immediately start up the n number of windows that I always want in the place I want them? i.e. When I first log on in the morning, I like to create 3 windows in specific locations on the screen... Is there a way I can just login once, and via my login.com the other two windows will be created where I want them? Thanks for any ideas, Greg --- Gregory R. Simpson Prefered Internet: SIMPSONG%ATD1.decnet@ge-crd.arpa or Alternate Internet: necntc!ncoast!simpsong@harvard.HARVARD.EDU UUCP: <BACKBONE>!cbosgd!ncoast!simpsong UUCP: {ames,mit-eddie,harvard,talcott}!necntc!ncoast!simpsong UUCP: {well,sun,pyramid,ihnp4}!hoptoad!ncoast!simpsong -- --- Gregory R. Simpson Prefered Internet: SIMPSONG%ATD1.decnet@ge-crd.arpa or Alternate Internet: necntc!ncoast!simpsong@harvard.HARVARD.EDU UUCP: <BACKBONE>!cbosgd!ncoast!simpsong UUCP: {ames,mit-eddie,harvard,talcott}!necntc!ncoast!simpsong UUCP: {well,sun,pyramid,ihnp4}!hoptoad!ncoast!simpsong CSNET: ncoast!simpsong@CWRU.EDU (CSnet) Subject: Starting up default windows on my VaxStation 2000 under VMS 4.7 Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Distribution: comp Keywords: UIS, logging on and making windows. Does anybody have a good way to Log on to a VaxStation 2000 running VMS 4.7, and the VWS UIS based windowing system, and immediately start up the n number of windows that I always want in the place I want them? i.e. When I first log on in the morning, I like to create 3 windows in specific locations on the screen... Is there a way I can just login once, and via my login.com the other two windows will be created where I want them? Thanks for any ideas, Greg
hydrovax@nmtsun.nmt.edu (M. Warner Losh) (03/27/88)
In article <7544@ncoast.UUCP> simpsong@ncoast.UUCP (Gregory R. Simpson @ The North Coast) writes: > >Does anybody have a good way to Log on to a VaxStation 2000 running >VMS 4.7, and the VWS UIS based windowing system, and immediately >start up the n number of windows that I always want in the place I >want them? > >i.e. When I first log on in the morning, I like to create 3 windows >in specific locations on the screen... Is there a way I can just >login once, and via my login.com the other two windows will be >created where I want them? > Greg, what you need to have is a copy of the NEW_WINDOWS program that somebody posted to the net a few weeks ago. If you need a copy, I could send you one, but I'd rather not send a zillon copies out, since I'm not the author, and the management of the system I'm on gets quite upset when people send out Multi-Megabytes of mail. What NEW_WINDOWS is a spawn that creates other windows for you. If you ever log out of the root window, then ALL of the other windows go away. I suppose that you could change the LIB$SPAWN to a SYS$CREPRC (Create process, if I have the name wrong :-) so that this is no longer a problem. Also, you may need to WRITE to these other two windows escape sequences that position the windows to a certain place on the screen. These may be found in the UIS manual, not the one that has the UIS$* routines in it, but the one that has the device driver stuff in it. There are also nifty things like SHRINK TO ICON, SET TERMINAL BANNER, EXPAND FROM ICON that can be done using escape sequences. I hope that all of this has helped. -- bitnet: losh@nmt.csnet M. Warner Losh warner@hydrovax.nmt.csnet ! Don't know if this works, let me know. csnet: warner@hydrovax.nmt.edu uucp: ...{cmcl2, ihnp4}!lanl!unmvax!nmtsun!warner%hydrovax