YTHPRGDB@MTUS5.BITNET (12/29/90)
Currently, WFW default to the WINWORD directory to store documents. This is really stupid, because in an office environment, file management is a must. No matter how many times you tell people to put their documents in the C:\DOCUMENT directory, they still end up putting them in the default dir. Is there any way to change the WFW default document directory? I want documents to automatically go into the C:\DOCUMENT directory. Roger Rouse Database Administrator MTU -- Youth Programs
system@hlthnt.UUCP (Steve Ginn ) (12/30/90)
YTHPRGDB@MTUS5.BITNET writes: > Currently, WFW default to the WINWORD directory to store documents. This is > really stupid, because in an office environment, file management is a must. > No matter how many times you tell people to put their documents in the > C:\DOCUMENT directory, they still end up putting them in the default dir. > > Is there any way to change the WFW default document directory? I want > documents to automatically go into the C:\DOCUMENT directory. > > Roger Rouse > Database Administrator > MTU -- Youth Programs You change the start up macro to tell it where the default dir is. Steve Ginn _____________________________________________________________________________ | /^\ Steve Ginn | | / /| \ Health-Net Systems, Inc. (915) 779-0900 | |<-/--|--/->---------------------------------------------------------------- | | \ |/ / 7309 Parkland Dr. E-Mail: ..!bbx.basis.com!hlthnt!postmaster | | \ / El Paso, Texas 79925 | |____________________________________________________________________________|
tmottonen@cc.helsinki.fi (12/31/90)
In article <90362.151544YTHPRGDB@MTUS5.BITNET>, YTHPRGDB@MTUS5.BITNET writes: > > Is there any way to change the WFW default document directory? I want > documents to automatically go into the C:\DOCUMENT directory. > > Roger Rouse > Database Administrator > MTU -- Youth Programs You can change the WFW default directory to any directory you like by changing the path to the WINWORD.EXE in the Program Manager Properties dialog box so that it reads something like C:\DATA\WINWORD.EXE, instead of C:\WINWORD\WINWORD.EXE. Note that the WFW directory must be on your path. -- _________ Teemu Mottonen | | internet: tmottonen@cc.helsinki.Fi University of Helsinki | | bitnet: TMOTTONEN@FINUH Dept.of Computer Science |_________| decnet: HYLK::TMOTTONEN
glamdrng@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Rocky Lhotka) (01/01/91)
YTHPRGDB@MTUS5.BITNET writes: >Currently, WFW default to the WINWORD directory to store documents. This is >really stupid, because in an office environment, file management is a must. >No matter how many times you tell people to put their documents in the >C:\DOCUMENT directory, they still end up putting them in the default dir. > >Is there any way to change the WFW default document directory? I want >documents to automatically go into the C:\DOCUMENT directory. > >Roger Rouse >Database Administrator >MTU -- Youth Programs You should be able to put W4W on your path (or search drives if on a network) and then change the icon for W4W so it executes the following: c:\documents\winword.exe You will get a couple warnings from Windows about this, but it will work. Your default directory will be c:\documents and windows will search your path to find winword.exe to run. Glamdring, Sword of Mithradir UUCP: {amdahl!bungia, uunet!rosevax, crash}!orbit!pnet51!glamdrng ARPA: crash!orbit!pnet51!glamdrng@nosc.mil INET: glamdrng@pnet51.orb.mn.org
system@hlthnt.UUCP (Steve Ginn ) (01/03/91)
glamdrng@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Rocky Lhotka) writes: > YTHPRGDB@MTUS5.BITNET writes: > >Currently, WFW default to the WINWORD directory to store documents. This is > >really stupid, because in an office environment, file management is a must. > >No matter how many times you tell people to put their documents in the > >C:\DOCUMENT directory, they still end up putting them in the default dir. > > > >Is there any way to change the WFW default document directory? I want > >documents to automatically go into the C:\DOCUMENT directory. > > > >Roger Rouse > >Database Administrator > >MTU -- Youth Programs > > > You should be able to put W4W on your path (or search drives if on a network) > and then change the icon for W4W so it executes the following: > > c:\documents\winword.exe > > You will get a couple warnings from Windows about this, but it will work. > Your default directory will be c:\documents and windows will search your path > to find winword.exe to run. > Glamdring, Sword of Mithradir > Just make an alteration to the startup macro file which Word looks for upon start up. You can set a variety of customized start up features with this type of modification and you see any warnings from windows at all. Following this same type of thinking, you can set up a different macro or even make the startup maco prompt you for a particular directory you wish to start in. Just about every feature (i.e., menus, function keys, etc.) are controlled by the macros and they can all be modified by the user. You could even change the menu names if you wanted to! Steve Ginn E-Mail: ...unmvax!bbx.basis.com!hlthnt!postmaster
todd@uhunix1.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Todd Ogasawara) (01/07/91)
In article <XJ66u3w163w@hlthnt.UUCP> system@hlthnt.UUCP (Steve Ginn ) writes >glamdrng@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Rocky Lhotka) writes: >> YTHPRGDB@MTUS5.BITNET writes: >> >Currently, WFW default to the WINWORD directory to store documents. This is >> >really stupid, because in an office environment, file management is a must. >> >No matter how many times you tell people to put their documents in the >> >C:\DOCUMENT directory, they still end up putting them in the default dir. >> > >> >Is there any way to change the WFW default document directory? I want >> >documents to automatically go into the C:\DOCUMENT directory. >> > >> >Roger Rouse >> >Database Administrator >> >MTU -- Youth Programs Umm... I may be missing something here... I've read about three suggestions and haven't seen what I think Roger Rouse asked for in the first place: to set the default document directory. Roger... Here is what I do. I think it is simple and doesn't require much configuration gymnastics... WfW looks for a number of things when you start it up.. One is a macro called "AutoExec" (note where caps are). Just go to the Macro menu and create a macro called AutoExec if you don't already have one (if you do, just edit it). All you need is one line for this macro. My looks like this: chdir "C:\DOCS" I designate the drive because my winword is in D:\WINWORD (I have two hard disks on my box). If you have one big partition, then don't bother with the drive designator. This will automatically set it so you "open" to "C:\DOCS" whenever you start up WfW. Works fine for me....todd -- Todd Ogasawara, U. of Hawaii UUCP: {uunet,ucbvax,dcdwest}!ucsd!nosc!uhunix!todd BITNET: todd@uhunix INTERNET: todd@uhunix.UHCC.HAWAII.EDU
dak@hparc0.HP.COM (Dave Kruger) (01/08/91)
/ hparc0:comp.windows.ms / <YTHPRGDB@MTUS5.BITNET> / 7:15 am Dec 29, 1990 / > Is there any way to change the WFW default document directory? I want > documents to automatically go into the C:\DOCUMENT directory. This question was asked a while back (in this notes group, I think). Someone replied--I don't remember that worthy's name--along the lines of some of the previous responses in this string, that is, you need to modify/create the AutoExec startup macro. The suggestion was: Sub MAIN defdir$ = GetProfileString$("defdir") ChDir defdir$ EndSub You also need to add the following line in your WIN.INI file in the [MicrosoftWord] section: defdir=C:\DOCUMENT Of course, you must substitute the appropriate directory name for your installation. This seems convoluted to me (especially if, as someone else has mentioned, a simple "ChDir C:\DOCUMENT" statement in the AutoExec macro works), but I use it and it works well. Thanks to the kind person who suggested it. STICK THE BOOTS IN FLAG: ON I can guess what the above commands do, but don't know for sure. To know this, I would have to buy the "Microsoft Word for Windows Technical Reference". If *that* book is as atrocious as the rest of the W4W documentation (and Microsoft documentation in general) it would be a great waste of money. Fair Dinkum, I've never seen such hopeless documentation as that which comes with W4W. There, I feel much better now. If anyone at Microsoft is listening, care to comment? STICK THE BOOTS IN FLAG: OFF Regards, Dave K.
hls@rwthbs.uucp (H.L. Stahl) (01/09/91)
In article <10847@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu> todd@uhunix1.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Todd Ogasawara) writes: >All you need is one line for this macro. My looks like this: > chdir "C:\DOCS" Another way to do this is to create an (empty) WinWord file, for example EMPTY.DOC in your preferred DOC directory; the file should be write protected. Then, in the program managers window, select the WinWord icon and change its associated program name from "<win-path>WINWORD.EXE" to "<doc-path>EMPTY.DOC"; the extension .DOC must be connected to WINWORD.EXE in WIN.INI! Change its icon by selectting "<win-path>WINWORD.EXE" instead of "<doc-path>EMPTY.DOC", and the WinWord icon will still be displayed in the program managers window. After that, whenever you start WinWord by double-clicking the icon, WinWord will start and EMPTY.DOC will be loaded, and all DOC-files will be searched in your DOC directory first. Hans-Ludwig Stahl | _ : Hans-Ludwig Stahl, Lehrstuhl fuer Betriebssysteme, RWTH Aachen |_|_`__ : Kopernikusstr. 16, D-5100 Aachen, ..49-(0)241-804374 | |__) : Domain: hls@informatik.rwth-aachen.de |__) : uucp: ...!{seismo,mcvax,uunet}!unido!rwthinf!hls
dana@hardy.hdw.csd.harris.com (Dan Aksel) (01/10/91)
All these complex solutions to such a simple problem. Please forgive me if this is a repost. I haven't read this group in 14 days and may have overlooked it. Windows applications are called from the directory given on the command line when you click "File Properties." My WFW files are located in C:\DATA\WFW\ My command line looks like: C:\DATA\WFW\WINWORD.EXE The actual program is located at D:\WINWORD\ Simply add D:\WINWORD to your path statement in autoexec.bat. I run almost all my applications this way. It makes backups a breeze... xcopy c:\data\*.* a: /e /s /v /m [/ddate] Or something like that. Not overly advanced, but it works. --------- Dan Aksel
todd@uhunix1.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Todd Ogasawara) (01/10/91)
In article <2770008@hparc0.HP.COM> dak@hparc0.HP.COM (Dave Kruger) writes: >/ hparc0:comp.windows.ms / <YTHPRGDB@MTUS5.BITNET> / 7:15 am Dec 29, 1990 / >> Is there any way to change the WFW default document directory? I want >> documents to automatically go into the C:\DOCUMENT directory. > >This seems convoluted to me (especially if, as someone else has mentioned, a >simple "ChDir C:\DOCUMENT" statement in the AutoExec macro works), but I use it >and it works well. Thanks to the kind person who suggested it. Umm.. I think that was me.. And, you're very welcome... >STICK THE BOOTS IN FLAG: ON > >I can guess what the above commands do, but don't know for sure. To know this, >I would have to buy the "Microsoft Word for Windows Technical Reference". If >*that* book is as atrocious as the rest of the W4W documentation (and Microsoft >documentation in general) it would be a great waste of money. Fair Dinkum, >I've never seen such hopeless documentation as that which comes with W4W. I just have to add my two cents to this... I've complained about this before.. but what the heck... I upgraded from Word 5.0 to WfW windows the day I received the upgrade notice. When I received my upgrade package, I was disgusted to find that Microsoft had unbundled the hardcopy macro language reference guide (I much later found that they did include a file with the macro reference guide contents in it though) and wanted another $22.95 for it (why didn't they just have that option on the original upgrade form????). Worse, when I recieved the macro language manual (a poorly photocopied set of pages in a three ring binder), it was nearly useless. While it listed all the commands, it had very few examples of the functions/commands unique to WordBASIC. I have never become comfortable with WordBASIC and am dead-certain I am not even coming close to using WfW to its fullest potential. This is a shame since WordBASIC appears to be a powerful tool but I just can't spend the time going through the gawd-awful reference manual that Microsoft provided me. Heck, GNU EMACS Lisp is easier to figure out and use than WordBASIC (given the documentation Microsoft provides)....todd -- Todd Ogasawara, U. of Hawaii UUCP: {uunet,ucbvax,dcdwest}!ucsd!nosc!uhunix!todd BITNET: todd@uhunix INTERNET: todd@uhunix.UHCC.HAWAII.EDU
myoung@rm1.UUCP (Michael Young) (01/10/91)
In article <10847@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu>, todd@uhunix1.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Todd Ogasawara) writes: |> |> All you need is one line for this macro. My looks like this: |> |> chdir "C:\DOCS" |> |> I designate the drive because my winword is in D:\WINWORD (I have two hard |> disks on my box). If you have one big partition, then don't bother with the |> drive designator. |> |> This will automatically set it so you "open" to "C:\DOCS" whenever you |> start up WfW. Works fine for me....todd I am also using this approach which works fine for me too. There are a couple of other things worth noting. o You may want to add the /m option (don't execute AutoExec macro) after your winword.exe definition in the [Extensions] section of win.ini. Otherwise, if you ever happen to select a document from filemgr that isn't in your DOCS directory Winword won't be able to find it, since it will execute the chdir command in your AutoExec macro before it attempts to open the .DOC file you selected from filemgr. o I have added a custom win.ini keyword to my [Microsoft Word] section called DOC-PATH (in the spirit of DOT-PATH, defined by MS) which defines where my Document directory is. Then in my AutoExec macro I request this keyword using the command "GetProfileString$()". o Another macro I have added is SetStartupPrefs which permits me to set the DOC-PATH and DOT-PATH variables in my win.ini file using the command "SetProfileString$()". |> |> -- |> Todd Ogasawara, U. of Hawaii |> UUCP: {uunet,ucbvax,dcdwest}!ucsd!nosc!uhunix!todd |> BITNET: todd@uhunix |> INTERNET: todd@uhunix.UHCC.HAWAII.EDU -- Mike Young -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Racal-Milgo Phone: (305) 846-6956 1601 N. Harrison Parkway Fax: (305) 846-6282 Sunrise, FL 33323-2899 MS-E115 UUCP: ...uflorida!novavax!rm1!myoung --------------------------------------------------------------------------