In <DLyF3r.6vz@lexmark.com>, gczaja@lexmark.com(Gregory Czaja) writes: >In <3108b015.53494d4d4f4e53@simmons.actrix.gen.nz>, jim@simmons.actrix.gen.nz (Jim Simmons) writes: >>I heard a rumour that <gfraley@primenet.com> said: >>>Robin D.H. Walker writes: >>> >>>>2) To create a shadow of an existing drive object in the Drives >>>> folder GIVEN THAT THE OS/2 DRIVE OBJECTS HAVE NO WPS NAME >>>> from which to create a shadow reference. >>> >>>/* Create an disk object in NOWHERE folder with an object id */ >>>/* Then use that object id for the shadowid */ >>> >>>RC = SysCreateObject("WPDISK",, >>> "Drive A",, >>> "<WP_NOWHERE>",, >>> "NODELETE=NO;DRIVENUM=1;OBJECTID=<MY_ID>",, >>> "Update") >>>RC = SysCreateObject("WPSHADOW",, >>> "Drive A",, >>> "<WP_DESKTOP>",, >>> "NODELETE=NO;SHADOWID=<MY_ID>",, >>> "Update") >>> >>>This way works. I don't know if it is the 'traditional' way! >> >> This will only "work" until the next time you reboot, whence >> any transient objects (created in <WP_NOWHERE>) are deleted. > >Contrary to the popular belief, an object of class WPDisk is not a WPTransient >descendant - it is a WPAbstract. As such, it will survive WPS restart. > >BTW, the class names in the above code should be spelled as "WPDisk" and >"WPShadow" - since class names ARE case sensitive. > >> There is no way to do what was requested (a shadow of the original >> system-created objects) in rexx/os2 because they have no objectid >> and there is no way to get at the object handle, and even if there >> was SysCreateObject does not accept the handle as a parameter. > >I agree with this statement - with the exception of the case when the user >has DeskMan/2 installed: using the command line interface, one could refer >to any object on the desktop, including those not having an ID assigned, >and pass any setup string to them. Shadow creation is also supported using >WPS Extensions. > >Thanks, <G>reg ---> DeskMan/2 utilities >(WZ00329 on TalkLink, 71052,720 on CIS) >

Thanks for the clarification on the transient issue. While classnames may be case sensitive, for some unknown reason, then, the above code (all CAPS) does work.

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