Workbench Arexx port - access the path of an icon

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JosDuchIt

Posted on: 2017/9/4 14:53 #1

Just can't stay away

When you select an icon byname it can happen that you have 2 (or more) identically named icons.
To be sure you use the right one you need at least their paths.

How can you acces these from a script?

PEB

Re: Workbench Arexx port - access the path of an icon

Posted on: 2017/9/5 1:34 #2

Not too shy to talk

This should give you the path to your selected icon:

options results
GETATTR WINDOWS.ACTIVE
return result

JosDuchIt

Re: Workbench Arexx port - access the path of an icon

Posted on: 2017/9/6 17:44 #3

Just can't stay away

@PEB
Thank you , but it must be more complicated , if possible?
from the wiki
Quote:

WINDOWS.ACTIVE
Name of the currently active Workbench window; this will be ' ' if none of Workbench's windows is currently active.

it is the path of a file whose icon has been "left-out" that i am after


/* Query name, position and size of the first icon * shown in the root window. */

GETATTR window.icons.all.0

NAME root

STEM root

 

SAY root.name

SAY root.left

SAY root.top

SAY root.width

SAY root.height

SAY root.type

i was expecting a
root.path here. I onder why it was ot implemented, since you get that path when opening the icon's "information" gui

Edited by JosDuchIt on 2017/9/6 18:25:28
Edited by JosDuchIt on 2017/9/6 18:26:16

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