Working With Files

Windows Files

Identification of many popular PC file formats in CDE allows you to select and launch them in your preferred PC environment, such as SunPCI. A right mouse click on these files gives you the three following choices in the menu:

• Open -- the double click action.

• OpenInEmulator -- launches the file in your preferred hardware, such as SunPCi (or any software emulator).

• OpenInRemotePC -- launches the file in a standalone networked PC.

Windows shortcuts can be dragged and dropped onto the Front Panel. They can also be put on the CDE workspace. To do this, create a windows short cut in your unix home directory and use dtfile to drag and drop. Please refer to Windows help to create short cut, and CDE help to get more information on drag and drop.

To open applications or datafiles, double-click on the shortcut from the Solaris desktop. This does require that you have the associated applications available to you. This makes the Solaris desktop act like a Windows desktop. You can keep all your relevant applications inside the Solaris CDE front panel and CDE workspace and run them by double-clicking on them.

Windows Binary Files

These files (exe) can be double-clicked and run inside the PC environment (for example, SunPCi).

Copy and Paste Text

Highlight the text you want to copy and select copy from your Edit menu.

Then click the place you want to paste the text, and select paste from your edit menu.

View and Search

View -- click on the file and select View.

Search -- under the Edit menu, select Find/Change; enter the name of the file into the Find field and click Find.

Print Files

Select 'Print' from your File menu and your file will print out on the PC printer.