- What does "CPX" stand for?
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"CPX" is short for Control Panel
eXtension. Activated control panels have the extension
"CPX" and deactivated ones "CPZ".
- Why is COPS called "COPS"?
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"COPS" is short for COntrol Panel
Server.
- What is this "VA_START" message?
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The operating system and other programs communicate via
"messages": If, for instance, you called this page with a
mouse-click, the operating system has sent a message to the display
program, informing it that "the left mouse button has been
pressed".
A program already in memory can be requested via
"VA_START" to load a file. If you are interested, you can
read more about this message and the AV_Protocol in the GEMINI
(alternative) desktop manual.
- What does "WDIALOG.PRG" do?
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WDIALOG is a compact system extension which, apart from window
dialogs, popups and listboxes, also contains a comprehensive selection
of fonts. These functions are integrated into the multitasking system
MagiC since version 4.
WDIALOG allows users of older operating systems access to these
features. COPS isn't the only program which uses WDIALOG - the NVDI
tools "FONTNAME" and "ShowMe", the spreadsheet
program "Texel", "Papillon",
"Kandinsky", "Photoline" and also
"ArtWorx" make use of WDIALOG functions.