Startup in Document Selector instead of editor window

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Mon Apr 07, 2003 10:14 pm

How can I get textpad to start with the cursor in the editor window instead of the Document Selector Window??
It works properly if I double click on a recognized file, but if I right click and select textpad from the context menu it starts up and the document selector window is the active window.

Dan

Bob Hansen · Post by **Bob Hansen** » Mon Apr 07, 2003 10:22 pm

Create Wordspaces.

When you open up to a Workspace, it will be in the same condition, including cursor position, as when you saved it.

There is also an option to reload the last workspace when TextPad starts, on the General page of the Preferences dialog box.

See TextPad Help on "How to Use Workspaces: Overview"

Good luck......

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Mon Apr 07, 2003 10:44 pm

That didn't work. The document selector is still the focus point.

I'm using win2k

jeffy · Post by **jeffy** » Mon Apr 07, 2003 10:47 pm

Dan wrote:That didn't work. The document selector is still the focus point.

I'm using win2k

I'm usiing Win2k as well, and I don't have this problem. FYI, I've associated my TextPad shortcut to be

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C:\applications\textpad\TextPad.exe -m c:\applications\textpad\workspace\textpad.tws

(-m always opens a new instance).

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Mon Apr 07, 2003 10:55 pm

That didn't do it either. The previous version worked OK. It was on NT, but it shouldn't matter. Any other Ideas are welcome.

Bob Hansen · Post by **Bob Hansen** » Mon Apr 07, 2003 11:18 pm

Hi Dan...

That didn't work. The document selector is still the focus point.

Perhaps it was not saved correctly?

Try this example: If you have document open, set to word wrap, and cursor in middle of some line when you do this. Have auto-load last workspace activated. When you have the document in the Workspace, do not save it with the normal Save. Use File, Workspace, Save.

Now close TextPad. Open up TextPad again, and see it it works this time.

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Tue Apr 08, 2003 4:15 pm

Nope, that didn't do it. That is how I saved the workspace before....
Anything else....

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Tue Apr 08, 2003 4:37 pm

Here's a little more info (its wierd)
When I right click on a file I get my drop-down window....

OPEN
Open Wtih >
TextPad
Add to Zip
Add to filenmame.txt.zip
etc....

Now if I were to double-click on the file and its associated to textpad then
all is OK. It puts my cursor in the right window. If I choose Open With,
then textpad in that pull-down, then all is OK. BUT, If I choose TextPad
from above, then it puts me in the left Document Selector window....

Bob Hansen · Post by **Bob Hansen** » Tue Apr 08, 2003 6:26 pm

Re the different openings, I think you will find that the underlying executable commands have different command line parameters.
I suspect you will have to change those in the registry, but I can't tell you where.

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Tue Apr 08, 2003 8:09 pm

Well I went thru the registry and I think it had something to do with shellext.dll. But couldn't replace it while windows was running. So I uninstalled textpad and reinstalled and now everything is fine...

Thanks for your help....