[softwarelist] Re: Scanning software oddity

In message <4efc1f7127rkp@xxxxxxxxx>, Richard Partridge <rkp@xxxxxxxxx> writes 
or Easiwriter), the drag works fine, but a copy of the JPEG is also
made in the root directory of the hard disk; at the same time, the
file name in the DPSS window is changed to <Wimp$Scrap>. This does
not happen if the file is transferred as a Sprite, nor of course if
the modified JPEG is saved to hard disk and loaded to Ovation Pro
from there.
I wonder what the value of wimp$scrap is? (F12, and show wimp$scrap). It should point to !Scrap inside !Boot.
Some file types require random access to the file being saved - by which I mean one writes the data, and then has to go back to the start of the file to write some more information. On RISC OS files can be transferred by RAM transfer or via the wimp scrap file - if you want to do random access as you write, then the scrap file is the easier route. 



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