We created the Quotations work area by dragging a new folder from the folder template onto the desktop. We then renamed it, opened the settings view and checked the work area checkbox in the file page.
Figure "Workplace Shell Quotations Work Area"
Within the work area we have the following templates:
Quote.doc and Letter.doc are WordPerfect documents, Prices.wg2 is a Lotus spreadsheet. They are all created in the following way:
The data file can be linked to the program in any of the ways described in Setting Up Programs in the Workplace Shell. Since the DOS programs do not support the concept of file types, an association based on file extension was set up in each program.
The Quotations folder was created in the same way as the work area, that is, a new one was created by dragging it from the folder template and dropping it into the Quotations work area.
The user can now tear off a new "Prices" spreadsheet, rename it using some combination of the customer name and date, open it to fill in the necessary details, print it, then file it by dropping it in the Quotations folder.
When the user needs to switch to another task, such as creating invoices, he closes the Quotations folder. This stops any running programs, freeing the system memory and SWAPPER.DAT file. He then starts the next task by opening its folder.