Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!ihwpt!ihnp4!poseidon!ech From: ech@poseidon.UUCP (Edward C Horvath) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: DA's that don't open Message-ID: <513@poseidon.UUCP> Date: 23 Sep 88 13:26:46 GMT References: <771@nvuxr.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Information Systems, Lincroft, NJ Lines: 18 From article <771@nvuxr.UUCP>, by ccw@nvuxr.UUCP (christopher wood): > ...I have a couple of desk accessories (Unstuffit, sigmaedit) > that, when I try to open them, just go beep instead... The DA needs more memory. Advice from Apple is to open DAs that you hope to use BEFORE starting any other applications (this presumably allows the DA Handler to expand appropriately, which implies that the DA Handler can expand it's partition, something MY application can't do!). This also defeats the whole idea of a DA, which is to be something close at hand when you encounter a need for it...sigh... The alternative, which works for me *most* of the time, is to hold down option to force the DA into the current application's heap. For some reason, I get a sense of vengeance when I inflict that abuse on the Finder's heap. Naturally, very large DAs are not going to make it under all circumstances: apps aren't required to give DAs lots of room. =Ned Horvath=