Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!husc6!rutgers!att!mtuxo!mtgzz!drutx!clive From: clive@drutx.ATT.COM (Clive Steward) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Lacking AppleLink, another Finder Bug Message-ID: <8813@drutx.ATT.COM> Date: 28 Sep 88 07:05:39 GMT References: <356@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu> Organization: resident visitor Lines: 19 From article <356@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu>, by dorner@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner): > Along the same lines, however; the Finder seems to cache information about > files in open folders. This causes problems with certain programs who > create files, and then give them creators and types later (or so I believe). > The Finder doesn't realize that the file types have been changed until > the window is closed and opened again. Double-clicking on the file before > that will result in the dread ``Application not found'' alert. Very good point, Steve, and I forgot about this one. As per previous message, if the Finder would update (everything) on a file close, it would fix this problem as well as the file size difficulty. In the same line we've been discussing, a delay of a few seconds wouldn't be a problem here, as with appearance following file creation. Clive