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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
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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