Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!super!udel!princeton!njin!rutgers!mailrus!uwmcsd1!uxc!dorner From: dorner@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Lacking AppleLink, another Finder Bug Message-ID: <356@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 27 Sep 88 13:20:40 GMT References: <870236@hpcilzb.HP.COM> <8778@drutx.ATT.COM> Sender: uucp@super.ORG Reply-To: dorner@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner) Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 25 In article <8778@drutx.ATT.COM> clive@drutx.ATT.COM (Clive Steward) writes: >Have folder open, again in By Name display >change name of a given file >file name remains in same position in list; no re-sort of names takes >place. This is a useful feature; otherwise, the newly renamed file would disappear somewhere, or else the window would have to be scrolled; either behavior would be disconcerting. 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. I really think the Finder ought to go to the disk and check before putting up that alert. An example of an application that causes this is StuffIt; try archiving your favorite document, then restoring it into an open window. You will have to close and reopen the folder before double-clicking the document. -- Steve Dorner, U of Illinois Computing Services Office Internet: dorner@garcon.cso.uiuc.edu UUCP: {convex,uunet}!uiucuxc!dorner IfUMust: (217) 244-1765