Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!mailrus!purdue!i.cc.purdue.edu!j.cc.purdue.edu!mace.cc.purdue.edu!ajq From: ajq@mace.cc.purdue.edu (John O'Malley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: How do I make folders inaccessible to DA text editor? Message-ID: <1233@mace.cc.purdue.edu> Date: 28 Nov 88 14:31:15 GMT Reply-To: ajq@mace.cc.purdue.edu (John O'Malley) Organization: Purdue University Computing Center Lines: 21 Question ... Is there an easy way to make a certain folder (which was made invisible with ResEdit) inaccessible to desk accessory editors like PowerEdit through the DA's Open option? We'd like to install PowerEdit on some Macs that have a large library of files installed for a mathematics program (Maple). These library files (almost 3000 of them) are in a folder called "lib" on the main level of the hard disk. The folder is invisible to prevent trashing or viewing of the files via an ordinary word processor. PowerEdit is a shareware desk accessory text editor. I'm not a programmer, but I play one on TV :-). Please mail responses as I don't read the programmer's newsgroup. Mac SE HD 20/System 6.0/Finder 6.1 --- John O'Malley / Macintosh / Purdue University / (317) mace.cc.purdue.edu!ajq / Project Specialist / Computing Center / 494-9944