Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!pyramid!voder!apple!han From: han@apple.UUCP (Byron Han) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Finder 6.0 "feature" is a pain Message-ID: <6973@apple.UUCP> Date: 11 Dec 87 18:04:05 GMT References: <4025@pucc.Princeton.EDU> Reply-To: han@apple.UUCP (Byron Han) Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, USA Lines: 22 In article <4025@pucc.Princeton.EDU> IJLUSTIG@pucc.Princeton.EDU writes: >With previous releases of the Finder, one could select an application and >a file that was created by another application, choose "Open" from >the FILE menu in the Finder, and the file would be opened by the >chosen application. For example, one could take a TEXT file created by >one application (say EDIT, or EXCEL), and have MacWrite startup with >that file by choosing MacWrite and the file, and then selecting Open. >This no longer works, presumably because Multifinder would get confused. >But it doesn't even work in the Finder 6.0. > I believe that you CAN open a document with a specified application using the procedure you described. Earlier versions of Juggler had a problem with this. The released Finder 6.0 does not. Are you sure you are using the released Finder/Multifinder/System software? It may also be fruitful to rebuild your desktop if you ARE running FInder 6.0/Multifinder 1.0/System 4.2. ----- Byron Han - Apple Computer Inc - 20525 Mariani Ave MS 27Y - Cupertino, CA 95014 "These are my opinions and views only. Apple has nothing to do with them." ATTNet: 408-973-1940 GENIE: BYRONHAN APPLELINK: HAN1 UUCP: {sun, voder, nsc, mtxinu, dual}!apple!han