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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
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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.

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