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Article #37844Re: Problem finding Application
From: Jeanne A. E. DeVoto
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1989 21:36
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1989 21:36
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>void, with the further result that I can't open documents directly >(although they do just fine if I launch RSG directly and then open ... >itself into the DeskTop file, but it didn't help. The only other >thing I've noticed is that most of my applications have the Bundle Bit >set, but RSG does not. I'm not deep enough into os.trivia to play ReadySetGo should have its bundle bit set. Set it and rebuild the desktop, and you're off. The Finder uses the bundle bit, along with the BNDL resource of any file whose bundle bit is set, to figure out which files belong to which applica- tions. For instance, all MacWrite files have creator "MACA". The icons for MacWrite files are stored in the application. The fact that the application's bundle bit is set prompts the Finder to treat all files of creator MACA as belonging to MacWrite, which basically means that: - the icons for those files are found in the MacWrite application - double-clicking on a file with creator MACA will launch MacWrite. Hope this helps. jeanne a. e. devoto jdevoto@apple.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cwjcc!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!apple!jdevoto From: jdevoto@Apple.COM (Jeanne A. E. DeVoto) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Problem finding Application Message-ID: <25873@apple.Apple.COM> Date: 15 Feb 89 21:36:41 GMT References: <9881@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA Lines: 23