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In article <1593@tellab5.tellabs.CHI.IL.US> wiseman@tellab5.tellabs.CHI.IL.US (Jeff Wiseman) writes:


   I have several different types of documents that come and go from my system
   (MacSE) frequently and I store many of them for long periods of time. I have
   MacWriteII which will handle all of them (ie. Word, WriteNow, MacWrite, etc)

   I want to be able to double click on a document regardless of type
   or where it is, and have my MacWriteII application start up and (after
   converting it) present the document double clicked on.

There is a commercial utility that will do exactly what you want (and more).
It's called HandOff and I just posted a press release.  In your case,
you can redirect all those files from Word, WriteNow, MacWrite, etc.
to MacWrite II.

The first time you double-click on a document whose application you don't
have, you'll be presented with a dialog to select a substitute.  Select
MacWrite II and your documents will automatically be opened by MacWrite II.
In future encounters of the same kind of document (Word, MacWrite, etc.),
you will not even see the dialog (unless you want to).  It does this
without changing any of you files.

You can also redirect files by filename extension to any one of your
applications.  For example, you can double-click on ".txt" files to
open MacWrite II.

There's a control panel interface to configure HandOff, to remove
substitutions and to add or remove filename mappings.

For more information, call Software Innovations at 214/727-2329.

DISCLAIMER:  I wrote HandOff, and my company Software Innovations, is
marketing HandOff.

-Fred

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