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Re: Problems implementing services and new problem

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From: "For deposit only"
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 21:08
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In article <1992Jul29.205038.25257@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>  
phayes@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Patrick W Hayes) writes:
> 
> 	A potential problem could be that you changed your program while
> it was in the Apps directory.  I have noticed that the Workspace Manager  
caches
> the services you provide so it doesn't have to check every time you log in.   
So
> to provide new or different services I now remove my program from the Apps 
> directory, log out, log in, install it again, log out, and log in again.  It 
> took me about six hours to figure that one out.
> 	My problem is with dynamic services.  I create the file in
>  ~/.NeXT/services with my program name and same format as the one that I 
> compile with, call NXUpdateDynamicServices() and I don't see my new services.
> I'm already the servicesDelegate, so that isn't it.  I even noticed that a  
new
> service from Digital Librarian won't appear in Edit's Services menu until you
> quit and restart and open a document, but my own still does not show up.  Any
> help greatly appreciated. 

Type make_services in a Terminal Window.  It forces the WorkSpaceManager to  
reread the services.

Imran
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