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Re: A Mac OS 8 feature not working properly...

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From: Bill Bedford
Date: Mon, 08 Jun 1998 00:00
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Steve Rogers <thebeast@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> Trying to switch applications using About This Computer: I control-click
> an application and get a choice of Open (should be Switch To, shouldn't
> it?) or Help.  Clicking Open, I get the following dialog with the choice
> of OK or Cancel:
> 
> The document "[name of app]" is locked, so you will not be able to save
> any changes. Do you want to open it anyway?
> 
> I OK it, it then does what I wanted it to do.  What's wrong?

Nothing, -- sort of.

The open CMM sends an InterceptOpen event from the finder. Because the
recipient in this case is a process, ie the application is already open,
it returns a file locked error, but still brings the application to the
front.

It looks like a buglet in the open CMM.

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Subject: Re: A Mac OS 8 feature not working properly...
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