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Article #1049Re: A Mac OS 8 feature not working properly...
From: Bill Bedford
Date: Mon, 08 Jun 1998 00:00
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. -- Empty Sig To confound the clueless
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