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Article #1553Desk Accessory problems with new System
From: David Levine
Date: Fri, 17 May 1985 18:45
Date: Fri, 17 May 1985 18:45
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I took the opportunity while installing the new System files on my disks to
install a couple of desk accessories I hadn't tried before. I noticed the
following problems:
Disk Info does not have its buttons ("Show Files" and "Make Default"
in the disk window, "Show Disks" in the file window) when called from
an application. The buttons appear only when running Disk Info from
the Finder (how pointless!) Without the buttons, Disk Info is still
usable, but not as useful.
Set File cannot change the author of a file. It can set the attribute
bits, but any change to the author field is not actually made.
Both these problems occurred using the new System and Finder on a RAM disk.
Come to think of it, it was a new RAM disk program too. (Not the one that was
posted here recently, a different one.) Perhaps that's the problem.
Anyway, I'd appreciate it if someone could confirm or deny that these problems
exist for them. If you've used these DAs with the new Finder/System, please
MAIL me your results. If you can't mail to me, PLEASE DON'T POST. I'll repost
the results if there's any interest.
David D. Levine (...decvax!tektronix!orca!davidl) [UUCP]
(orca!davidl.tektronix@csnet-relay.csnet) [ARPA]
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/28/84 based on 9/17/84; site orca.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!orca!davidl From: davidl@orca.UUCP (David Levine) Newsgroups: net.micro.mac Subject: Desk Accessory problems with new System Message-ID: <1508@orca.UUCP> Date: Fri, 17-May-85 14:45:02 EDT Article-I.D.: orca.1508 Posted: Fri May 17 14:45:02 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 1-Jun-85 02:14:55 EDT Reply-To: davidl@orca.UUCP (David Levine) Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR Lines: 25