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□ □ recently.□ Maybe spares you the balloon, figuring that you窶况e probably seen enough Balloon Help and Help on Wheels. If you already have balloons showing, It mentions, by way of a balloon, that Maybe offers help through both □ □□□□□ Maybe窶ｦ窶 command in the Apple menu.□ This dialog presents Maybe窶冱 About box. It is opened by the 窶廣bout □ □□□□xThe About Dialog□ □□□□□ □ □ □□□□□ to clicking Yes.□ you can press Return or Enter instead. Pressing 窶y窶 or 窶+窶 is equivalent default response as defined in the Options dialog for the converted alias, Click here to tell Maybe to open or print the target item. If this is the □ 窶｢ Yes□ □□□□□ □ □□□□□ Control-Period is equivalent to clicking No.□ you can press Return or Enter instead. Pressing 窶蕨窶, 窶-窶, Escape, or default response as defined in the Options dialog for the converted alias, Click here to tell Maybe not to open or print the target item. If this is the □ 窶｢ No□ □□□□□ □ resource from 2048 to 2063.□ have a resource editor, change the ProcID field of Maybe窶冱 'CNTL'(128) windows, so you may want to turn off the animation. To do this, if you causes other applications such as Finder to erase and redraw their actually sweep down the seconds. Unfortunately, the timer animation NOTE: On a monitor set to 256 grays or colors, the countdown timer will □ □□□□□ before the user chooses 窶弸es窶 or 窶廸o,窶 the default response is assumed.□ can stop and start the timer by clicking on its face. If the timer elapses It starts at the wait time limit and works down toward zero. The user countdown timer, rather like the one you see in a motion picture leader. If the options specify a wait time, Maybe makes room for a circular □ 窶｢ Countdown timer□ □□□□□ □ text was supplied, Maybe will compose some appropriate question.□ This dialog displays the text supplied using the Alert Text option. If no □ □□□□□ time is not zero, Maybe posts the Prompt dialog.□ Alert User action type, and the Command key is not pressed, and the wait When Finder asks Maybe to open or print a converted alias which has the □□□□ □□□笳□ □□□笳□ □□□笳□ □□□笳 □□□笳□ □□□笳□ □□□笳 □□□笳 □□□笳□ □□□笳□ □□□笳□ □□□笳□ □□□笳□ □□□笳□ □□□笳□ □□□笳□ □□□笳 □ □□□□xThe Prompt Dialog□ □□□□□ □ □ □□□□□ Sound dialog.□ Click here to place the sound in the selected file and close the Action □ 窶｢ OK□ □□□□□ □ □□□□□ Sound dialog.□ Click here to avoid placing the new sound in a file and return to the Action □ 窶｢ Cancel□ □□□□□ □ □□□□□ unwritable. The default is to place the sound in the converted alias file.□ be placed. The preferences file button is disabled if the preferences file is Click one of the two radio buttons to choose the file where the sound will □ 窶｢ Place Sound In□ □□□□□ □ □□□□□ number in this box.□ several Macintoshes, there is no need to change the randomly generated converted alias. Unless you need to coordinate sound numbers between because it窶冱 how Maybe remembers the sound you have chosen for a displayed in the Action Sound dialog窶冱 list box. The number is important, Enter a number between 128 and 32767 in this box. This number will be □ 窶｢ Number□ □□□□□ □ □□□□□ displayed in the Action Sound dialog窶冱 list box.□ Optionally, you may enter a sound name in this box. This name will be □ 窶｢ Name□ □□□□□ □ □□□□□ dialog appears.□ file. If you don窶冲 want to hear the sound, hold down the Option key as the decide whether to put it in the converted alias file or in the preferences dialog. This is where you assign a name and number to the new sound, and Clipboard, or after recording a new sound, while using the Action Sound The Sound Name dialog appears when you ask to paste a sound from the □□□□ □□□ﾃ□ □□□ﾃ□ □□□ﾃ □□□ﾃ □□□ﾃ□ □□□ﾃ□ □□□ﾃ□ □□□ﾃ□ □□□ﾃ□ □□□ﾃ□ □□□ﾃ□ □□□ﾃ□ □□□ﾃ □ □□□□xThe Sound Name Dialog□ □□□□□ □ □ □□□□□ the sound, hold down the Option key as the Sound Name dialog appears.□ Click here to proceed to the Sound Name dialog. If you don窶冲 want to hear □ 窶｢ Save□ □□□□□ □ □□□□□ dialog.□ Click here to avoid recording a sound and return to the Action Sound □ 窶｢ Cancel□ □□□□□ □ □□□□□ click Save.□ different sounds together. Nothing is actually saved to disk before you tape recorder. You can use the Pause button during recording to splice Click these buttons to control recording and playback, as you would on a □ 窶｢ Record, Stop, Pause, Play□ □□□□□ □ memory size to hear large sounds.□ not necessary for users of converted aliases to increase Maybe窶冱 sound you want to record, quit Maybe and increase its memory size. It is If you find that the dialog does not offer enough recording time for the □ □□□□□ click Record Sound Into窶ｦ in the Action Sound dialog.□ This is the standard Macintosh Record Sound dialog. It appears when you □□□□ □□□竏□ □□□竏□ □□□竏□ □□□竏□ □□□竏□ □□□竏□ □□□竏□ □□□竏□ □□□竏 □ □□□□xThe Record Sound Dialog□ □□□□□ □ □ □□□□□ Click here to accept the action sound choice and close the dialog.□ □ 窶｢ OK□ □□□□□ □ □□□□□ dialog.□ not affect any changes made to files containing sounds while using the Click here to cancel the action sound choice and close the dialog. This will □ 窶｢ Cancel□ □□□□□ □ □□□□□ disabled if there is no sound input device available.□ dialog that follows, this will close the Action Sound dialog. This button is control panel. Unless you cancel in the Record Sound dialog or Sound Name preferences file, using the sound input device selected in the Sound Click this button to record a sound into the converted alias file or □ 窶｢ Record Sound Into窶ｦ□ □□□□□ □ □□□□□ This button is disabled if there is no sound in the Clipboard.□ if you do not wish to hear the sound as the Sound Name dialog appears. that follows, this will close the Action Sound dialog. Press the Option key alias file or preferences file. Unless you cancel in the Sound Name dialog Click this button to paste a sound from the Clipboard into the converted □ 窶｢ Paste Sound Into窶ｦ (Command-V)□ □□□□□ □ □□□□□ unwritable file. Pressing Delete is equivalent to clicking Clear Sound.□ You are not allowed to clear a sound from the System file, nor from any Click this button to clear the selected sound, removing it from its file. □ 窶｢ Clear Sound□ □□□□□ □ □□□□□ Click this button to copy the selected sound to the Clipboard.□ □ 窶｢ Copy Sound (Command-C)□ □□□□□ □ □□□□□ nor from any unwritable file.□ from its file. You are not allowed to cut a sound from the System file, Click this button to cut the selected sound to the Clipboard, removing it □ 窶｢ Cut Sound (Command-X)□ □□□□□ □ This option is off by default.□ □ □□□□□ play.□ the option, Maybe will cut off the playing sound if it has another sound to be played as another converted alias is opened or printed. If you turn off such as voice messages, to the end, even if that holds up the next sound to printed. If you turn on this option, the user will always hear long sounds, play the sound to completion when the converted alias is opened or If any sound is selected in the list, you have an option of whether or not to □ 窶｢ Always Play Sound to Completion option□ □□□□□ □ sound to be played. This is the default.□ The top line in the list box says 窶彈none]窶. Click this line if you want no □ □□□□□ want to hear the sound, hold down the Option key as you click.□ sound and select it, or double-click to hear it and choose it. If you don窶冲 a Finder alias file, and Finder will ignore it.) Click any line to hear the using Maybe, it will stick with the alias even after it has been reverted to (Normally, a Finder alias file does not contain sounds, but if you add one Maybe itself, the Maybe Preferences file, and the Finder alias file. This list box contains one line for every sound found in the System file, □ 窶｢ Sound list box□ □□□□□ □ □□□□□ alias is opened or printed, just before the action takes place.□ Sound dialog. This is where you select a sound to play when the converted Clicking the Action Sound窶ｦ button in the Options dialog opens the Action □□□□ □□□ﾏ\竚･ □□□ﾏ\竍ｧ □□□ﾏ\竚 □□□ﾏ\□ □□□ﾏ\□ □□□ﾏ\□ □□□ﾏ\ □□□ﾏ\□ □□□ﾏ\□ □□□ﾏ\ □□□ﾏ\ □□□ﾏ\□ □□□ﾏ\□ □□□ﾏ\□ □□□ﾏ\□ □□□ﾏ\□ □□□ﾏ\□ □□□ﾏ\□ □□□ﾏ\□ □□□ﾏ\ □ □□□□xThe Action Sound Dialog□ □□□□□ □ □ If any options are invalid, you are prompted to correct them.□ □ □□□□□ converted alias.□ conversion of a Finder alias file or the changing of options in an existing Click here to accept the options and close the dialog. This will lead to the □ 窶｢ OK□ □□□□□ □ If any options are invalid, you are prompted to correct them.□ □ □□□□□ pads.□ the dialog. You may or may not prefer this approach to using stationery Click here to change the default values for all options to those displayed in □ 窶｢ Make Defaults□ □□□□□ □ □□□□□ described in this help file.□ key pressed to change all options to their built-in default values, the ones have changed using Make Defaults (see below). Click here with the Option Click here to change all options to their default values, which you may □ 窶｢ Use Defaults□ □□□□□ □ □□□□□ changes made to an existing converted alias.□ Click here to cancel the conversion of a Finder alias file, or to cancel the □ 窶｢ Cancel□ □□□□□ □ □□See the section entitled 窶弋he Action Sound Dialog窶 for more information.□ □□□□□ Sound dialog.□ To change this, you click the Action Sound窶ｦ button to bring up the Action By default, no sound is played when a converted alias is opened or printed. □ 窶｢ Action Sound窶ｦ option□ □□□□□ □ This option is off by default.□ □ □□□□□ that isn窶冲 a stationery pad.□ stationery pad using Finder, but it wouldn窶冲 look any different from one you don窶冲 use this option, you could change the converted alias to a stationery pad, and alter the brand icon slightly to reflect that fact. If When this option is in effect, Maybe will make the converted alias into a □ ﾂｰ Stationery option□ □□□□□ □ This option is on by default.□ □ □□□□□ rate, you can always change the name after converting the alias.□ branding the icon, but is more likely to be noticed in file dialogs. At any the alias file as it is converted. This accomplishes the same effect as When this option is in effect, Maybe will suffix 窶 (Maybe)窶 to the name of □ ﾂｰ Convert File Name option□ □□□□□ □ This option is on by default.□ □ □□□□□ Preferences file, if any.□ fills the question mark is tinged according to the label color of the Maybe it is not a normal alias file and not the original. The grayish color which garish question mark stamped over the former icon, to make it clear that When this option is in effect, the converted alias will sport a rather large, □ ﾂｰ Brand Icon option□ □□□□□ □ □□□□□ At other times, when changing options, they are unavailable.□ converted alias. They are available only at the time of initial conversion. The following three options affect the appearance of the resulting □ 窶｢ Appearance options□ □□□□□ □ The default is to open the window.□ □ Maybe documents, which are opened or printed in turn.□ ask Finder to open or print each item in the folder. The folder may contain print a folder.) If you choose the Open/Print Each Item option, Maybe will folder窶冱 window, showing the icons inside. (It is an error to ask Finder to If you choose the Open Window option, Maybe will ask Finder to open the □ □□□□□ or print it.□ volume, which is equivalent for this purpose) until it has decided to open Maybe doesn窶冲 know whether or not the target item is a folder (or □ 窶｢ Folder Treatment option□ □□□□□ □ The 窶彭efault窶 default response is 窶廸o.窶□ □ For the None action type, the default response is always assumed.□ □ timer elapses. It is an error if the other item does not exist.□ For the Open Item action type, the default response is assumed if the □ program does not exist, or if the timer elapses.□ For the Send AE action type, the default response is assumed if the target □ indication.□ conditions are not met. If they are met, Maybe takes the opposite For the Check Keys action type, the default response is assumed if the key □ clicked if the timer elapses.□ button gets the thick outline, the one which is assumed to have been For the Alert User action type, the default response determines which □ □□□□□ other indication.□ determines whether or not to open or print the target item, if there is no Every action type can have a default response, 窶弸es窶 or 窶廸o,窶 which □ 窶｢ Default Response option□ □□□□□ □ □□□□□ Command-Period at any time to cancel the wait.□ Click this button to wait indefinitely for a response. You can still press □ ﾂｰ Forever option□ □□□□□ □ □□□□□ the Alert if Wait Elapses option.□ reply to an Apple event, you should set the wait time to zero and turn off background after opening the other item. If you are not interested in the but Maybe won窶冲 wait for a reply; for Open Item, Maybe won窶冲 wait in the dialog will not come up; for Send AE, the Apple event will still be sent, zero, the effect depends on the action type: for Alert User, the Prompt enter the number of seconds in the text field. If you set this number to Click this button to limit the time Maybe will wait for a response, then □ ﾂｰ Up to 窶ｦ Seconds option□ □□□□□ □ default time limit is 5 seconds.□ The default is to wait forever, but if you click the other button, the □ □□□□□ Item action. These buttons are disabled for other action types.□ determines how long Maybe will wait in the background during an Open wait for a response to an Alert User or Send AE action. This choice also Choose one of these two radio buttons to indicate how long you want to □ 窶｢ Wait for Response option□ □□□□□ □ the Folder Treatment or Action Sound option permanently to an alias.□ target item through the converted alias. You might also use it to attach You can use this action type to temporarily 窶徭hut down窶 access to the □ □□□□□ sound will still play.□ is opened or printed, special folder treatment is still given, and any action the Default Response option will determine whether or not the alias target or print the converted alias, but other options still apply. In particular, If you choose this action type, no special action will occur when you open □ 窶｢ None action option□ □□□□□ □ effect.□ when you click the Item窶ｦ button, you will see a warning alert to that NOTE: If you have already chosen an item, and that item cannot be found □ converted aliases together.□ The item can be another converted alias, if you want to chain two or more □ □□□□□ opening it, and to select an alias file instead of its target.□ 窶彿tem窶昶\. You can use this button to select a volume or folder instead of dialog which appears has an extra button at the bottom, marked 窶彜elect Click the Item窶ｦ button to see or choose the other item to open. The file □ ﾂｰ Item窶ｦ option□ □□□□□ □ come up.)□ requires, it would be wise to allow a 45-second wait for the connection to up an AppleTalk Remote Access connection which the target item until the mount completes. However, if your other item intends to bring time to zero, because Finder will not get around to opening the target item depend on a certain remote volume being mounted, you can set the wait alias to a remote server as the other item, so that the target item can will then open or print the target item. (For example, if you are using an you make it active. If Maybe becomes active before the timer elapses, it Maybe will wait in the background, blinking its icon in the menu bar, until opened or printed immediately after opening the other item. Otherwise, elapses. Set the wait time to zero if you want the target item to be The default response will be assumed if you specify a wait time and it □ □□□□□ you set the options.□ The other item can be local or on any volume which is mounted at the time information, so that it won窶冲 lose track of it if it is moved or renamed. records the identity and location of this other item using alias (not printed) just before the target item is opened or printed. Maybe folder, application, document, alias, or whatever) which will be opened If you choose this action type, you can choose another item (volume, □□□□ □□□竕･□ □□□竕･□ □□□竕･□ □□□竕･ □ 窶｢ Open Item action option□ □□□□□ □ This option is on by default.□ □ □□□□□ assume the default response.□ box to tell you so. Otherwise, it will not. In either case, Maybe will target program fails to reply within that time, Maybe will put up a dialog If this option is in effect, and you have specified a wait time, and the □ ﾂｰ Alert If Wait Elapses option□ □□□□□ □ This option is on by default.□ □ □□□□□ open or print the target item.□ text of the dialog.) Otherwise, it will not. In either case, Maybe will not up a dialog box to tell you so. (If there is an error string, it will form the error string when the converted alias is opened or printed, Maybe will put If this option is in effect, and the target program returns an error code or □ ﾂｰ Alert If Target Reports Error option□ □□□□□ □ This option is on by default.□ □ □□□□□ default response.□ you so. Otherwise, it will not. In either case, Maybe will assume the converted alias is opened or printed, Maybe will put up a dialog box to tell If this option is in effect, and the target program does not exist when the □ ﾂｰ Alert If No Target option□ □□□□□ □ near the point of the error.□ Maybe will report any syntax errors it finds, and place the text cursor □ □□□See the picture above for an example of this syntax.□ See the attached documentation on AEBuild for full syntax details.□ □ □□□□□ 窶'----':value窶 (without the double quotes).□ parameter, please remember to put single quotes around the key, thus: and values in AEBuild format. If one of your parameters is the direct parameters, you must enter them here as a comma-separated list of keys blank. If it requires parameters, or you want to supply optional Apple event, as Quit Application does, then you should leave this field If the Apple event registry information specifies no parameters for the □ ﾂｰ AE Text option□ □□□□□ □ for you to bring it back to the front. Maybe strives to be polite.□ is that if Maybe wants to report an error, it has to say 窶彗hem窶 and wait before it receives the Apple event. The disadvantage to using this option can set the Activate option, to force the application to become active If you find that the target program doesn窶冲窶徘lay by the rules,窶 then you □ □□□□□ if you want to save the file, but the dialog comes up in the background.□ modified file open, and you send it a Quit Application event, it will ask you click on it before you can answer it. For example, if ResEdit 2.1.1 has a this, then the dialog will come up in the background, and you will have to to that application so that you can answer the dialog. If it does not do event. If the target application does this, Maybe will automatically yield user interaction窶 before putting up a dialog box in response to an Apple The standard practice for Apple-event-aware applications is to 窶徨equest □ ﾂｰ Activate option□ □□□□□ □ □□□□□ 窶徠uit窶 (without the double quotes).□ want to send. For example, for a Quit Application event, you would enter Enter the four-character Apple event ID code for the Apple event you □ ﾂｰ ID option□ □□□□□ □ □□□□□ 窶彗evt窶 (without the double quotes).□ want to send. For example, for a Quit Application event, you would enter Enter the four-character Apple event class code for the Apple event you □ ﾂｰ Class option□ □□□□□ □ name from the list under Macintoshes.□ programs running on your machine. To correct this, select a machine disconnected from its network, because it looks as though there are no under Programs. This is a bit misleading, especially if your machine is the target machine which could not be found, it will show an empty list alert to that effect. When the program browser dialog appears, if it was cannot be found when you click the Target窶ｦ button, you will see a warning NOTE: If you have already chosen a target program, and that program □ program linking through its Finder Sharing dialog.□ & Groups control panel, and the target program must allow remote your user name must be allowed to do program linking through the Users must have program linking turned on in the Sharing Setup control panel, Remember that in order for program linking to work, the target machine □ □□□□□ list of programs.□ network, you can choose any zone and any machine, then select from its programs which are running at this time. If you are connected to a Apple event. It brings up a program browser dialog, listing all 窶徑inkable窶 Click the Target窶ｦ button to choose a program which will receive the □ ﾂｰ Target窶ｦ option□ □□□□□ □ will beep to confirm, and will not open or print the target item.□ item. Also, if you cancel the wait by pressing Command-Period, Maybe server returns any sort of error, Maybe will not open or print the target (server) can窶冲 be found, either locally or through the network. If the target program doesn窶冲 respond within that time, or if the target program The default response will be assumed if you specify a wait time and the □ □□□□□ figure out what is wrong.□ program. Sometimes, you may need a list of Apple event error codes to telling you the error string or error number returned by the target get it wrong the first time, Maybe can tell you what the problem is by you to determine what Apple events that program will accept, but if you address it to any program on any Macintosh on your network. It is up to If you choose this action type, you can compose a single Apple event and □□□□ □□□竕､□ □□□竕､□ □□□竕､□ □□□竕､□ □□□竕､□ □□□竕､□ □□□竕､ □ 窶｢ Send AE action option□ □□□□□ □ □□□□□ Down窶ｦ option.□ to override the default. The procedure is the same as for the Keys Click the Keys Up窶ｦ button to choose which keys must be up (not pressed) □ ﾂｰ Keys Up窶ｦ option□ □□□□□ □ □□□□□ was recorded.□ combination. The Options dialog gives you feedback so you can check what keys are sometimes truncated, because the keyboard can窶冲 report that limitations of the keyboard design, you may find that sets of four or more down all the keys you want in this set, and click the OK button. Due to (pressed) to override the default. When the Keys dialog comes up, hold Click the Keys Down窶ｦ button to choose which keys must be down □ ﾂｰ Keys Down窶ｦ option□ □□□□□ □ combination of keys and not certain others.□ The default response will be assumed unless the user presses a certain □ □□□□□ time.□ or print the target item depending on the state of the keyboard at the If you choose this action type, Maybe will decide whether or not to open □□□□ □□□ﾂｱ□ □□□ﾂｱ□ □□□ﾂｱ□ □□□ﾂｱ□ □□□ﾂｱ □ 窶｢ Check Keys action option□ □□□□□ □ □□□□□ that a 窶弸es窶 answer means don窶冲 open the target item.□ want to abort?窶 would be wrong, because Maybe would not understand phrased in the positive. For example, 窶弋his looks dangerous. Do you Item窶?窶 You can put any text you choose in this field, as long as it is display in the dialog box, along the lines of, 窶廛o you want to open 窶弋arget If you leave this field blank, then Maybe will compose the message to □ ﾂｰ Alert Text option□ □□□□□ □ needed, the user can stop the countdown timer by clicking on it.)□ Enter key, or if you specify a wait time and it elapses. (If more time is The default response will be assumed if the user presses the Return or □ □□□□□ □□the Prompt dialog.□ □□See the section entitled 窶弋he Prompt Dialog窶 for more information about the target item.□ answer. Only if the answer is 窶弸es窶 does Maybe proceed to open or print opening or printing the converted alias, asking for a 窶弸es窶 or 窶廸o窶 If you choose this action type, the user will see the Prompt dialog when □□□□ □□□竏□ □□□竏□ □□□竏□ □□□竏□ □□□竏□ □□□竏 □ 窶｢ Alert User action option□ □□□□□ □ □□□□□ to select an option.□ converted alias is opened or printed. Click one of these five radio buttons This version of Maybe offers five choices of action to perform when the □ 窶｢ Action option□ □□□□□ □ □□□□□ you ask to change the options in a converted alias.□ This dialog appears when you are converting a Finder alias file, and when □□□□ □□□ﾃ倪㌃ □□□ﾃ倪堅 □□□ﾃ□ □□□ﾃ□ □□□ﾃ□ □□□ﾃ □□□ﾃ□ □□□ﾃ□ □□□ﾃ □□□ﾃ □□□ﾃ□ □□□ﾃ□ □□□ﾃ□ □□□ﾃ□ □□□ﾃ□ □□□ﾃ□ □□□ﾃ□ □□□ﾃ□ □□□ﾃ □ □□□□xThe Options Dialog□ □□□□□ □ □ □□□□□ described here.□ Maybe does not open any windows other than dialog boxes, which are □ □ □□□□□□□ﾃ･□□□Dialogs□ □□□□□□ﾂｧ□ □□□□□□ﾂｧ □ □□□□□