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- DropSave by Dean Yu
- The MacHack ╒91 Release
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-
- So Tom says to me one day, ╥Gee, Dean, wouldn╒t it be
- cool if there was a little document gadget in the title bar
- of a window, and if you click on it, you would be able to
- drop that document into a Finder window and make the application
- save into that window?╙ I laughed and claimed that it couldn╒t
- be done. This was several years ago when I didn╒t know any
- better. (Some may claim that nothing has changed since then.)
- Well, System 7 is finally out and now it IS possible to do
- just this. (With some interface tweaks.)
-
- With DropSave installed, when you shift click on the title
- bar of a document in an application which has a ╥Save As╙
- menu item, the document will zoom down to a region shaped like
- a document icon. You can drag this region around and drop it
- on a Finder window. DropSave will then make the application
- save the document in that window. By option-shift-clicking on
- the title bar, the application╒s ╥Save As╙ dialog will appear
- so you can change the name of the document if you wish. (You
- can even move around directories if you really wanted to.) The
- document will reappear sometime during this process. (I don╒t
- have the code next to me, and I can╒t remember if it reappears
- after it saves, or when you let up on the mouse button.)
-
-
- Misfeatures
- ===========
-
- Hey, it╒s only a hack, and I╒ve got a real job, so it doesn╒t
- do everything that I want it to. Things to watch out for:
- Ñ You can only drop on open Finder windows. Folders
- in windows don╒t highlight when you drag over them. The Desktop
- is considered to be an open window.
- Ñ Because of the way some applications do their event loops,
- DropSave may not seem to work in these applications. (MacWrite II
- and Studio/8 come to mind.) If you let up on the mouse, and it
- doesn╒t seem like the document was saved, click in the menubar
- to give DropSave a kick-start.
- Ñ Some applications (MacDraw II is the only one I found)
- that allows you to choose a document type in it╒s Save dialog
- will wind up saving with a generic document icon with no type.
- Bummers.
-
-
- Other Stuff
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-
- I made the mistake of giving out my old phone number and
- address in the Read Me for an older version of NetBunny. I╒ve
- since been innundated with calls about NetBunny crashes, updates,
- rumours, etc. So I╒m not going to give that information out
- with my hacks any more. You╒ll have to find me through e-mail
- now. (It╒s not as bad as it sounds. I read my mail much too
- often.) You can reach me at nerm@apple.com.
-
- DropSave by Dean Yu
- Copyright 1991 Cyberite Systems. All Rights Reserved.
-