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- Those of you who have got MacWrite II will by now be either pretty
- fed up at not being able to double-click on old MacWrite files or else
- kept a copy of MacWrite on your disk just to do this. Well, I got pretty
- fed up, so here is a simple application that just launches MacWrite II
- when old MacWrite files are double-clicked. Simply put it into the
- same folder as MacWrite II. Throw away MacWrite 5.0 or 4.5 first before
- copying MW launcher on to your disk. It may be necessary in some
- circumstances to rebuild the desktop (hold down option-command keys
- when launching the Finder).
-
- NB. The program is pretty crude: it simply launches the 1st application
- in the same folder as itself that has a Finder creator of "MWII". Actually,
- the creator is read from the 'fCre' resource in the launcher, so you can
- change this to launch other apps if you want (don't forget to change the
- BNDL resource). You might want to do this for MacDraw for example.
-
- Many thanks to Apple for Tech Note 126 from which I have shamelessly
- copied most of the code.
-
- Have fun!
-
- Sak Wathanasin
- Linotype Ltd
- R & D Dept
- Bath Road
- Cheltenham
- Glos. GL53 7LR
- UK
- (+44) 242 222 333 x206
-
- This program and source code is in the public domain.
- ----
- How to hack the launcher to launch other appls
-
- Suppose you want to make it launch MacDraw II when you dbl-click on MD 1.x
- docs. Here are the steps:
-
- 1) copy "MW launcher" to blank floppy (it's quicker & easier to rebuild
- the desktop on a floppy)
- 2) rename it (eg "MD launcher")
- 3) launch ResEdit
- 4) open orig appl if you have it
- 5) copy the BNDL, ICN#, and FREF resources
- 6) Paste into launcher (yes, you want to replace resources with same id).
- If you don't have the orig appl, concoct BNDL, FREF & ICN# resources
- (see IM 3 Chp 1).
- 7) Create a signature resource (eg MDRW id 0); this doesn't have
- to contain anything, but it's useful to put a timestamp in it.
- 8) Delete the "MACA" resource (which was the signature resource for
- the MW launcher)
- 9) close the file and save the changes
- 10) select the file and "Get Info" on it
- 11) change the creator to be the same as the signature resource (eg MDRW)
- NB the system is case sensitive
- 12) save changes and quit ResEdit
- 13) eject the floppy & reinsert while holding down cmd and opt keys
- 14) "Yes", you want to rebuild desktop
- 15) Trash the orig appl on your HD
- 16) Copy the launcher into the same folder as the new appl you want to
- launch (eg MacDraw II)
- 17) Test by dbl-clicking an old doc.
- 18) If it doesn't work, you may have to rebuild the desktop on your HD.
-