Alias Dæmon is a useful little System Extension that simplifies the creation of
aliases in folders other than the one containing the original item. If you hold
down the option key and choose ‘Make Alias’ from the Finders File menu (or choose
its Command–key equivalent, if applicable) then Alias Dæmon’s dialogue box will
appear, enabling you to put your new alias anywhere you wish on your hard disk.
There are short–cut buttons provided to put the alias in the most common
locations, such as the Desktop or the Apple Menu Items folder, but you can put
the alias in a folder of your choice.
Full on-line help is provided with Alias Dæmon. Hit the ‘About Alias Dæmon’
button in the dialogue, or the help key.
Alias Dæmon is shareware. It is only £3 Sterling, which I think is a bargain. For
non-UK residents the price is US$5 or the equivalent in local currency. You don’t
get anything if you pay your fee, except for a warm glow from the knowledge that
you have supported the shareware concept (there’s no additional features to be
enabled, or startup messages to dismiss). Your fee also gives you the right to
free upgrades and bug–fixes as and when they become available. I do urge you to
send me your shareware fee if you like Alias Assistant and decide to keep it.
I can be contacted via the Internet at:
daggilli@bradford.ac.uk
If you want to write to me via snail-mail (which you will have to do if you
decide to pay your shareware fee) my address is:
David Gillies
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
University of Bradford
Bradford
West Yorkshire
BD7 1DP
England
Version History
1.1: Fixed a very nasty bug introduced by a conflict with DoubleScroll. A hard
crash occurred when TrackControl() was called, so I had to reimplement
ModalDialog() myself. I recoded the custom controls to use offscreen graphics, which speeds up redraw by several times (it's astonishing how slow the combination of UpdtControl() and DrawPicture() is on an obsolete '030 machine). Also fixed a bug in the ‘Other…’ directory dialogue box, where the large button to select the current folder rather than one of its items was broken.
1.0: The original. The alias creation mechanism was completely overhauled from
the development and alpha versions. Instead of examining the Finder's private
data structures, all operations are now handled using the Finder Apple Events