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Using OpenUsing

• Select any number of files/folders/disks in Finder (or Sherlock or some other compatible application).
• Control-click on the selection to open the contextual menu.
• Choose an application from the "Open Using" submenu. The selected file(s) will be opened using the chosen application.

Notes

• Files in the selection are assumed to be of the same type as the first file.
• If the application selected does not recognize the file's type you will be warned. You can instruct the plugin to try anyway (expect some odd results), or advanced users can change the file type to one that the application recognizes.
• The Open Using submenu is not loaded if:
  • you control-click on something that is not an icon
  • no files are selected (eg. desktop)
  • an error occurs
• Some applications cannot open files. For such applications setting the creator code or file type or opening files using the application is not possible, so an error message is displayed if you try to do so (except for AppleScript applets which are automatically launched). Such applications can only be launched.
• Many applications cannot open folders or disks. An error message will be displayed if you try to open a folder/disk with such an application.
• If an error occurs while loading the OpenUsing submenu, the plugin will abandon the process, and the Open Using submenu will not appear in the contextual menu. The error will be reported after the contextual menu closes, but not if the error is the same as the last error reported. Errors that arise from selecting an item from the OpenUsing submenu are always reported.