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- Item 1869176 15-Nov-90 16:28PST
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- From: LOCKWOOD Savitar, Mike Lockwood,PRT
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- To: MACAPP.TECH$ MacApp Technical
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- Sub: Standard File Hacks
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- Attn: MacApp Tech
- SentBy: Mike Lockwood
- Date 11/15/90
- Subject Standard File Hacks
- From Mike Lockwood
- To MacApp Tech
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- Standard File Hacks 2:07 PM 11/15/90
- I too have been spending some time hacking around trying to extend the
- Standard File dialog. I have made some progress, but have quite a way to go.
- It has not been fun, given that a long time living in the MacApp view
- hierarchy, insulated from the Dialog Manager.
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- My initial reaction was the same as Jeff's: replace the whole thing and write
- it in MacApp. But then I remembered when I upgraded my 128K Mac to a Mac
- Plus, with HFS in the new ROMs. Somehow, most of the applications I was using
- was magically compatible with this new, more sophisticated file system. The
- trick of course was that these programs used the Standard File Package.
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- Replacing Standard File is impractical, given that Apple may make more
- dramatic changes to the operating system. So the solution seems to be adding
- more hooks and making Standard File more extensible. It seems that Apple has
- moved in this direction with System 7. Unfortunately, I need to support
- System 6 for awhile as well as System 7! (Maybe version 2.0 will be System 7
- only, and I will be able to make more extensive use of these new goodies…)
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- I'm glad this issue has come up, since I haven't gone through all of the E.T.O
- CD and checked out the Drafter sample yet. I will look for possible
- inspiration there, inspite of the earlier message's warning!
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- Mike
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