This DA has exactly the same database as the application of the same name. It is for those who want/need a DA for some reason (such as not running MultiFinder). I am no longer upgrading this DA, so no new features will be added in the future, though the database file will be updated if that becomes necessary.
Install the DA in a convenient place, normally the System, with Font/DA Mover or another DA utility. It can also be installed in the application that you use for editing your source files, if you’re so inclined. The Inside Mac Index file should be placed in an appropriate place. It no longer has to be placed in the System folder as in the past. It can even be put on another disk if you have more than one. The first time the DA is opened you will get a SFGetFile dialog box that will ask you to find the Inside Mac Index file. Navigate through your disks/folders/files until you find it and Open it. The DA will remember where it is located and you will not have to do this again unless you move the file, change the order in which your disks boot, or eject the disk that it is on.
This DA was written in assembly language using the CDS assembler from Consulair. The DA has been tested on a Mac 512Ke under System 6.05, an SE/30 under System 7, and a Mac IIci under System 7. If you have another kind of Mac and System it should work, but I can't guarantee that.
If you don't like the way that I implemented the index, want to delete some items or add some items, the index file can be edited with ResEdit. When you open the file with ResEdit, the index entries are TEXT type resources and they are all named (I wish more programmers would name their resources, especially Apple), so it should be obvious which one is which.
I hope that you find this little DA useful. It is inconvenient to look in the back of several different volumes of Inside Macintosh to find a particular item. I hate the “see…” references, so I have duplicated the information so you don’t have to go back and forth to find something.
This DA is FREE, but I would like to hear from anyone who finds it useful. Thanks.
