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- From: knguyen@emr1.emr.ca (Kim Nguyen)
- Subject: Re: Looking for app to run DA's under System 7
- Message-ID: <1992Aug22.032634.28199@emr1.emr.ca>
- Organization: Energy, Mines, and Resources, Ottawa
- References: <Bt8IJ7.6vG@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1992Aug19.175947.10524@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> <BtADBz.D78@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 03:26:34 GMT
- Lines: 45
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- In article <BtADBz.D78@news.cso.uiuc.edu> aad35939@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (A A DeGuzman) writes:
- >hades@coos.dartmouth.edu (Hades) writes:
- >
- >>aad35939@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (A A DeGuzman) writes:
- >
- >>>I'm looking for an app to install a few (4) DA's to run under System 7.
- >>>I found this program on mac.archive.umich.edu called DASh, but it opens all
- >>>of the DA's when launched. I basically want the equivalent of DA Handler
- >>>(from Multfinder - System 6) - just a File and Edit menu. If anyone knows of
- >>>such an app, any help would be greatly appreciated.
- >
- >> Am I the only one who doesn't understand this request? One of the
- >>great things about System 7 is the fact that you no longer need an app
- >>to install DA'a any longer. You just drop them into your system folder
- >>and let it do the rest. System 7 treats each DA as if it were an
- >>application unto itself.
- >
- >You know, I realized now that I should have described *why* I am trying
- >to do this.
- >
- >I am running a lab of Mac on System 7, and I would like to hide the
- >System Folder. But doing so disables all of the Apple Menu items. I was
- >trying to look for an app to hold all of the DA's, put in the Startup
- >folder, and disable the Quit command on the app. Then the students can
- >get to the DA's w/out getting a chance to muck around in the System Folder.
- >
- >But I figured out the answer to my problem anyway. You can use Font/DA Mover
- >to move DA's back into the System File under Sys7. Then, if you hide the
- >System Folder, or quit the Finder, the DA's will still be accessible.
- >
- >Sorry about the confusion.
- >
- >
- >--
- >Alan A. DeGuzman "I dunno, it seems like once people grow up,
- >Calculus&Mathematica they have no idea what's cool"
- >DISCLAIMER: "The University
- >can't afford my opinions." - A naked Calvin to Hobbes
- --
- Hi Alan,
- You said you can disable the quit command on the app (Font/DA Mover, in this
- case). How do you do it ?
- Thanks
- Khanh Kim, Nguyen
-
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