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- From: fermat@fermat.dartmouth.edu (Michael Glenn)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.programmer
- Subject: Updating workspace file viewer.
- Message-ID: <1992Aug14.124045.10555@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
- Date: 14 Aug 92 12:40:45 GMT
- Sender: news@dartvax.dartmouth.edu (The News Manager)
- Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
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- I apologize if this is a FAQ or has been asked before. If it is a FAQ,
- just tell me so. :)
-
- I have (am writing) an application that will launch when files with the
- appropriate extension are double-clicked from the file viewer. The
- program will usually create/remove files in the same directory as the file
- being opened, but the file viewer doesn't update itself right away to show
- the changes in the directory. It *does* work fine if I open a file via an
- Open Panel from within the application. After selecting the file this
- way, the file viewer immediately fixes itself. So, I'm looking for two
- things:
-
- 1) An explanation as to why there is any difference here...
-
- 2) How to "poke" the workspace manager to tell it that it needs to update
- the file viewer.
-
- Ok, second question thread: Is there a convenient way of specifying more
- than three document file extensions for a single application? I can do so
- by modifying the Makefile (DOCICONS and ICONSECTIONS) and then modifying
- the .iconheader file. But this seems the wrong way, as the IB will
- overwrite these... From inside the IB, it seems to allow only 3.
-
- Michael Glenn (fermat@fermat.dartmouth.edu - NeXT mail welcome!)
-