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- From: ldo@waikato.ac.nz (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
- Subject: Re: Getting the alias'd name from a drag-and-drop app?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep1.175230.10505@waikato.ac.nz>
- Date: 1 Sep 92 17:52:30 +1200
- References: <alen.714928925@crash> <1992Aug28.152653.10332@bmers95.bnr.ca> <1992Aug29.202734.24330@newstand.syr.edu>
- Organization: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
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- In article <1992Aug29.202734.24330@newstand.syr.edu>, greeny@top.cis.syr.edu (J. S. Greenfield) writes:
-
- > As for the standard file package--I find it acceptable since one is able to
- > circumvent the automatic alias resolution (and other things); however, I
- > find it very strange (and problematic, perhaps, for compatibility with
- > older applications) that one has to specifically include alias file types
- > when constructing type lists. That is--by default, alias are *not* invisible
- > to the standard file package. If your standard file dialog includes "APPL"
- > for example, you have to explictly include "adrp" in the list in order to
- > have aliases to applications included. This mix of transparent/non-transparent
- > behavior is problematic in my eyes.
-
- Applications are a special case, but document aliases *do* in fact appear
- automatically in the Standard File list, without the application having to
- take any special action.
-
- The file type and creator for a document alias are the same as for the
- original document.
-
- Let's face it, applications which open other applications are fairly unusual,
- and don't tend to be used by novices, anyway...
-
- Lawrence
- (bracing himself for a barrage of counterexamples)
-