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---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mini Grinders™ by Steve Smith Apple Computer, Inc. 1992. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mini Grinders™ is a collection of small applications that perform simple tasks on files (Lock It! also accepts folders). This is accopmplished with the new FREF types '****' and 'fold' in conjuction with Apple Events. To use any of the Mini Grinders™ tools, select any file(s) and drag them on top of the application icon so that the icon hilites. When the application is hilited, release the mouse button. This will launch the application and the 7.0 Finder will send the dropped files to the application for processing. [Note: Mini Grinders™ will not work under any 6.0.x system because 6.0.x Finders know nothing about these new FREF types.] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tool Descriptions: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Lock It! | | Lock It! will lock or unlock any file dropped on it. If the file is unlocked, Lock It! | will lock the file (and vice-versa). If the Command key is down when files are | dropped on Lock It!, all files dropped will be unlocked regardless of their current | lock state. If the Control key is down when files are dropped on Lock It!, all files | dropped will be locked, regardless of their current lock state. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | GroupInfo | | GroupInfo will total the physical sizes of all files/folders dropped on it. | | Known Bug: GroupInfo may crash if files are dragged from deeply nested folders | while trying to create the directory path string. This will be fixed in | a later build | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Snd2SysBeep | | Snd2SysBeep will search all files dropped on it for sound resources and create | SysBeep files from those resources. If the sound resource found is a type "1" | sound the SysBeep file is generated automatically. If the sound resource found | is a type "2" sound it may not play at the correct speed. A dialog will appear | allowing the user to tailor the sound to his/her taste and save it. | | If a file contains multiple type "1" sounds, mulitple SysBeep files will be | created. If a file contains multiple type "2" sounds, multiple dialogs will appear | allowing the user to save the sound or skip it. If the Option key is held down | while the dialog is up, the OK button becomes the All button and the Skip button | becomes the Cancel button. The All button allows the user to save the remaining | type "2" sounds with the current frequency setting, as set in the dialog. The | button cancels the current sound and quits the application. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | AliasSuitcase | | AliasSuitcase will create a "suitcase" of aliases of the files dropped onto it. | Double clicking the generated suitcase will explode the aliases in the same | directory. | | AliasSuitcase was written because Mac mail packages could enclose server or | folder aliases. This grinder provided a mechanism to transport aliases across | net-mail. Since it's release, AliasSuitcase has kind of become obsolete because | mail packages are rev'ing to handle alias files, but it can still be useful. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ListFileInfo | | ListFileInfo generates a summary report of the files inside the folder dropped | onto it. ListFileInfo, unlike the other grinders, ONLY handles folders. The | summary file generated contains the following information: | short pathname, date created, date modified, size, version 1 short string | The file is table delimited to make it easy to view in your favority spreadsheet | program. The file created by ListFileInfo is always named the same thing and if | ListFileInfo sees a file with the same name, it will write over it. So... if you | want to save your logs, please rename them. | | KNOWN BUG: There is one bug that I haven't tracked down yet, but it causes | an illegal instruction when trying to read the Apple Installer. | (this occurrs only under certain circumstances) | --------------------------------------------------------------------------