csfred@violet.berkeley.edu.berkeley.edu (/violet_e/csfred) (05/06/86)
(steve@UKMA.bitnet writes:) > > I am having trouble using a (brand new $29.95!) copy of >switcher 4.4 with my 512K Mac with new ROMS and 800K drive. >The problem is that when I attach a document to MS Word, >switcher does not seem to be able to find it. It doesn't seem >to matter which drives or folders switcher and/or the document >are in. Does anyone know a fix for this? The fix is a later version of Switcher. The current version floating around is 4.9. I don't think it can be posted to the net, but my local users group, (BMUG) has it on their disks, so you may want to check your local users group. > Also, I just bought a copy of the MacLightning spelling >checker and, contrary to statements in the manual, it refuses to >run under my copy of switcher, quitting with an id= -192 (unable >to locate resource) error. Both Word and MacWrite have this >problem. A general word on getting things to run under HFS: If an application needs additional files to run correctly, it will need some help to run under HFS. Let me give you some examples: *Compilers need include files, library files, etc. *Spelling Checkers have dictionary files *Some applications have help files These types of applications need to be able to find their associated files BY THEMSELVES. This is not the same as opening a document. When you choose "Open..." in an application and select a file, you are telling the program exactly where the file is. Thus it has no trouble finding your document. The (help, dictionary, etc.) file must be placed where its associated application can easily find it. There are three good places to put it: 1. In the same folder with the application 2. In the System (or "blessed") folder 3. In the root directory An application will probably be able to find it's associated (help, dictionary, etc.) file in one of these three places. All of these places will not necessarily work for all applications, (ie. one application will be able to find its help file only if it is in the same folder, while another will only find its help file if it is in the root), but one of the three locations probably will. Fred A. Huxham