pasek@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM (Michael A. Pasek) (11/09/89)
In article <2626@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu> consp22@bingsune.cc.binghamton.edu (Darren Handler) writes: >In article <129@tenset.UUCP>, paul@tenset.UUCP (Paul Andrews) writes: >> Does anyone out there have a PD DA that will run other DA's? [rem. deleted] >I don't know of anything PD, but programs like Master Juggler, Font/DA Juggler >and Suitcase do just that. I have a public domain/shareware (I don't know which without digging it out) DA called "AppleApple" (actually, it's just got two of the 'apple' logo things from the Chicago font, but it's kind of hard to "paste" one of those in here). This DA allows you to open another DA that is located anywhere (by using the StandardFile dialog). It then adds an "AppleApple" item to the menu bar, from which you can "re-open" a previously selected DA (if you "closed" it by clicking in the "close" box), or to permanently "close" (i.e., "forget about") the currently selected DA. Note that "AppleApple" only allows you to have ONE non-System-Folder DA selected at a time. From what I remember, it worked quite well, but there was at least one DA that DIDN'T work with "AppleApple" (I don't remember which). I don't usually keep it installed (at least not any more), but it is nice to have if you've just acquired a ****load of new DAs and you DON'T have Master Juggler, or Font/DA Juggler, or Suitcase, etc., and you DON'T want to spend the next three days installing and de-installing things with the Font/DA Mover. Anyway, to make a long story longer, if anyone is interested, drop me e-mail and I'll dig it out. If it is PD or shareware, I'll BinHex it and StuffIt and mail it off to you. M. A. Pasek Switching Software Development NCR Comten, Inc. (612) 638-7668 CNG--er--PU4 Port Devel. 2700 N. Snelling Ave. pasek@c10sd3.StPaul.NCR.COM Roseville, MN 55113
allbery@NCoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery) (11/11/89)
As quoted from <129@tenset.UUCP> by paul@tenset.UUCP (Paul Andrews): +--------------- | Does anyone out there have a PD DA that will run other DA's? My basic | problem is that I don't have enough room on my system disk for all the | DA's I'd like to have. A DA that can run other DA's from a DA file would | solve this problem. +--------------- There is a DA called "Other..." which will do this; however, it does not deal with numbering conflicts between DAs, so it's generally useless without custom copies of DAs with changed resource numbers. You must also close the DA file before opening another, and you can not pack multiple DAs into a file to be used by "Other...". For $60, you can get Suitcase II, which not only solves this problem in a general way by allowing any number of DA suitcases to be opened at the same time, but also gets around the limit of 15 DAs possessed by a standard System. It also allows fonts to be used from font suitcases. ("Suitcase" refers to the icon on the font or DA file, for the uninitiated.) ++Brandon -- Brandon S. Allbery allbery@NCoast.ORG, BALLBERY (MCI Mail), ALLBERY (Delphi) uunet!hal.cwru.edu!ncoast!allbery ncoast!allbery@hal.cwru.edu bsa@telotech.uucp *(comp.sources.misc mail to comp-sources-misc[-request]@backbone.site, please)* *Third party vote-collection service: send mail to allbery@uunet.uu.net (ONLY)* >>> The *.aquari* debate: news.groups gone news.playpen <<<
ralph@cbnewsj.ATT.COM (Ralph Brandi) (11/12/89)
In article <1989Nov10.232904.3863@NCoast.ORG> allbery@ncoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery) writes: >For $60, you can get Suitcase II Or, you can get it from some mail order place like MacConnection and pay $45.... -- Ralph Brandi ralph@lzfme.att.com att!lzfme!ralph Work flows toward the competent until they are submerged.
ts@cup.portal.com (Tim W Smith) (11/18/89)
I've seen a couple of DAs, and I think even an FKEY, that do this and are public domain or shareware. However, they were all subject to random crashes. I can't say if the crashes were their fault or the fault of faulty DAs that they were being used to run. For something like this, it is probably best to stick to commercial software such as Suitcase or Juggler. Tim Smith
t-jacobs@cs.utah.edu (Tony Jacobs) (11/20/89)
I wrote a DA about 2 or 3 years ago called "Run'R" (for Run Resource) which runs DA's, Fkeys, and opens font files and then opens the "Key Caps" DA for you to display the font (It will show up in the font menu). I intended to make it a shareware product and improve upon it. It has managed to survive all the system changes from System 3.x or so without needing fixes. In fact the DA Handler helps it out in a way. My DA opens up DA/Fkey files but doesn't monitor them so it can close the file when necessary. When the DA Handler quits it closes all those files. This also happened before the DA Handler when you would launch or quit an application. When Suitcase & MasterJuggler came along I didn't think there would be much of a demand for Run'R so I didn't pursue it any further. Though I still use it myself and have for the last 2 to 3 years. It is a lot handier to run a DA with Run'R rather than open up the file with the Juggler or Suitcase. This is of course true only for those DA's, Fkey's which you use very rarely or don't want installed permanently. There are a few things which don't want to run and it will only run the first thing it sees in a multiple DA/Fkey file. If enough people are interested I will clean up the Info Dialogs a little and post it. I also created an application with the same creator type as the Font-DA Mover which would allow you to double click a DA file to run it. You need to have Font-DA Mover in a different location so it isn't run instead. There is one problem with it in which it won't run a second file when double clicked and running under the MultiFinder. I never finished looking for a solution to the problem. It is rumoured that System 7 will do away with DA's. If the DA Handler were made to work like my DA launcher then the DA's would really be treated like applications and the rumor says you can have applications listed in the Apple menu. My theory is that the Apple menu will turn in to a utility menu and perform things like On Que does. Anyway, Email me if your interested. Tony Jacobs * Center for Engineering Design * U of U * t-jacobs@ced.utah.edu