tom@ghp.UUCP (Tom Huras) (05/15/89)
I have a vague recollection that this problem has already been solved
but would appreciate a quick fix.
The problem:
- Double clicking on a FWP document doesn't start up FWP.
- The error message is "application is busy or unavailable"
- This problem just appeared when I upgraded to 6.0.2.
Other evidence:
- If I start up FWP directly, I can open the FWP document. With FWP
running, double clicking on a document causes it to be opened.
- Documents created from FWP also won't launch FWP.
- I`ve looked a bit in vain with the resource editor at the
differences between FWP and Excel (which works fine).
The environment:
- System 6.0.2
- Mac SE
- FullWrite Professional 1.0
advTHANKSance
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Proverbs 4:7 | Disclaimer: These are only my opinions...aberg@math.rutgers.edu (Hans Aberg) (05/16/89)
>The problem: >- Double clicking on a FWP document doesn't start up FWP. >- The error message is "application is busy or unavailable" >- This problem just appeared when I upgraded to 6.0.2. Sometimes, for a reason I don't know, any application might become corrupted. You should reinstall a new copy from your original (presumably locked) floppy. Hans Aberg, Mathematics aberg@math.rutgers.edu
steve@violet.berkeley.edu (Steve Goldfield) (05/16/89)
In article <May.16.11.09.29.1989.15445@math.rutgers.edu> aberg@math.rutgers.edu (Hans Aberg) writes:
#>>The problem:
#>>- Double clicking on a FWP document doesn't start up FWP.
#>>- The error message is "application is busy or unavailable"
#>>- This problem just appeared when I upgraded to 6.0.2.
#>
#>Sometimes, for a reason I don't know, any application might become
#>corrupted. You should reinstall a new copy from your original
#>(presumably locked) floppy.
#>
#>Hans Aberg, Mathematics
#>aberg@math.rutgers.edu
I get this message a lot with WriteNow. I've noticed that if
one repeats the double click, the application always launches.
(Maybe the finder is stalling for time while it looks around
on the HD. ;<{)
Steve Goldfieldchuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) (05/16/89)
>- Double clicking on a FWP document doesn't start up FWP. >- The error message is "application is busy or unavailable" >- This problem just appeared when I upgraded to 6.0.2. There was a known problem with FWP 1.0 where the dictionary files were shipped with the bundle bit set. Look for any FWP files in the System folder and check them with Resedit or a file editor. If the files have the bundle bit turned on, turn it off. Chuq Von Rospach =|= Editor,OtherRealms =|= Member SFWA/ASFA chuq@apple.com =|= CI$: 73317,635 =|= AppleLink: CHUQ [This is myself speaking. No company can control my thoughts.] This is....The Voice....of USENET....in special English. 1300UTC on 11525.
cy@dbase.UUCP (Cy Shuster) (05/16/89)
This is the infamous "Thesaurus bundle bit" problem, which didn't show up until System 6. The problem: the first release was shipped (1.0) with the bundle bit set on in the thesaurus and dictionary files (possibly others; I don't remember exactly). This screws up the entry in the desktop file that would normally launch FWP when double-clicking the document. The fix: set the bundle off in the thesaurus and any other files shipped with FWP other than the application itself; then rebuild the desktop to register the correct application. Or, call Customer Service at (213) 329-9989 to trade in your disks for disks on which this has already been done. Or even better, hold out for a week or so: you may have already won Release 1.1, and it should be on its way out to you. --Cy Shuster--
chas@pitstop.West.Sun.COM (Chuck Fisher) (05/16/89)
In article <May.16.11.09.29.1989.15445@math.rutgers.edu> aberg@math.rutgers.edu (Hans Aberg) writes: >>The problem: >>- Double clicking on a FWP document doesn't start up FWP. >>- The error message is "application is busy or unavailable" >>- This problem just appeared when I upgraded to 6.0.2. You probably have an old copy of FWP and its Dictionary and Thesaurus. Either the Dictionary or the Thesaurus (I can't remember which) incorrectly had its "bundle bit" set. This makes it appear to be an application rather than just a "document". Previous Systems did not have a problem with this, but last year when System 6.0.x came out, Ashton-Tate sent a new file (free to registered owners) which had the bundle bit turned off. This made the problem you describe go away. The new version 1.1 recently sent also has this problem fixed. Hope this helps. -- Chuck Fisher uucp: ... sun!fisher!chas posting mail to "pitstop" internet: chas%fisher@sun.com will be routed to my host
rcb@cccvs1.ncsu.edu (Randy Buckland) (05/17/89)
In article <24475@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> steve@violet.berkeley.edu (Steve Goldfield) writes: >In article <May.16.11.09.29.1989.15445@math.rutgers.edu> aberg@math.rutgers.edu (Hans Aberg) writes: >#>>The problem: >#>>- Double clicking on a FWP document doesn't start up FWP. >#>>- The error message is "application is busy or unavailable" >#>>- This problem just appeared when I upgraded to 6.0.2. > >I get this message a lot with WriteNow. I've noticed that if >one repeats the double click, the application always launches. >(Maybe the finder is stalling for time while it looks around >on the HD. ;<{) > I had a similar problem recently with Dreams. I could only double click a dreams document and get the program to run if the folder with the program was open. After much hair pulling and reinstalling of the program, I eventually found out that it was the SUM inits that were causing the problem (version 1.02 or whatever the most recent release was). Since this was basically the last straw with me for SUM, I unpartitioned my disk and removed SUM. No problems now. Anybody know of any good partitioning software for a mac with a quantum drive? Randy Buckland rcb@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu