egv@aicchi.UUCP (Eric Vann ) (10/28/88)
Has anyone else using FullWrite noticed that after installing the newest system (Version 6.0.2), that suddenly you can no longer double-click on FullWrite documents and open them directly via the desktop?
chuq@plaid.Sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) (10/28/88)
>Has anyone else using FullWrite noticed that after installing the newest >system (Version 6.0.2), that suddenly you can no longer double-click on >FullWrite documents and open them directly via the desktop? That's a known problem -- registered users should have gotten a fix for this by now (I did weeks and weeks ago). The fix is actually pretty simple. The bundle bit was inadvertantly set on the Dictionary and Thesaurus files. Use Resedit, Disktop, etc.... to turn it off, then rebuild the desktop. Chuq Von Rospach chuq@sun.COM Delphi: CHUQ Editor/Publisher, OtherRealms
edmoy@violet.berkeley.edu (10/29/88)
In article <14@aicchi.UUCP> egv@aicchi.UUCP (Eric Vann ) writes: >Has anyone else using FullWrite noticed that after installing the newest >system (Version 6.0.2), that suddenly you can no longer double-click on >FullWrite documents and open them directly via the desktop? Yes, several of the supplementary FullWrite file (the Thesaurus and the dictionary, I think) have one of their Finder attributes (namely, the Bundle bit) turned on by mistake. This make the Finder think that the Thesaurus is the application to launch rather than the real FullWrite, but since the Thesaurus isn't an application, nothing happens. Previous versions of the system have had a hack in them to prevent this misinterpretation, but system 6.0.x no longer has this, I guess to force everyone to clean up their act. You should have gotten an update disk from Ashton Tate (I did) that has new copies of the files (no other changes that I know of). Or if you ar a hacker, you can turn off the bundle bit using such things as ResEdit, DiskTop or Set File. Edward Moy Principal Programmer - Macintosh & Unix Workstation Support Services Workstation Software Support Group University of California Berkeley, CA 94720 edmoy@violet.Berkeley.EDU ucbvax!violet!edmoy
drc@claris.com (Dennis Cohen) (10/31/88)
> Has anyone else using FullWrite noticed that after installing the newest > system (Version 6.0.2), that suddenly you can no longer double-click on > FullWrite documents and open them directly via the desktop? I haven't had that problem on any of my Macs. It sounds like the old "bundle bit set in the Dictionary and/or Thesaurus" bug. Make sure that those files do NOT have their bundle bits set, reboot and try again. All should be well at that point. Ashton-Tate sent out a blurb to registered owners about this problem a few months back. You would have seen this behavior under 6.0 as well since that was when Apple introduced the change in the way bundles were handled in the DeskTop. Timing is a wonderful thing, A-T shipped FullWrite and then, about a month later Apple shipped a new System that showed a glitch in the behavior of the Thesaurus/Dictionary that had been licensed from Microlytics. Dennis Cohen Claris Corp. ------------ Disclaimer: Any opinions expressed above are _MINE_!
sysop@stech.UUCP (Jan Harrington) (11/04/88)
in article <14@aicchi.UUCP>, egv@aicchi.UUCP (Eric Vann ) says: > > Has anyone else using FullWrite noticed that after installing the newest > system (Version 6.0.2), that suddenly you can no longer double-click on > FullWrite documents and open them directly via the desktop? This problem has to do with the bundle bit being set on the dictionary and thesaurus files. If you look at a "BY NAME" view of your files, you'll see that the Mac thinks they're all dictionary documents. Some simple fixes - 1. Install the upgraded dictionary and thesaurus that you got in the mail from Ashton-Tate a while ago 2. Use something like DiskTools to unset the bundle bit on the dictionary and the thesaurus 3. Put all your FW files in one folder Any of these will work, though #3 is a bit of a kludge. I did #2 long before I got the upgrades from A-T. Worked like a charm... Jan Harrington, sysop Scholastech Telecommunications UUCP: husc6!amcad!stech!sysop or allegra!stech!sysop BITNET: JHARRY@BENTLEY ******************************************************************************** Miscellaneous profundity: "No matter where you go, there you are." Buckaroo Banzai ********************************************************************************