pratt@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Jonathan Pratt) (09/13/88)
Although I have this problem less frequently than I used to, there
are still times when an application crashes on my Mac and leaves a num-
ber of files open. If you're like me you probably like to use some sort
of exit-to-shell trick to avoid rebooting as long as it wasn't a really
nasty crash-and-burn. The problem is that the files left hanging open
are virtually inaccessible - so you can't easily go back to what you
were doing.
My solution to this was to write a tiny desk accessory that will
completely close up any open file, if so instructed. Since other people
I've given this to have found it useful, and since I haven't seen any-
thing else quite like it, I'm donating it to all.
The usual disclaimers apply - use it at your own risk. Feel free
to modify it and give/sell it to anyone. This tool is easily abused
though, so it's inadvisable to give uninformed users a crack at it.
You don't want to close files that are *supposed* to be open, such as
the System and currently running application(s). Furthermore, I doubt
that this will work properly under the old 64K ROM.
That said, I offer two customizing patches you can apply. If you
think that most times you will be closing a single file, change $67B6
to $6708 so that the SFGetFile dialog disappears after one file is
closed rather than continually coming back until cancel is clicked.
The SFGetFile dialog may be moved by changing $005A $0050 to a new top-
left coordinate. Feel free to send any comments.
Jonathan Pratt
email: pratt@boulder.colorado.edu
US Mail Campus Box 425
University of Colorado (CU has nothing to do with this)
Boulder, Colorado 80309
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