sysop@stech.UUCP (Jan Harrington) (05/26/88)
Oh, boy - be very careful if you decide to try Macro Maker (in the new version 6.0 of the system software) with FullMaker. I did - and things are really screwy! I opened a document, and began to record a macro. (It was supposed to handle the "Never Hyphenate" function). The first time I tried the macro, it worked. Later, it didn't work at all, so I removed it. However, when FullWrite tried to autosave the document, it hung. So, I rebooted. Suddenly, I couldn't open a FullWrite document by double- clicking on it. Next step - copy FullWrite onto the hard disk again. Same problem: no launch. However, if I move FullWrite to another position on the desktop (just drag it an inch or so), then documents will launch. Opening documents once FullWrite is running is no problem. However - the document that originally exhibited the trouble is trashed - it won't open - FullWrite just spins the watch cursor and never goes to disk. Arg!!!!!!!!!! The continuing launch problem has me baffled (the Mac says something about the application being busy or missing...). Why in the world should simply moving the FullWrite icon on the desktop temporarily fix the problem? Jan Harrington, sysop Scholastech Telecommunications UUCP: ihnp4!husc6!amcad!stech!sysop or allegra!stech!sysop BITNET: JHARRY@BENTLEY ******************************************************************************** Miscellaneous profundity: "No matter where you go, there you are." Buckaroo Banzai ********************************************************************************
wetter@tybalt.caltech.edu (Pierce T. Wetter) (05/27/88)
>The continuing launch problem has me baffled (the Mac says something about >the application being busy or missing...). Why in the world should simply >moving the FullWrite icon on the desktop temporarily fix the problem? > Your desktop file is trashed. The desktop file is where the finder stores all the info about each volume. Window layout, type, location, where the applications are on disk etc. For a brute force rebuild, hold down command and option when the finder mounts a disk. Pierce ---------------------------------------------------------------- wetter@tybalt.caltech.edu Race For Space Grand Prize Winner. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Useless Advice #986: Never sit on a Tack.