rwi@naucse.UUCP (Robert Wier) (10/01/88)
Can anyone tell me about a funny thing I've had turn up on my
Mac Plus lately. I have an invisible folder named "Applications
1". Now it used to be visible, but at this time, neither the
Finder nor Find File seem to be able to see it. However, when
I use "Disktop", it is listed as if it were a regular folder, and
I can move it around inside other folders as if it were normal.
According to MacSnoop, it has the same attributes "0010 16"
as normal folders. What is making it invisible? Actually,
if I can reproduce this condition, I have a use for it here
in some classroom programming. Can anyone explain what is happening
here, or point me to the correct reference in Inside Macintosh?
thanks...
Bob Wier -- College of Engineering & Technology
Northern Arizona University
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My opinions are completely my own, and not the university's, etc. etc.bob@eecs.nwu.edu (Bob Hablutzel) (10/03/88)
> According to MacSnoop, it has the same attributes "0010 16" > as normal folders. What is making it invisible? Actually, > if I can reproduce this condition, I have a use for it here > in some classroom programming. Can anyone explain what is happening > here, or point me to the correct reference in Inside Macintosh? You can make a folder (in)visible with ResEdit - select the folder, do a Get Info, click the "invisible" check box (which is visible...), and save the information. I'm using ResEdit 1.2b2, but I assume this is in earlier versions as well. Bob Hablutzel BOB@NUACC.ACNS.NWU.EDU
wiechman@athos.rutgers.edu (NightMeower) (10/06/88)
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JON@wehi.dn.mu.oz (Jon Eaves) (07/23/90)
Hi Net,
Thanks to those people who replied to my earlier queries, that was
much appreciated. I have some more questions:
1) Why doesn't Multifinder recognise the invisible bit on the folder
flags?
I'm running 6.04 and the UniFinder makes the folder invisible.
2) Why doesn't SFGetFile pass a folder's information to it's filterProc?
Folders don't even get a look in during the display pass.
I'm writing an application to allow users to build up a list of files to
hide and show later. This stops children from trashing documents and
applications while playing games on the Mac.
This would be useful if you could select a folder to become invisible, I
have got the folder selecting bit. Making individual files invisible would
be impractical.
aTdHvAaNnKcSe.....
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