long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Rich Long) (02/07/91)
Is there a way to make a Desk Accessory into an application? I'm thinking
specifically of DeskPaint and DeskDraw from Zedcor. Both look quite capable,
but I want them as applications (same reason I returned Vantage). The primary
reason is so I can use Quickeys!
What I tried is to clone DA Handler, change it's type to APPL, it's creator
to BDBD, and installed a DA directly into it. I then launched it, and tried
to open the DA. It worked sometimes, but was unstable.
Is there any good way to achieve this?
Thanks,
Richard C. Long * long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com
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* long%mcntsh.dec@decwrl.enet.dec.com jness@ub.d.umn.edu (Joel Ness) (02/12/91)
In article <19921@shlump.nac.dec.com> long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Rich Long) writes: > > Is there a way to make a Desk Accessory into an application? I'm thinking > specifically of DeskPaint and DeskDraw from Zedcor. Both look quite capable, > but I want them as applications (same reason I returned Vantage). The primary > reason is so I can use Quickeys! > If you buy the whole Deskworks package they include a shell program called Desk which runs when you double-click on a file created by one of the DAs. The shell basically just runs the DA. Quickkeys should work within it. Joel Ness INTERNET: jness@ub.d.umn.edu Information Services BITNET: JNESS@UMNDUL University of Minnesota, Duluth Phone: (218) 726-8841 Duluth, MN 55812
hv@uwasa.fi (Harri Valkama) (02/13/91)
In article <885@ub.d.umn.edu> jness@ub.d.umn.edu (Joel Ness) writes: >In article <19921@shlump.nac.dec.com> long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Rich Long) writes: >> Is there a way to make a Desk Accessory into an application? I'm thinking >> specifically of DeskPaint and DeskDraw from Zedcor. Both look quite capable, >> but I want them as applications (same reason I returned Vantage). The primary >> reason is so I can use Quickeys! >If you buy the whole Deskworks package they include a shell program >called Desk which runs when you double-click on a file created by one of >the DAs. The shell basically just runs the DA. Quickkeys should work >within it. Or you can get yourself a package called dapp20d5.sit from Sumex or nic.funet.fi (128.214.6.100). Nic has it in pub/mac/appl dir. This package contains DAsh (DA shell). -- == Harri Valkama, University of Vaasa, Finland =========================== P.O. Box 700, 65101 VAASA, Finland (tel:+358 61 248426 fax:+358 61 248465) email: hv@garbo.uwasa.fi hv@nic.funet.fi hv@finfiles.bitnet Anon ftp garbo.uwasa.fi (128.214.12.37) & nic.funet.fi (128.214.6.100)
clarson@ux.acs.umn.edu (Chaz Larson) (02/13/91)
hv@uwasa.fi (Harri Valkama) writes: >jness@ub.d.umn.edu (Joel Ness) writes: >>long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Rich Long) writes: >>> Is there a way to make a Desk Accessory into an application? >>If you buy the whole Deskworks package they include a shell program >>called Desk... >Or you can get yourself a package called dapp20d5.sit from Sumex or.... [all together, now...] You can wait for System 7.0, which runs DAs as applications, each in their own layer. chaz It really is a slick feature... -- Someone please release me from this trance. clarson@ux.acs.umn.edu AOL:Crowbone