ingram@milton.u.washington.edu (Douglas Ingram) (12/03/90)
Hi, I have the following setup: - A Mac SE w/20 meg HD and 4 meg of RAM - System 6.0.2 - Finder 6.0.2 - Multifinder 6.0.2 (possibly 6.0.4, I can't remember) When I switched from using the Finder to the Multifinder, I found that I could no longer call up any of my DA's! I switched back to Finder and restarted and had no problem, but upon return to Multifinder, I had the same problem. Has anyone else out there had a similar problem? Can anyone give me a prescription for this? Thanks in advance, Doug Ingram / ingram@u.washington.edu / ingram@uwaphast.bitnet / "Carpe Datum."
dwal@ellis.uchicago.edu (David Walton) (12/03/90)
In article <12165@milton.u.washington.edu> ingram@milton.u.washington.edu (Douglas Ingram) writes: > When I switched from using the Finder to the Multifinder, I found >that I could no longer call up any of my DA's! I switched back to Finder >and restarted and had no problem, but upon return to Multifinder, I had >the same problem. Has anyone else out there had a similar problem? Can >anyone give me a prescription for this? You didn't say exactly what happened when you tried to open a DA, but it probably just beeped at you, right? Copy the file, "DA Handler" (on one of the System disks) to your System Folder. Under MultiFinder, DAs (normally) appear in their own application layer, which is managed by the DA Handler. Without that file present, that layer won't be opened, so the System just beeps at you. As an alternative, you can hold down the option key when you choose a DA, which will open the DA in the same layer as the application you're presently in, ignoring the DA Handler completely (e.g., if you're in Finder, then the DA will be in the Finder's layer). In general, though, it's best to have the DA Handler installed, so that you're not taking up memory in another application's space. >Doug Ingram -- David Walton Internet: dwal@midway.uchicago.edu University of Chicago { Any opinions found herein are mine, not } Computing Organizations { those of my employers (or anybody else). }
pip@pro-freedom.cts.com (David Pipgras) (12/04/90)
In-Reply-To: message from ingram@milton.u.washington.edu
Yeah, I know why your DAs do not work under MultiFinder. It is a little known
secret (well, ok, it reall isn't) but you need the file called "DA Handler"
from the utilities or System tools disk, IN your System Folder!!!
I had the same problem some time ago....
Dave
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