ccc_ldo@waikato.ac.nz (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University) (05/25/90)
The resource you want to twiddle is the "APPL" resource. There is just one of these, and it's a complete list of every file that the Finder knows about that has its "bundle" bit set. Look for the entry with creator code "MSWD", make a copy of it, and change the creator code in the copy to "MACA". That should be all you need to do. Lawrence D'Oliveiro Computer Services Dept fone: +64-71-562-889 University of Waikato fax: +64-71-384-066 Hamilton, New Zealand electric mail: ldo@waikato.ac.nz Disjoint sets of the world unite!
wiseman@Tellabs.COM (Jeff Wiseman) (05/26/90)
In article <1990May24.201856.8174@portia.Stanford.EDU> ralphm@portia.Stanford.EDU (Ralph Melton) writes: >I want to tamper with the 'MACA' resource of my desktop file so that when I >double-click on a MacWrite document (type 'WORD', creator 'MACA'), MS Word is >launched (I don't have MacWrite.) I tried to do this by copying the contents >of the 'MSWD' resource of the Desktop into the 'MACA' resource--it didn't work. > >Can anyone suggest what I can do? If you are not using multifinder, you can use a thing called imposter. This is a very small application that you assign the creator type (eg. MACA) that you want and then pass it on to the application that you want. If you then double click on a MACA document, the imposter starts and hands the document name to Word (if you have so designated). I did this for several different applications since I have MacWriteII and it has a whole mess of translators that come with it. But imposter doesn't work on multifinder for some reason. You might find a copy on Compuserve. -- Jeff Wiseman: ....uunet!tellab5!wiseman OR wiseman@TELLABS.COM
ngg@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM (Norman Goodger) (05/26/90)
In article <1990May24.201856.8174@portia.Stanford.EDU> ralphm@portia.Stanford.EDU (Ralph Melton) writes: >I want to tamper with the 'MACA' resource of my desktop file so that when I >double-click on a MacWrite document (type 'WORD', creator 'MACA'), MS Word is >launched (I don't have MacWrite.) I tried to do this by copying the contents >of the 'MSWD' resource of the Desktop into the 'MACA' resource--it didn't work. >Can anyone suggest what I can do? >Ralph Melton >ralphm@portia.stanford.edu > What yo want to look for at your local Mac software dealer or Mail order location is HandOff. This is an INIT that will do specifically what you ask. It will re-direct files from other applications to the applications that you really want to launch them, assuming of course that the other application knows how to deal with those files, ie convert them or open them. Its supposed to eliminate the Application not found dialog in the Finder... -- Norm Goodger SysOp - MacInfo BBS @415-795-8862 3Com Corp. Co-SysOp FreeSoft RT - GEnie. Enterprise Systems Division (I disclaim anything and everything) UUCP: {3comvax,auspex,sun}!bridge2!ngg Internet: ngg@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM