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From: nopuklic@ndsuvax.UUCP (Blayne Puklich)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Application busy or missing?
Message-ID: <3016@ndsuvax.UUCP>
Date: 17 Oct 89 20:23:49 GMT
References: <5841@tank.uchicago.edu>
Reply-To: nopuklic@ndsuvax.UUCP (Blayne Puklich)
Distribution: usa
Organization: North Dakota State University, Fargo
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In article <5841@tank.uchicago.edu> gft_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu writes:
>In article <477@gargoyle.uchicago.edu>, dawyd@gargoyle.uchicago.edu
	(David Walton) writes...
>>On earlier versions of Finder/MF, one would get the message "Some APPL
>>documents could not be opened printed.  Please choose Open from within
>>the application."  I'm not sure what version started allowing you to
>>open from the finder when the application was already running, but I
>>think it's System 6.0.2.
>
>I'm running 6.0.3 and I still get this behavior with some applications.
>

The reason why this happens is that when attempting to open a document
under MultiFinder, MF attempts to locate a menu item called either Open
or Open... or another variant in the application's File menu.  This is the
default method for MF to trick the application into opening the document.
However, if the programmer writing the application is up on his tech notes,
he'll notice that the inclusion of a group of four "mstr" resources in those
cases where he chooses not to use the item names Open or Open...  or the name
File for the menu containing these commands.  He can also opt to choose to
use an mst# resource for these strings.  This is documented in tech note 205,
and has been going on since system 6.0.

Also, the Quit menu item is found by MF using a similar method.

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