Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!uwvax!titanic.cs.wisc.edu!tonyrich From: tonyrich@titanic.cs.wisc.edu (Anthony Rich) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Why are all my DA's the same kind? Message-ID: <10840@spool.cs.wisc.edu> Date: 16 Jul 90 21:20:20 GMT References: <10772@spool.cs.wisc.edu> <28028@bcsaic.UUCP> Sender: news@spool.cs.wisc.edu Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept Lines: 50 In a previous posting, I wrote: > Here is a small mystery. I recently noticed that when I do "Get Info" > on *any* of my desk accessory suitcases, in any folder, anywhere on the > hard disk, Finder always says it is of this "kind": > > Kind: Number Crunch 1.2 DA document Another person had a similar problem, and Larry Baum responded: >Without other information, I would guess that you are both >using Temperament INIT. I am pretty sure that there was a bug >in an earlier version and that the latest version fixes the problem. Actually I'm *not* using the Temperament INIT. Dave Platt emailed me privately and identified the problem. In my case, here's what it was: The Number Crunch 1.2 DA has a BNDL resource and it also has its "bundle bit" turned on. (Both are visible if you use ResEdit. To check the bundle bit setting of a file, launch ResEdit, select the file, and do "Get Info". To see the BNDL resource, close the Get Info dialog and double-click on the file instead of just selecting it.) Apparently the DA shouldn't even HAVE a BNDL resource, and the bundle bit should be OFF. Bund-Aid didn't report any problem because it simply checks that if a file has a BNDL, the "bundle bit" is also ON. (As an aside, I guess that means the "bundle bit" was invented by the Department of Redundancy Department, eh, Apple? :^) So I made a copy of the DA (ALWAYS work on a copy when you use ResEdit, for safety's sake!) and used ResEdit to delete its BNDL resource by selecting the BNDL and doing "Clear" under the Edit menu. Then I turned the bundle bit off (by clicking its checkbox), and quit ResEdit, saving the changes to the copy. I then un-installed the original DA. (I compressed it using Stuffit, which effectively hides the DA from the Finder, but still keeps it around in case I needed to reinstall it again, if the modified copy didn't work). After rebuilding the desktop and opening the "no BNDL" copy of the DA (using Suitcase II), all my DA files were back to normal. They're all "Font/DA Mover documents" again, and the modified copy of Number Crunch 2.1 DA still works okay. -- Tony -- ----------------------------------------- | EMAIL: tonyrich@titanic.cs.wisc.edu | | Disclaimer: I speak only for myself. | -----------------------------------------