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From: UD182050@NDSUVM1.BITNET (Mike Aos)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Possible finder bug?
Message-ID: <4478UD182050@NDSUVM1>
Date: 12 Aug 90 00:32:18 GMT
References: <745@dg.dg.com>
Organization: North Dakota Higher Education Computer Network, Fargo, ND
Lines: 45
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In article <745@dg.dg.com>, bkahn@archive.rtp.dg.com (Bruce Kahn) says:
>
>  This may just be some fluke that I havent isolated fully but Ive been having
>some problems with using NDAs and the Finder.  The steps to produce it:
>
>1) Boot into the Finder
>2) Open a folder on any disk.
>3) Open another folder w/in the prev. folder
>4) Select (single click) any file (I tried all files I have).
>5) Open most any NDA (I DIDNT try Control Panel; I DID try Show Textfile,
>     Find File, and File Control as those are the only ones I have handy)
>6) A dialog box pops up with the message 'The pathname is too long. (Cancel)'.
>   No matter what I try, this dialog will just keep poping up until I power off
>   or recycle.
>
>IF I try the same steps EXCEPT step 4 then all works fine.  I can also do steps
>2-5 on any NDA WITH OUT having step 6 occur IF I SKIP STEP 4 the first time
>I invoke the NDA.
>
>  Can anyone else duplicate this on their system?  Id be interested in any
>ideas why this occurs (maybe unitialized pointers...).  I know the workaround,
>Im just curious in seeing if this is a bug w/Finder or something else.
>  My configuration is:
>	ROM 01
>	6 Meg memory
>	System 5.0.2 installed using the installer
>	3.5" drive
>	60MB CMS HD
>	30MB Trustor HD
>	Sonic Blaster
>
>						Bruce (bkahn@archive.rtp.dg.com)
I've never really bothered to track the problem down, but the same thing
used to happen to me a lot with _Show Textfile_ NDA.  It seemed to me that
if I just left the System.Disk online all the time, everything was OK.
And another helpful thing was to open the standard file dialog before
I switched disks.
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Mike

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