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From: chh9@quads.uchicago.edu (Conrad Halton Halling)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Bug in HyperCard 1.2.5
Message-ID: <1990Aug22.182827.15045@midway.uchicago.edu>
Date: 22 Aug 90 18:28:27 GMT
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A bug in HyperCard 1.2.5:

     o  Format a disk to be one-sided.
     o  Copy a stack to that disk.
     o  Try to open the stack.  If the path is not in the Home Card, the
        stack will not open because HyperCard is unable to open "".
        The alert window says:
                Can't open stack "".
                File system error -37.
        After clicking "OK", you're left in the Home stack.
     o  If the stack does open, or if you open the stack from the Home stack,
        then type "short name of this stack" into the msg box.  Nothing will
        be returned (literally, empty).
     o  Type "long name of this stack" into the msg box.  "Stack" and the
        path without the name of the stack will be returned.

This occurs in HyperCard 1.2.5 using System 6.0.5 on a Mac IIcx or a Mac SE.
There is no problem with a stack on a hard disk or on a two-sided (800K) disk.
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Conrad Halling
chh9@midway.uchicago.edu