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From: francis@giza.cis.ohio-state.edu (RD Francis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: 4D runtimes & printing
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Date: 18 Sep 90 14:50:06 GMT
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In article <3251@phred.UUCP> georgeh@phred.UUCP (George Harmon) writes:
>First, why can't I open an application from its 
>own icon(by double clicking) using  Runtime 2.1?
>I have to launch Runtime 2.1 then open the 
>appropriate db.

I don't know for certain if this is your problem, but it could be
related.  When I installed my 4d 2.1 last week (at last, a 4D of my
very own!), I was surprised to see that it was installed with a
generic application icon.  I nosed around a bit, and finally noticed
that the bundle bit wasn't set (to check this out, get info on the
application file in ResEdit).  I set it, and the icon showed up
normally.  I hadn't tried to open a file before that, but
double-clicking on a 4D file opens 4D up for me.

As much as I love 4D, I still wish someone would buy Fox Software and
Acius, and make Acius work on the user/programmer interface, and Fox
work on the guts.  I suspect that, between the interaction of the two
groups, we'd either get a nuclear explosion or the best database ever
seen on any platform.
--
R David Francis   francis@cis.ohio-state.edu