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From: dwal@ellis.uchicago.edu (David Walton)
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Subject: Re: Help!  Problem with Multifinder and DA's.
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Date: 3 Dec 90 04:21:00 GMT
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In article <12165@milton.u.washington.edu> ingram@milton.u.washington.edu (Douglas Ingram) writes:

>	When I switched from using the Finder to the Multifinder, I found 
>that I could no longer call up any of my DA's!  I switched back to Finder
>and restarted and had no problem, but upon return to Multifinder, I had
>the same problem.  Has anyone else out there had a similar problem?  Can
>anyone give me a prescription for this?

You didn't say exactly what happened when you tried to open a DA, but
it probably just beeped at you, right?  Copy the file, "DA Handler" 
(on one of the System disks) to your System Folder.  Under MultiFinder,
DAs (normally) appear in their own application layer, which is managed
by the DA Handler.  Without that file present, that layer won't be 
opened, so the System just beeps at you.

As an alternative, you can hold down the option key when you choose a
DA, which will open the DA in the same layer as the application you're
presently in, ignoring the DA Handler completely (e.g., if you're in
Finder, then the DA will be in the Finder's layer).  In general, though,
it's best to have the DA Handler installed, so that you're not taking
up memory in another application's space.


>Doug Ingram



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