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From: trottiers@yvax.byu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: BinHqx DA problem
Message-ID: <1954trottiers@yvax.byu.edu>
Date: 19 Jan 91 18:19:43 GMT
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Larry> I've seen articles here about a shareware DA called BinHqx for
Larry> doing the
Larry> .hqx translations. I found it a SUMEX, ftp'd it, dehexed it and
Larry> unstuffed it. Everything went well with no indications of
Larry> problems. The docs file indicated no unusual actions required to
Larry> install it. The version number indicated is 1.0. I rebooted,
Larry> then tried to open BinHqx. I see the BinHqx menu item in the
Larry> menu bar for about half a second, then the menu bar reverts to
Larry> whatever was there before I tried to open the DA. BinHqx is
Larry> nowhwere to be found; but when I try to remove it with Font/DA
Larry> Mover, it claims that BinHqx is active and cannot be removed.
Larry> Has anyone else seen this behavior? Any ideas? Thanx in advance
Larry> for any help here!

I'd suggest getting a copy of BinHex DA 1.2.  Version 1.0 seemed to have
many problems.  Version 1.2 is available in comp.binaries.mac.

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