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From: maller@applelink.apple.com (Steve Maller)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: HyperCard 2.0 & Finder attributes on compaction
Message-ID: <11876@goofy.Apple.COM>
Date: 28 Jan 91 19:15:37 GMT
References: <1991Jan27.072716.11752@bilby.cs.uwa.oz.au>
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In article <1991Jan27.072716.11752@bilby.cs.uwa.oz.au> andrew@cs.uwa.oz.au 
writes:
> When a stack is compacted by HyperCard, it loses at least some
> of its Finder attributes - e.g. icon position, colour information...

This is actually a bug in all pre-7.0 Finders. The fix is to make sure the 
Folder containing the file is CLOSED while compacting the stack...or wait 
until System 7.0.

Needless to say, the problem still exists in HyperCard 2.0v2.

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