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From: brad@aerospace.aero.org (Bradley A. West)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: On Cue Stopped....
Message-ID: <1991Mar25.182741.4523@aero.org>
Date: 25 Mar 91 18:27:41 GMT
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> >Hi, > I was using On Cue with my mac with no problem at all. On day,
> I >restarted >my machine, and I noticed it was gone. When checking
> with INIT CDEV, >it was >still listed and highlighted, meaning that
> it should be working. I >tried >taking all INITS off excpet On Cue,
> but that didn't work either. Any >suggestions? I'm all out of ideas.
> Thanks. > 
> 
> This happened to me once or twice. The solution was to reinstall the
> init from the original floppy (and of course to re-configure all the
> applications and documents!). I don`t know why the INIT gets
> corrupted like that but I now keep a copy of the OnCue INIT (which
> contains the list of appls/docs that are configured) just in case it
> happens again. If the copy is left in the system folder, you have to 
> make sure the copy is de-activated (with an INIT manager, for
> example) so that only one copy loads. 
> 
> I realize this doesn`t explain why this happens but it offers a
> solution in case it happens again...


I have had this same problem with other INITs as well as some applications at
work when the power fails.  I have found a bit of an easier solution that has
worked in every case I've tried.  I believe what happens in situations like 
these is that the system drops the end-of-file mark from OnCue, etc.
I use MacSnoop (a shareware program that allows data fork editing) and open
the data fork of the malfunctioning program (assuming it has one), then set
the end-of-file to the _physical_ end-of-file.
MacSnoop should be available on sumex.
Hope this helps!
- Brad -