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From: greggor@Apple.COM (Greg L. Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Sys7.0 aliases and MPW
Keywords: System 7.0, MPW aliases
Message-ID: <51041@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 2 Apr 91 00:11:48 GMT
References: <50943@apple.Apple.COM> <1991Mar29.144130.25920@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <50968@apple.Apple.COM>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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In article <50968@apple.Apple.COM> nerm@Apple.COM (Dean Yu) writes:
>Standard File also automatically resolves aliases for you.  (Which is kind of
>a pain when you're trying to open the actual alias file in ResEdit, but that's
>another story...)

The easy way to get around this problem is to open the alias with
the 7.0 finder.  Make an alias to ResEdit & keep it on the desktop.
When you want to look at an alias file, drop the alias file on top
of your ResEdit alias.  The Finder will launch ResEdit, which will
not resolve the alias before opening it.  Nifty.

The implication of this is that your app must resolve the alias
manually if it supports the "drop launch" feature of 7.0.

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