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Subject: Re: Copying files in the backround of sys 7
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From: bjb@pyramid.com (Bruce Beare)
Date: 10 Apr 91 16:01:43 GMT
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In article <1991Apr9.235116.8823@umiami.ir.miami.edu> 
dweisman@umiami.ir.miami.edu (Ordinary Man) writes:
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> From: dweisman@umiami.ir.miami.edu (Ordinary Man)
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> Subject: Re: Copying files in the backround of sys 7
> Message-ID: <1991Apr9.235116.8823@umiami.ir.miami.edu>
> Date: 10 Apr 91 03:51:16 GMT
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> In article <50219@nigel.ee.udel.edu>, tigger@freezer.it.udel.edu (david faust) writes:
> > Ok....people have been talking about System 7 allowing you to put the
> > copying of files in the backround. So how does one go about doing this?
> > Also, if you know of any other system 7 goodies I would appreciate knowing
> > them. Thanks for your help,
> > Dave
> 
> Well, it's pretty simple. You just drag copy a file or files from one disk
> to another and the ensuing copy status dialog becomes semi-modeless. What this
> means is that you can move the window around but can't click anywhere else on
> the desktop. You *CAN*, however, click in the menubar, specifically in the top
> right corner where the application menu is. You can the switch to another
> application that is currently running. Ah, that's the catch. You can't start
> an application after starting a copy, but you can resume one. For example, you
> run MS Word and load up your term paper. You then switch back to the finder and
> drag your big 400K file from one disk to another. The copy status box shows
> the familiar status bar as the copy progresses. You then can switch back to 
> Word while the file is copying and continue typing. This is pretty neat. It's
> a little jumpy during a background copy, but otherwise fine. It sure beats
> waiting a few minutes for the copy to finish when you could be comparing text
> from your term paper to your rough draft or something like that.
> 
> Dan
> 

After using 7.0 for a while, I got frustrated with the finder being able to 
switch between the running applications while it was copying files around, 
but it not being able to start up new ones. This FKEY solves the problem. It is 
a straight copy of the code from TN #126 (I think) -- compiled as a FKEY.

While the finder is busy (or indeed, while you are doing just about 
anything), execute this FKEY and it will give you a standard file dialog box. 
Select an application to start -- and off you go.

To Install:
Use resedit to copy the FKEY resource into your system file. You can also use 
Suitcase. If you don't wish to use '0' as the FKEY number, use resedit to do a 
'get resource info'. Change the number to any single digit (you should 
probably avoid 1-4).

Think C was used to compile LaunchIt. This FKEY is free.

Bruce Beare
bjb@pyramid.com


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