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From: unierik@uts.uni-c.dk (Erik Bertelsen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: User definable objects in Finder 7.0
Message-ID: <UNIERIK.91May2202150@uts.uni-c.dk>
Date: 2 May 91 20:21:50 GMT
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Sender: unierik@uts.uni-c.dk (Erik Bertelsen)
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In-Reply-To: breidenb@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE's message of 2 May 91 11: 53:00 GMT

Yes, the idea is that you can drop any file on any application, and the
application should start and open the file.

For this to happen, the application should have its BNDL/FREF resources
describe the file's type to tell Finder that the operation is possible.

An example: You can drop any TEXT file on any application containg the
proper BNDL/FREF resources for file type TEXT.

And yes, the application can send the file as a mail message if it chooses
to do so (and even remove and/or archive the original file some other place.

Regards
Erik Bertelsen
UNI-C, The danish Computing Centre for Research and Education.