Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!unixhub!stanford.edu!neon.Stanford.EDU!pescadero.Stanford.EDU!philip From: philip@pescadero.Stanford.EDU (Philip Machanick) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Setting up an alternative application Message-ID: <1991May16.222526.2150@neon.Stanford.EDU> Date: 16 May 91 22:25:26 GMT Sender: news@neon.Stanford.EDU (USENET News System) Reply-To: philip@pescadero.stanford.edu Organization: Stanford University Lines: 9 In System 7, is there any way of pursuading an application to take over if the original creator isn't present, the way Teachtext is offered for TEXT documents? Can this only be done by hacking with ResEdit, or is there some higher-level interface? I couldn't find anything in the System 7 manuals. -- Philip Machanick philip@pescadero.stanford.edu