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From: lsr@Apple.com (Larry Rosenstein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Setting up an alternative application
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Date: 18 May 91 22:59:57 GMT
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In article <1991May16.222526.2150@neon.Stanford.EDU>,
philip@pescadero.Stanford.EDU (Philip Machanick) writes:
> 
> 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

Yes, this is controlled by a resource in the Finder.  Since it's a pain to edit
the Finder (you have to make a copy), I wrote a system extension called
Understudy that changes this itself.  I've recently made a couple of changes to
the program, and I will post the new version in a couple of days.

Unfortunately, you still have to customize the program with ResEdit.  But if
anyone is interested in doing a Control Panel front-end, let me know.