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From: resnick@cogsci.uiuc.edu (Pete Resnick)
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Subject: Re: A suggestion for Apple (AppleEvents/Finder).. Please Read (Apple)
Keywords: Finder, AppleEvents, Apple Events
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Date: 2 Jun 91 19:34:09 GMT
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jkeegan@hawk.ulowell.edu (Jeff Keegan) writes:

>Many times when in the finder I'll select certain files, wanting to do
>something with them (for this example I'll say they were all text files, but
>with different creator types that existed on the hard drive currently, and
>that the thing I wanted to do with them was to open them in one specific
>application they weren't necessarily created in). I usually curse after
>realizing that there was no real purpose for selecting them all, if (as in
>this example) I specifically wanted them all opened in ONE specific
>application.

Though I really like the idea you have, there is a way to accomplish
what you want now. I have aliases to some common applications which I
tend to open lots of files with on my desktop. So if I want to open a
bunch of TEXT files, I select them all in Finder and drag them all on
top of my alias. This doesn't, however, work for performing other
functions so far as I can figure out yet, so your idea would definitely
be a great one.

pr
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