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From: jimb@silvlis.com (Jim Budler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: System 7 aliases and grouping
Message-ID: <1991May31.081544.14216@silvlis.com>
Date: 31 May 91 08:15:44 GMT
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In article <5001@ryn.mro4.dec.com> long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Rich Long) writes:
>
>In article <1991May28.224445.29017@amd.com>, ching@brahms.amd.com (Mike Ching) writes...
>> 
>
>Yes, I've noticed that too. The replacement mechanism is to drag the file(s)
> on top of the application (until the application's icon highlights). The
> types of files an application can handle are I think determined by it's BNDL
> resource. I hope someone else can elaborate on that.
>
I'll try.

In specific, I was used to selecting a bunch of SIT files and SittoCpt
and command-O. Previous (6.0.x) action was SittoCpt would convert them
in batch. 7.0 action was to bring up SittoCpt with no input AND unsit
with the first file.

I opened SittoCpt with ResEdit and added SIT! to the BNDL.
Rebuilt the Desktop.

Now I can select a bunch of SIT files, and then drag them to SittoCpt
and the SittoCpt Icon highlights. Release the mouse button while
SittoCpt is highlighted and it opens them all in batch like it used to.

I hope this is clear. It works just fine. I also added SIT! to the
BNDL of Compact Pro, so single SIT files can be dragged to Compact Pro in
the same manner. (Note by SIT I mean Stuffit 1.5.1 files).

Bye the way, I just got my upgrade notice for DiskDoubler. Yeah!

It's $15 plus $3 shipping plus tax. Free if you purchased after
April 15. Claimed up to 50% speed improvement, up to 25% size
improvement and System 7.0 compatibility. Word I've heard from
beta testors tend to support at least the size improvement
when using the added "type C" compression.

jim
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