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From: vanover@bcsaic.UUCP (Jann VanOver)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Can one now rename "Home"
Message-ID: <49015@bcsaic.UUCP>
Date: 7 Jun 91 22:56:49 GMT
Article-I.D.: bcsaic.49015
References: <53560@apple.Apple.COM> <1991Jun4.025351.15538@psych.toronto.edu> <53615@apple.Apple.COM>
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In article <53615@apple.Apple.COM> jkc@Apple.COM (John Kevin Calhoun) writes:
>
>In article <1991Jun4.025351.15538@psych.toronto.edu> michael@psych.toronto.edu
>(Michael Gemar) writes:
>>                                            ...is there *any* way to set
>>up defaut directories for "ask file" and "answer file" to use?  I have been
>>desperately seeking a way of doing this, to streamline a stack for novice
>>users...
>
>Yes, but it requires an XCMD.  In brief, all you have to do to set the
>current directory for Standard File is to write the right stuff to two
>low memory locations.  I believe that such an XCMD already exists -- but
>I can't remember where I saw it.  Does anyone have such a thing?
>
>Kevin Calhoun
>jkc@apple.com

Yes - I there's an XFCN that does this in the Support Tools
eXternals stack from Apple.  The XFCN "SetDefaultDir" is described as
"An XFCN to change the default directory to any specified path."

I THINK I got this stack from sumex, but may have gotten it from Apple's
d e v e l o p magazine.  Can anyone give a more positive pointer for
people who need this XFCN?

Thank's for the question, Michael, and for the clue to the answer, Kevin!

Jann "HyperHacker" VanOver
vanover@atc.boeing.com