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From: lsr@Apple.COM (Larry Rosenstein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: How do you open Alias files in ResEdit?
Message-ID: <14287@goofy.Apple.COM>
Date: 27 Jun 91 22:34:30 GMT
References: <13368@uwm.edu>
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Organization: Object Based Systems, Apple Computer, Inc.
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In article <13368@uwm.edu> zark@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Steven M Kosloske) writes:
>How do you open an Alias file in ResEdit?  Here's an example of what I'm

I don't think you can do it with ResEdit 2.1 alone.  ResEdit uses Std File
to get file names, and Std File automatically resolves aliases.  If you are
using MPW, then you can launch ResEdit from MPW and pass it the alias file
as a parameter, since MPW doesn't resolve aliases.

A future version of ResEdit will have a check box in the Std File dialog
asking if it should open the alias instead of the real thing.

>HyperCard fine.  Now I would like to conver the icon from a stack icon 
>to the Hypercard icon. (the stack with the hand)  When I tried to open

You should just copy & paste the desired icon in the Finder's Get Info windows.

-- 
Larry Rosenstein, Apple Computer, Inc.

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